All news articles for May 2017

It it was of the biggest leniency fines ever made in Brazil, local media claim

JBS shareholder to pay huge $3bn corruption fine

By Oscar Rousseau

J&F Investimentos, the holding company of the world’s largest meatpacker JBS, at the heart of a huge corruption scandal, has been fined billions of dollars by Brazilian prosecutors.

Image: Marinova

Marinova attains GRAS status for fucoidan extracts

By Stephen Daniells

Australian biotechnology company Marinova Pty Ltd has received a letter of no objection for its GRAS (Generally Recognised As Safe) status of its Maritech fucoidan extracts.

Functional food bar launches with Niagen nicotinamide riboside

Functional food bar launches with Niagen nicotinamide riboside

By Stephen Daniells

Barology’s Live Younger bar is the first launch of Niagen nicotinamide riboside (NR) into the functional food space, and offers consumers a new way to help boost cellular metabolism and cellular energy production, said ChromaDex.

New JBS chairman Tarek Farahat said he wanted to 'restore trust' in the company

JBS appoints Tarek Farahat as chairman

By Oscar Rousseau

Beleaguered Brazilian meatpacker JBS has appointed the former Procter & Gamble chief Tarek Farahat as its new chairman of the board.

The local meat slaughter bill does not have many industry supporters

US meat industry against PRIME Act introduction

By Aidan Fortune

The US meat industry has reacted unfavourably to the potential introduction of legislation that would allow individual states to distribute products intrastate with fewer regulations.

Trump administration sees four ways to help ag punch above its weight

Trump administration sees four ways to help ag ‘punch above its weight’

By Elizabeth Crawford

As part of a larger strategy to reduce the US deficit, the Trump Administration wants to help the agriculture sector “punch above its weight” by promoting trade, providing an affordable workforce, easing regulatory burdens and including it in the infrastructure...

Chicory root. Picture: Cargill

ABA: Fiber suppliers are stuck in a 'holding pattern'

Nutrition Facts overhaul proves double-edged sword for inulin

By Elaine Watson

The arrival of the new-look Nutrition Facts panel (which will require manufacturers to list added sugar), is generating renewed interest in inulin: a widely-used ingredient from chicory root that also serves as a sugar replacer. But this enthusiasm is...

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Hormel Foods' Jennie-O Turkey Store wing saw a poor second quarter

Hormel Foods hit by turkey profit drop

By Aidan Fortune

Oversupply in the turkey market has led to US producer Hormel Foods reporting a 2% drop in earnings and a 5% drop in profit for the second quarter of the year. 

Brazil President Michel Temer gave a defiant speech amid a growing corruption crisis

Brazil President Temer hits out at JBS chief

By Oscar Rousseau

Brazil’s President Michel Temer has strongly criticised an audio recording made by JBS executive Joesley Batista that allegedly captures the president’s approval to make illegal payments to another politician.

Maintaining mouth feel and shelf life is a challenge in the new era of clean label formulation.  Cargill photo.

Clean label drive spurs innovation in texturizers, preservatives

By Hank Schultz

The challenges of clean label formulation might hit hardest at the humblest of ingredients, texturizers and preservatives—those behind-the-scenes stage hands that do the dirty work of making food formulations palatable and shelf stable.

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