All news articles for September 2014

Photo: Benjamin Petit

Robertet opens new $20M divisional HQ in Mount Olive, NJ

By Elaine Watson

 French flavor, fragrance and natural ingredients specialist Robertet has opened a new $20m, 115,000-square-foot facility in Mount Olive, New Jersey, that will serve as the new HQ of its US fragrance and ingredient division. 

Activists raise warning flags about 'synthetic biology' ingredients

Activists raise warning flags about 'synthetic biology' ingredients

By Hank Schultz

Opponents of genetic modification say there is a new, potentially more powerful technology to contend with: synthetic biology.  Purveyors of natural products who are concerned about this technique have coined the term for the way in which scientists have...

FDA wants tech ideas to fight foodborne illness. Picture: FDA/Flickr

FDA launches food safety challenge

FDA: We have a lot of answers, but not all of them

By Joseph James Whitworth

The US Food and Drug Administration is asking for potential breakthrough ideas on Salmonella in fresh produce with a total prize pool of $500,000.

According to Mintec, prices are now rising

US pork price sees upward trajectory

By Georgi Gyton

The price of US pork has increased by 10% since the middle of August this year, according to data from global commodity analyst Mintec.

Traders expect the limits imposed on beef exports by the Argentine government to continue

Further limits expected for Argentine beef exports

By Georgi Gyton

Traders expect the limits imposed on beef exports by the Argentine government to continue, according to a new report from the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Picture: FDA / Flickr

FDA unveils four revised FSMA rules

By Joseph James Whitworth

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing changes to four rules as part of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).

The recall involved more than 40 states and was one of the biggest in history

Peanut Corporation of America officials found guilty

By Joseph James Whitworth

A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against three former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) employees in relation to a Salmonella outbreak which sickened almost 700.

Jerome Lyman, corporate vice president of McDonald’s Corporation will be the key note speaker

IMS workshop programme announced for Florida

By Georgi Gyton

Meat industry leaders will come together at the 2014 International Meat Secretariat (IMS) Marketing Workshop, to be held from 27-29 October, in Florida.

Financial assistance has spurred higher rates of organic certification in Europe

Organic production: To certify or not?

By Lynda Searby

Subsidies have led to high rates of organic certification in Europe – while costs and confusion often prevent US organic producers from certifying their products, according to a new study.

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