All news articles for December 2012

Gluten-free quality or nutrition?

Gluten-free festive bake-off: Quality vs nutrition

By Kacey Culliney

BakeryandSnacks.com has put together a ‘festive bake-off’ scouring all the science and research from 2012 on gluten-free products to see how efforts to improve quality and up nutrition compare.

Food Recalls 2012

The recalls that have hit the headlines in 2012

Recalls of 2012: A recap

By Joe Whitworth

This year has been quite eventful for recalls of food and beverage products, some due to foodborne contamination and others due to packaging faults.

American Sugar Alliance: ‘The country is swimming in sugar’

American Sugar Alliance: ‘The country is swimming in sugar’

By Elaine WATSON

Sugar prices in the US have fallen more than 40% since last summer and are now at “dangerously low levels for producers who are facing ever-increasing input costs”, according to Jack Roney, an economist with the American Sugar Alliance (ASA).

Diamond posts Q1 loss after walnut scandal

Diamond posts Q1 loss after walnut scandal

By Oliver Nieburg

Kettle Chips maker Diamond Foods has recorded a $10.7m loss in the first quarter of 2013 after incurring expenses for an investigation into improper payments to walnut growers.

PepsiCo plan to 'drinkify' snacks is bold but Nooyi blurs lines

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‘Drinkifying snacks’: PepsiCo mush or master stroke?

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Despite giving us object lessons in corporate word wash, can PepsiCo pull off what seems like a slightly puzzling mission, namely a long-term plan to ‘drinkify' snacks and vice versa under its Power of One banner?

PepsiCo improves distribution efficiency with Apple iPad and iPhone

PEPSICO BOOSTS DISTRIBUTION & MERCHANDISING EFFICIENCY

PepsiCo embraces Apple’s ‘game changing’ iPad and iPhone tech

By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo says that its merchandising and distribution efficiency has improved radically since it began using the Apple iPhone and iPad alongside custom software apps specially developed in house.

FDA facing court over failure to respond to raw milk petition

FDA facing court over failure to respond to raw milk petition

By Mark Astley

Raw milk dairy Organic Pastures has filed a lawsuit against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alleging that the agency repeatedly failed to respond to its petition to amend a law that forbids the sale of raw milk-based dairy products across state...

Ghirardelli faces ‘fake’ white chocolate claims

Ghirardelli faces ‘fake’ white chocolate claims

By Oliver Nieburg

Lindt & Sprüngli's US subsidiary Ghirardelli Chocolate is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that five of its products purported to contain white chocolate mislead consumers by containing none.

Meat industry calls for rapid TPP agreement

Meat industry calls for rapid TPP agreement

By Carina Perkins

New Zealand’s red meat sector has called for a speedy resolution to Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, pointing out that a deal would generate jobs and create new opportunities for exporters.

FDA grants grace period on FSMA re-registrations

FDA grants grace period on FSMA re-registrations

FDA announced on Thursday, Dec. 13 that it has in effect granted a month-long grace period for food facility re-registrations required under the Food Saftey Modernization Act (FSMA).

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