News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The UK food safety watchdog has revised its guidance on dairy hygiene in an attempt to defuse pending legal action from the EU, after allegations UK officials failed to protect the public from contaminated milk.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) ruled this month that the tolerable upper intake level (UL) of iodine in seaweed, set in 2002, is sufficiently recent to be applicable.
An FDA risk assessment that is expected to declare meat and milk derived from cloned animals safe for the food supply is currently being reviewed by the government, and is due to be released by the end of the year.
Cargill plans to use next month's Health Ingredients Europe event to unveil a number of products that food and beverage manufacturers can use in future product launches.
International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) is to separate its business into two different units in a bid to better reflect its flavour and fragrance operations.
A mature US yogurt market does not mean there is no room for growth, according to a new report, which identifies huge expansion possibilities particularly in the area of probiotic and prebiotic yogurt products.
DSM Nutritional Products is introducing a new formulation of lycopene suitable for the spectrum of specialist diets, giving its customers one ingredient suitable for dietary supplement, food and beverage applications.
Scientists in India have reported a new extraction method for sea buckthorn berries giving a juice rich in vitamin C, polyphenols and flavonoids.
Irish food and drinks exports to France have now exceeded half a billion euros, delegates at an Irish Food Board trade reception at SIAL heard.