News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
FDA authorities finally served an inspection warrant on a New Jersey snack manufacturer on Wednesday 18 days after it refused to recall products containing peanuts supplied by the Peanut Corporation of America.
Gum kondagogu, a ‘novel natural biopolymer’ from the tree Cochlospermum gossypium, is a ‘good emulsifying agent even at low concentration’, say Indian researchers.
The US government has launched a research initiative to investigate the link between child malnutrition and intestinal infections, with the goal of developing intervention strategies that could promote the health of children around the world.
Talking Point
FoodNavigator-USA.com asked readers for their views on a recent joint study from Yale University and the University of Michigan that compared the food industry’s marketing strategies to those of the tobacco industry.
Taxes on sugary soft drinks could actually save taxpayer money through improved health, according to a journal article penned by the New York City health commissioner and a Yale University professor.
Unilever North America has announced that it is to close its Massachusetts-based Breyers ice-cream plant in Framingham, incurring 201 job losses.