Reportable Food Registry works to prevent illness, says FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that its Reportable Food Registry (RFR) is working to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks, in its first annual report on its efficacy.
Archives for January 24, 2011
Added fibre may slow rice starch digestibility: Study
The addition of non-starch polysaccharides to rice starch may slow its speed of digestion – creating rice starch gels with a better nutritional profile, according to new research.
Consumer perception of private label products improving, says Mintel
The market for private label goods is likely to remain strong in the near future, as 44 percent of consumers consider quality to have improved in the sector in the past five years, according to market research organization Mintel.
Tomato Salmonella research to study role of plastics and dry biofilms
New research on the safe handling of tomatoes will examine how plastics in food contact materials and gloves used by workers can affect the formation, transfer and survival of salmonella in the fruit.
The naked truth about kids’ food advertising
It was an Emperor’s New Clothes moment for the US food industry last week, when it was revealed that a major initiative touting its responsible advertising to kids actually allows promotion of many unhealthy foods. Is anyone really surprised?
DuPont would move food R&D to Danisco centres post acqusition
DuPont would look to move its food ingredients R&D to Denmark following its acquisition of Danisco, and adopt the latter’s Sales and Application development organisation to get ingredients to market, offer documents reveal.