NutraCea has received approval from the US Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to supply stabilized rice bran as an enhancer
for pulverized meat and poultry products.
World rice production is set to reach record levels in 2008,
according to the UN Food & Agriculture organization (FAO) which
has quelled fears that sharp price hikes will continue
indefinitely.
The effects of Cyclone Nargis, which ravaged Burma (Myanmar) on May
3, are now expected to spread to rice markets and further squeeze
dwindling supplies, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization said
Thursday.
The rapidly rising price of rice continues to cause concern at
government, industry and consumer level this week, as the
Philippines has sought to buy in supplies, Indonesia has
implemented a ban on overseas sales, and US rice futures...
World rice production is expected to rise almost 2 per cent this
year, easing the current tight supply and bringing downward
pressure on prices, the FAO said this week, but it will be two or
three years before prices drop significantly.
The food industry is being asked to work with the European
Commission to implement testing measures for rice imports from
China to prevent unauthorised GM material entering the European
food system.
Rice imported from the United States no longer needs to be tested
for the presence of GM material both at the point of export and on
arrival in the EU, following an amendment to emergency measures
following the 2006 contamination...
A recent seminar organised by the UK Food Standards Agency allowed
manufacturers throughout the food industry to discover the latest
methods being employed to track and prevent food fraud.
NutraCea is continuing its global expansion with the announcement
that it is to buy the largest rice bran oil processing facility in
South America, located in Brazil.
American scientists have reported the development of a variety of
hybrid rice with improved cooking quality and double the protein
content of normal rice.
Environmental campaigners urged the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA)
to improve its emergency system at yesterday's review meeting on
the unauthorised GM rice incident.
The Food Standards Agency is to review the handling of last year's
GM rice incident, when unauthorised grain was found in samples of
commercial batches on the UK market.
A sustainable harvest of nutrient-rich, pest- and
drought-resistant, high-yield rice could be within reach thanks to
recent genetic advances, Chinese researchers have reported.
DSM and Buhler today announced the opening production facility of
their Chinese joint venture Wuxi NutriRice Co, marking the imminent
start of the first commercial production of nutritionally-enriched
rice kernels for mixing with...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has identified the source
of a recent GM contamination in rice, and has said that it poses no
food safety concerns.
Government regulation for GM contamination of rice is clearly not
working, according to the California Rice Commission, which has
called for a moratorium on GM field testing in the state.
A High Court judge has ruled that the UK's Food Standard Agency
(FSA) did not act unlawfully in its failure to act over illegal GM
rice that entered the UK food chain late last year.
Cereal and dairy snack innovations that respond to lifestyle
changes will be key to the future profitability of these sectors,
according to Leatherhead Food International.
European member states have endorsed a draft EC decision to impose
compulsory tests on all US long grain rice imports in order to
prove the absence of illegal biotech strains.
The EC's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health has
now discussed the possible illegal GM contamination of long grain
rice imports from the US.
Agro giant Bayer Crop Sciences has petitioned the US Department of
Agriculture to approve a genetically modified rice variety that has
been at the heart of a recent contamination scandal.
The FSAI is to implement a ban on the import of certain US long
grain rice products unless certificates declaring them to be free
of unauthorised GM rice accompany them.
Trace amounts of a bioengineered variety of rice have been detected
in samples of commercial rice seed and may have entered the food
supply in the United States, it emerged last week.
The distribution of rice, the main staple of more than half the
world's population, will be the focus of debate at the upcoming
International Rice Commission meeting in Peru.
Tighter supplies will lead to rises in prices for maize and coffee,
while the cost for rice, wheat, milk, oilcrops and milk will remain
stable or fall, according to the latest forecasts from the UN's
Food and Agriculture Organisation...
A genomic milestone, researchers sequence the genome of the most
destructive enemy of the world's staple food crop rice, a fungus
called Magnaporthe grisea that causes rice blast disease.
Food makers will favour rice in formulations, with a new study set
to boost consumer perception of the grain, showing rice eaters have
a healthier overall diet, with less added fat and sugar than their
non-rice eating compatriots.
Food makers still vulnerable to rising ingredients prices as
soybean, wheat and corn prices rise 20 per cent, 16 per cent and 9
per cent respectively last month, reports Lindsey Partos.
The food industry should benefit from recent advances in tracking
the rice genome, with Chinese researchers this week revealing their
painstaking work could open up the way for improved strains in
wheat, corn, soy and rapeseed.
Vietnamese rice exports have earned the country nearly $10 billion
in the past sixteen years, but despite this, the Vietnamese
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development says that there is
still plenty of room to further enhance...
Food scientists continue the challenge to come up with food
ingredients suitable for consumers unable to eat wheat, rye or
barley-based foods because of a reaction to the gluten protein
found in these grains.
China may become the first country in the world to operate the
commercial production of genetically modified rice, ushering in
cheaper and constant supplies for the popular food staple and
ingredient.
Understanding the genetic make-up of rice will help scientists to
map the genomes of corn and sorghum crops, say US researchers, at
at time when scientists are keen to promote the gluten-free
benefits of sorghum in food formulations.
Russian agricultural processing giant Razguliay is to create a new
holding company called Kubani Ris, which will process 83 per cent
of all the rice grown in Russia and help the company clamp down on
illegal rice production at the...
The UN-backed Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) singles out
two scientists from China and Japan respectively for their
contribution to the advancement of rice research.
