Tesco has admitted an own-label spaghetti bolognese in the UK contained horse DNA. The UK's largest retailer announced this evening the product, sold under its cut-price Everyday Value own label, contained over 60% horse DNA in some ...
US-based Gorham has announced that it has added up to 25% wet strength, color and grease resistance to packaging papers, providing improved functionality for demanding quick service restaurant (QSR) and food applications. The company ...
Tags: Gorham, packaging papers, QSR, food applications
Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to the union Unite. 112 Silvercrest plant workers have been suspended with ...
Tags: Silvercrest workers, Burger King, Tesco, Meat Contracts
If ‘Horse-gate’ has anything to tell us, it’s that tight margins make for cut corners. Lessons, no doubt, will be learned. However, as any fool knows: pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys (maybe even to eat). An ...
Tags: labelling, packaging, packaging industry
Kellogg has added to its frozen food line in the US with the launch of products into its Special K, Eggo and MorningStar Farms ranges. For the Special K brand, Kellogg has introduced Flatbread Breakfast Sandwiches in three variants: ...
Tags: Kellogg, frozen food line, US
Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to Unite the union. 112 Silvercrest plant workers have been suspended with ...
Tags: 112 Silvercrest workers, Burger King, union
US-based food company Kellogg has introduced new frozen food range under its Special K, Eggo and MorningStar Farms brands. The new products include frozen Flatbread Breakfast Sandwiches, Red Berry waffles, Drizzlers waffles featuring ...
Tags: frozen food, food company, food industry
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has received the results of trials conducted on samples taken from the Dalepak facility by North Yorkshire Trading Standards. According to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), Dalepak is one of ...
Tags: beef burgers, Food, burger product lines
Guyana-based JR Burgers fast food franchise has opened its signature outlet in a new building while expanding the location to accommodate a bar, a restaurant and a drive thru service. The burger joint has invested around $1m in the ...
Given the recent news that a sample of Tesco Everyday Value Beef burgers contained 29% horse meat, it’s interesting to see that McDonald’s has unveiled new packaging designs which it says are the latest step in their ...
One Harvest, packed salad manufacturer and fruit marketer, has unveiled a vacuum packed line for ready-to-eat, fresh baby beetroot named Love Beets. Love Beets can be eaten once they are peeled and freshly cooked in their own juices, with ...
Tags: vacuum packed line, packed salad manufacturer, Packaging
Call-It-Out, the next evolution in social media, today announced the launch of its app for iPhone and iPod touch. To celebrate the launch and introduce the world to this new social platform designed specifically for a new generation of ...
Tags: App, iPhone, iPod touch
Doubts have been raised about the validity of the DNA analysis that detected horse meat in burgers at Irish beef processing plants, as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) refuses to release the scientific report of the findings. ...
Tags: validity, DNA analysis, horse meat, burgers
News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
Tags: Flowers Food, interview, just-food
The ABP Food Group claims to have found the source of the horse meat in the burgers produced at its Silvercrest Foods facility in Ireland and has halted production at the site in County Monaghan. Tesco published full-page apologies to its ...
Tags: ABP Food Group, horse meat, burgers, Silvercrest Foods facility