Australia's proposed Health Star Rating System for food labelling New Zealand’s nutritional food labels are not as effective as once thought and could be impacting on the health of New Zealanders, according to new research from the ...
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Major food companies are keeping their word by removing 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace in an effort to promote healthy weight, a new report says. The report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a ...
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that InterFlex Acquisition Company, LLC will be expanding its operations in Wilkes County. The company plans to create 63 new jobs and invest more than ...
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Kent-based savoury ingredients manufacturer Jardox has invested in four Loma IQ3 metal detectors and two CW3 checkweighers in the last three years. Meeting retailer standards – and in particular the stringent M&S code of practice for ...
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Biocides used in the food industry at sublethal doses may be endangering, rather than protecting, public health by increasing antibiotic resistance in bacteria and enhancing their ability to form harmful biofilms, according to a study ...
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As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to ...
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Food and beverage company WhiteWave Foods has bought Earthbound Farm in a $600m all-cash deal. Earthbound Farm is an organic produce brand in North America. It produces and markets organic fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen fruits and ...
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Pakistan-based Engro Foods has launched its milk brand Olper's in Ecolean's lightweight packaging. The new packaging places Olper's brand on store shelves in a category dominated by traditional carton packaging. Ecolean's 250 ml Aseptic ...
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Sales of food product as gifts are likely to fall by 40% this year in China due to the government's austerity measures, according to the Chian National Food Industry Associatio, Xinhua reported. Lower-priced products, however, may see a ...
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More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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Americans' love of salt has continued unabated in the 21st century, putting people at risk for high blood pressure, the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, U.S. health officials said Thursday. In 2010, more than 90 percent of U.S. ...
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Editor's note: One of our Food Safety News Christmas traditions is to annually recognize those who have been "naughty" and those who have been "nice" – from a strictly food safety perspective, of course. This year, we've opted to ...
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A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
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The Italian manufacturer said these include block bottom stand-up pouches, PFM’s Steelo four corner seal stand-up bags, Amcor’s Flexcan pouch design and also reclosable bags. MAP facilities can also be fitted for extended ...
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Z Trim Holdings, Inc., a biotechnology company providing value-added ingredients to companies in the food and industrial markets, announced that it has entered into an agreement with a leading multi-national specialty food products company. ...
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