The U.S. fast-food industry spent $4.6 billion last year advertising mostly unhealthy products, with children and teens its key audiences, researchers say. Marlene Schwartz, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale ...
Tags: fast-food, nutritional standard, unhealthy, children, teens
No water for agriculture is slow-moving disaster At least $68 million has been poured down a rat hole thanks a bunch of brainless anarchists who don't seem to understand that the public is not fearful of genetically modified food and sees ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
XL Group, an insurance and re-insurance company, has upgraded its Up+Running equipment breakdown coverage to boost protection against food processing and cold storage risks. Designed specifically for cold storage facilities, meat, dairy, ...
Tags: XL Group, Food Industry
EnWave has signed a deal with CD Process, a North American technology company that addresses the ingredient processing requirements of the global food industry. The agreement strengthens EnWave's sales network for Radiant Energy Vacuum ...
Tags: EnWave, CD Process
Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced research has been commissioned to assess New Zealand consumer understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on food. "I have asked the Ministry for Primary Industries to commission ...
Tags: Food Labeling
Food Week 2013 is an event that brings the entire food industry together under one roof. Since 2006, Food Week has combined eight food shows into one major fair where representatives from every sector of the food industry can gather to ...
Tags: Footprints
We supply to our clients the essential ingredients for our industry. Processing, packaging and material handling machinery.The vast range of specialised machinery covering these 3 areas is huge and it can be bewildering choice when deciding ...
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims has given the regulator's perspective on the debate surrounding the market share held by the two major supermarket chains. Mr Sims was speaking at the Australian Food and ...
Maple Leaf Foods has completed the sale of Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas, for C$645m. Rothsay is a major rendering company in Canada and a producer of biodiesel with six rendering ...
Tags: Maple Leaf, Biodiesel
Anterra Capital has invested in food preservation company in the UK, Food Freshness Technology (FFT) to improve the food and agriculture supply chain. The investment will be used for FFT's It'sFresh! ethylene-absorbing technology, which ...
Siemer Milling, a US-based flour milling firm, has teamed up with Nagel & Son to open a $37.4m wheat facility in West Harrison, Indiana, while creating 35 new jobs by 2016. The facility, which will be dubbed as Whitewater Mill, is ...
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As the name suggests, flexible packaging materials are extensively used for product protection and branding. These are offered in various materials and in different specifications, such as shapes & sizes. The entire range is highly popular ...
Lubricant market in India Indian lubricant industry is set to reach USD 7713 million by 2016. This is due to the fact that the increase amount lubricants in automotive and industrial sector. Currently the Indian lubricants market is ...
SCS Global Services (SCS), a pioneer and industry leader in third-party auditing and certification of food quality and food safety claims, announced expanded laboratory capabilities and competitive pricing under its new testing arm, SCS ...
Tags: SCS Global Services, food quality
Multi-material food packaging manufacturer Linpac Packaging has welcomed the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) decision to give an official positive opinion regarding the super-cleaning process used in its factories in Spain, ...
Tags: food packaging, Multi-material