After acquiring a stake in a U.S. medical device firm last year, the world’s biggest electronics manufacturer is in now talks with another medtech company. Brian Buntz Foxconn is now making components for the ViSi Mobile device ...
Tags: Medtech Market, iPhone Assembler
The Conservative Party has reiterated its plans to forge ahead with plain cigarette packaging legislation as well as promoting “clear food information”. In a section on health in its new manifesto, the party states: ...
Swedish Match’s proposal to ease warning labels related to snus tobacco packaging has not been accepted by a panel of US FDA advisors. Snus is a moist tobacco powder put under the upper lip. Swedish Match wants the FDA to allow it ...
Tags: Snus Packs, FDA Panel, moist tobacco powder
Making a case against plain cigarette packaging in the Commercial Court, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, a distributor of well-known tobacco brands, has argued that being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland can not ...
Something as easy as adding more spinach, kale, collards and mustard greens to the diet could help slow cognitive decline, according to new research from Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago. The study, which was presented at the ...
Nut milks in Australia appear to be on the rise, with almond milk in particular experiencing very strong growth. Both traditional dairy milks and milk alternatives, including soy and grain milk, are expected to grow in the next five ...
Tags: Nut Milks, Soy Milk, Analog Sector
With ongoing concerns about health and the reduction of sugar in the diet, the sugar-free confectionery market should be booming, particularly in the face of ongoing technical developments that have improved sensory properties, and the ...
The decision by the Federal Court of Australia to order Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Coles) to pay penalties of $2.5 million for making a claim that its par baked products were “fresh”, is likely to have broad ...
Tags: bakery products, bakery
Swiss food company Nestle SA has announced that it is cutting the added sugar in its Nesquik flavored milk products. Nestle has taken successive measures recently to lessen sugar and salt in its offerings amid increasing public health ...
Tags: Nestle SA, added sugar, milk products
Swedish Match’s proposal to ease warning labels related to snus tobacco packaging has not been given a clearance by US FDA. Snus is a cloth baggie with moist tobacco powder and has to be put under the upper lip by consumers to ...
Tags: Snus Packaging, Swedish Match, Packaging
At the 7th World Water Forum, Ahmet Bozer, Executive Vice President and President of Coca-Cola International, announced the expansion of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation's (TCCAF) Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN), pledging an additional ...
Nestlé is all set to unveil more flavored versions of its sparkling waters, as part of its strategy to tap the growing consumer wariness toward both sugary and diet sodas. The Vevey-based beverge giant will release a green-apple ...
Tags: Nestle, Sparkling Water
After controversy has swirled for days around a group of weight-loss supplements containing a potentially dangerous chemical, many big retailers have pulled the product from their shelves. The supplements in question include the ...
Tags: Chemical, BMPEA, Manufacturing
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for unified efforts to enhance food safety, ensuring safe production, distribution, and preparation of food. He pointed that the safety threat evolves from new production, distribution and ...
Tags: food safety, safe production
SumoSalad creates concept shop for a ethical local food consumer demographic Australian salad bar group SumoSalad has opened the doors to its first ‘Green Label’ concept store. SumoSalad has grown quickly into a successful ...