Global food commodity prices dropped back in 2012, with dairy and sugar showing the sharpest declines, new figures from the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organisation show. Despite ongoing concerns around rising food prices, the UN ...
Tags: food commodity prices, 2012, FAO
UK-based Intelligent Packaging Solutions(IPS) has launched a new tamper evident packaging called TE-cap designed for the ice cream market. TE-cap comes with a paper pot and a deep-freeze grade polypropylene lid, which offers a tamper ...
Tags: Intelligent Packaging Solutions, New Packaging, Ice Cream Market
The brief: To create a style of packaging for the ready meal market that was lightweight and allowed the consumer to see the product itself Client: Tesco Brand: Piing Design: Intelligent Packaging Solutions UK launch date: Summer ...
Tags: packaging, meal market, Intelligent Packaging Solutions, food packaging
ITC Limited, an India-based public conglomerate, has commenced the construction work on a milk processing plant in Munger, Bihar. The company is investing around INR1.5bn ($27.33m) for the construction of the plant, which will be ...
Tags: ITC Limited, conglomerate, construction work, Agriculture
The top two stories on just-food's pages this week included Barry Callebaut's deal to buy Petra Foods' cocoa ingredients business and the European Commission's warning it will come forward with ideas for a grocery code adjudicator next ...
Tags: Barry Callebaut, Petra Foods, cocoa, grocery code adjudicator
Proposals for new rules allowing milk farmers in England to join forces on talks with buyers have been set out today (11 December). The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is consulting on legislation that would give ...
Tags: new rules, milk, milk farmer, food industry
Food scientists at Cornell University, US, have identified predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, a finding that could help to extend the shelf-life of dairy products and improve their quality. The ...
Tags: predominant spore-forming bacteria, dairy products, raw milk
Fonterra, a New Zealand multinational dairy firm, is upgrading its facility in Spreyton and Wynyard in Tasmania, Australia, with an investment of $6m, as part of its strategy to woo dairy farmers to supply milk to the company. According ...
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra aims to increase its presence in the Indian dairy market through the establishment of"on the ground"leadership in the country. Fonterra has appointed Hamish Gowans as general manager in India and announced ...
Tags: dairy market, first office, leadership
The Namibian government has initiated plans to establish a dairy plant near Rundu in Northern Namibia, a move which will cut down milk imports. The proposed dairy farm, which is being built with an investment of NGN160m ($1.01m) is ...
Tags: Namibian, dairy plant, dairy industry, cut down, milk imports
A full strategic review of the Scottish dairy industry has been launched by Scottish ministers in a bid to improve the profitability of the troubled sector. Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers will lead the review,which ...
UK dairy processors and farmers have formally agreed a deal on a code of practice to govern relations in the sector. A tentative"heads of agreement"on a voluntary code of practice was agreed in July after talks with the UK government.The ...