News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched its consultation regarding the implementation of EU directives in England on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and sweeteners for use in foodstuffs.
There will be no special measures to cover food products from cloned animals in the EU, member states have agreed, following news the offspring of a cloned cow was growing up in the UK.
In a bid to hold down greenhouse gas emissions under the bloc's carbon dioxide trading scheme the European Commission yesterday ordered Belgium and Holland to cap allowances below what their governments had allocated to industry.
Rieke Packaging Systems has launched a new pump, which can dispense a variety of liquid products from free-flowing sauces to highly viscous creams as well as those containing small particulates.
Scientists in the US have found that a flour made from rice and sweet potatoes is a "superior substitute" to wheat in pancakes, suggesting a possible alternative for products targeting celiac sufferers.
China, South America and Europe combined to offset disappointing performances in North America and South Africa during brewer SABMiller's third quarter.