EC: Energy drinks don’t need warning labels
The European Commission has rejected a German motion to enforce energy drinks to carry warning labels.
Archives for July 19, 2010
European PET collection rate nears 50 per cent, while Far East exports fall
PET bottle collection in Europe rose by more than eight per cent to1.363m tonnes last year while exports to the Far East plummeted, said the regional trade body.
Vietnam beats China on soft drink growth rates
Vietnamese soft drinks consumption has held up in the face of the global recession with growth levels higher even than neighbouring China, according to new market research.
Study sheds light on Alicyclobacillus spoilage in juices
A new study has investigated how Alicyclobacillus spoilage occurs in juices in an effort to help companies chose the right processing option.
Pulsed light in bid to revolutionise soft drinks production
A firm pioneering the use of pulsed light to kill bugs is preparing to run the first industrial trials of the technology to decontaminate sugar syrup.
FSA stripped of nutrition and labelling responsibilities
The UK government has ended speculation about the future of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), announcing that the body will retain its food safety remit but be stripped, in England, of responsibility for nutrition policy and country of origin (COOL)...