Green coffee firm sledged over colon sludge claims
The UK advertising watchdog has roasted its second green coffee firm in a month for making unjustified weight loss, antioxidant, colonic health and other claims.
Archives for July 23, 2013
Defiant BrewDog bares beer teeth: ‘ASA MOFOs can’t control us'
Serially controversial Scottish craft brewer BrewDog says it will not comply with a UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) adjudication ordering it to remove website language ‘likely to cause serious offense’.
EFSA chief resigns after 7 years
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is looking for a new chief after executive director Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle resigned to work in the French public service.
Is the clamour for publicity making a mockery of real scientific progress?
The need for scientific celebrity seems to have spread like wildfire in recent years, and it’s making a mockery of real scientific progress.
KHS digital printing for bottles
KHS will demonstrate its Innoprint machine, which can print directly onto PET bottles instead of using labels, at Drinktec 2013.
RockTenn predicts bright future after positive quarter
RockTenn has predicted a bright future driven by pricing initiatives and operational efficiency as corrugated and consumer packaging sales grew in Q3.
Tate & Lyle meeting profit targets despite 4% US soft drink slide
Tate & Lyle CEO Javed Ahmed says earning and profit forecasts are intact – “mid single digit growth” – despite an unseasonably cold spring that has contributed to an annual drop of 4% in the US soft drinks market and hit its specialty and bulk sweeteners...