Sustainability
Industry urged to join NOS review
UK food businesses are being urged to have their say on new building block standards designed to drive professional job performance in food technologist and food engineering roles.
Business news, Food safety, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Anti-corrosive resin
Following successful pilot projects with food manufacturers, Oxifree UK has launched its anti-corrosion product into the food manufacturing sector.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Raise the bar
Selecting the ideal bar line to ensure quality and efficiency, Bosch Packaging Technology’s Daniel Bossel, product manager primary packaging, and Frank Jansen, product manager confectionery.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Switch to rigid plastic
Polish snack manufacturer Importaco Poland has chosen a rigid plastic pack from RPC Bebo Polska for its range of dried fruits and nuts.
FSA publishes Strategic Plan
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published its Strategic Plan, setting out how it will work over the next five years to deliver the goals of the FSA Strategy 2015-20.
Dairy-free chocolate
Plamil Foods has launched a free-from chocolate bar. According to the company, although many popular varieties of dairy-free ‘milky’ chocolates are often marketed to children, they contain more sugar than most varieties of chocolate.
Perchlorate in food opinion re-published
EFSA has re-published its scientific opinion on the risks to public health from perchlorate in food, particularly in fruit and vegetables. Adopted in September 2014, the opinion has been revised due to a technical error. EFSA’s experts have re-assessed dietary exposure to perchlorate using corrected data on perchlorate levels in food and taking into account […]
Aon survey reveals top risks for sector
Aon has released the findings of its latest Global Risk Management Survey, revealing the top risk factors facing food and drink manufacturers. Price volatility of raw materials remains top of the industry’s list of worries, but joining this at equal number one this year is the threat to brand and reputation. Meanwhile, at third place is […]
ROUND-UP: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of Packaging news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
Aluminium-free butterwrap
The Switzerland based subsidiary of Clondalkin Group Clondalkin Kirchberg has developed a PE based, aluminium-free butterfoil, offering a more sustainable option to the dairy sector.
Fresh packaging concept
Semo Packaging’s new Fresh’Closure is a re-closable, mono-material solution for the easy opening and closure of food packs.
Safe from scandal
Regular checks along the production chain can prevent meat scandals, explains Alexander Flath, division manager sales at SGS Germany.
Additional addendum for sustainable palm oil
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is working on voluntary guidelines aimed at further enhancing the existing standard’s requirements on issues such as deforestation, peatland development and indigenous people’s rights. The guidelines, which the sustainability standard refers to as RSPO+, will be made available to growers as a voluntary addendum to the existing RSPO […]
Complex food chain increases risks
WHO/Europe has estimated that levels of foodborne disease are much higher than currently reported, underlining the need for improved collaboration among sectors to lower the health risks associated with unsafe food. “The fact that we significantly underestimate how many people become ill from chemicals in the food chain and from common microorganisms such as salmonella […]