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IFST accepting applications for safety register
The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) is now accepting applications for the Manager and Principal levels of its new Register of Food Safety Professionals. IFST, the qualifying body for food professionals in Europe, created the Register of Food Safety Professionals to recognise those working at all levels within food safety throughout the sector. […]
WHO Europe says ban trans fats
The WHO Europe European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-2020 recommends that the European Union member states “develop and implement national policies to ban or virtually eliminate trans fat from the food supply”. This is just one of the recommendations put forth from the Regional Committee for Europe meeting that took place 15-18 September 2014 […]
Active and Intelligent packaging
Research and Markets has released a new report, dubbed ‘Europe Active and Intelligent Packaging Market – by Type, Applications, Geography and Vendors – Forecasts, Trends and Shares (2014-2019)’. Over the past few years the European Active and Intelligent packaging market has seen significant growth, mainly due to changing lifestyles and increased demand for longer shelf […]
Relaunched app aids FIR
Fairway Foodservice is helping wholesalers and caterers meet impending changes to legislation on food labelling and information to customers by relaunching its food information for consumers (FIC) app. The Erudus One program, a detailed product specification database, allows Fairway members and their customers to view a comprehensive range of information on more than 9,500 products. […]
Fun and function
The latest issue of Food & Drink Technology should be with you by now, the front cover of which serves as an indication of not one, but two themes in the issue: beverages and functional ingredients. The October issue got me thinking about sports nutrition; it is true that such products have become more widely […]
Global stevia market up 14%
A new study by food and drink consultancy Zenith International estimates that worldwide sales of stevia are set to advance by 14% in 2014 to 4,670 tonnes, taking its overall market value to $336 million. “Consumers are increasingly scrutinising the contents of food and beverage products,” comments Zenith market intelligence consultant Simon Redwood. “Reduction in […]
October 2014
Product Focus: Beverages Ingredients: Functional ingredients Packaging: Metal packaging Processing: Control and automation, Robotics Show preview: Health Ingredients Europe
Chilled coffee market gathers NPD momentum
Ready to drink (RTD) or iced coffee has been seeing a period of strong product and market activity in recent years. It remains one of the smallest sectors of the soft drinks market in terms of new product activity, accounting for just over 4.2% of global launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 […]
INGREDIENTS: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients 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. DSM has published a Global Insight paper, stating that consumers demand dairy products such as yogurt prepared with simple and familiar ingredients Premium Ingredients is presenting […]
Investing in future generations
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has underlined its continued commitment to youth development with the launch of a new £810,000 Education Centre at its Milton Keynes site in the UK. The opening marks a total of £4 million invested by CCE in its national education programme since 2011 which to date has reached more than 300,000 young […]
New commissioner nominees outline reforms
Irish environment minister Phil Hogan has been nominated as the new agriculture commissioner for the European Union (EU) with responsibility for ensuring a smooth production of food ingredients across Europe. Assuming he is confirmed by the European Parliament, he should start his new job on 1 November. Meanwhile, Vytenis Andriukaitis of Lithuania will become the […]
FIC: printers be wary
With the recent comment by GS1 that the “larger brands are making considerably more progress towards compliance of the new food labelling regulations than the smaller brands”, the prospect of possible bottlenecks at some printers toward the end of the year could soon be a very dire reality, according to CS Labels. Labelling rules in […]
Mackerel’s welcome return to plates
The Scottish mackerel processing industry has welcomed the return of mackerel to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Fish to Eat list.
New printers and labellers from Sato
Sato has introduced two new printing and labelling solutions for the food industry. The new TH2 All in Box is a ready-to-use pack which includes a TH2 printer and labels so users can start labelling quickly while meeting stringent food preparation and labelling regulations. The new Judo Food handheld labeller is a flexible labelling solution enabling […]