agriculture
Primary production and processing
A new department at Campden BRI is benefitting members and clients by bringing together expertise in the areas of primary production, raw materials and ingredients, and primary processing operations. Reflecting the closer integration within the supply chain, the Department of Primary Production and Processing is providing a consolidated focus for areas from cereals and animal […]
NFU champions food ahead of election
The NFU will launch a UK wide campaign next week to highlight the importance of food and farming ahead of the general election. The Great British Food Gets My Vote campaign, to be launched at the NFU’s annual conference on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February, will urge politicians to back British farming in their […]
Europe urged to consider dairy
Scotland’s rural affairs secretary, Richard Lochhead, has called for the UK government to raise the plight of Scottish dairy producers at next week’s European Council meeting. Scotland’s dairy sector is currently facing severe market difficulties caused by global volatility in the price of milk, which has seen the price of four pints fall as low […]
FDF president 2015 elected
At the Food and Drink Federation (FDF)’s recent council meeting Fiona Kendrick, CEO and chairman of Nestlé UK and Ireland, was elected FDF president for 2015 in succession to Richard Evans, president of PepsiCo West Europe & South Africa Region. A formal handover of responsibilities will take place at the FDF President’s Reception on 15 December. Outgoing FDF president, […]
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 […]
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 […]
NFU spells out priorities
A UK government that understands farm businesses, wants agriculture to grow and has the policies that send the right signals to farmers, are the key messages in the NFU’s farming manifesto launched this week ahead of next year’s General Election. The document highlights five key policy challenges over the short, medium and long term that […]
Scottish beef action plan welcomed
A 23-point action plan aimed at revitalising Scotland’s beef sector has been unveiled by an industry expert group. The recommendations are contained in the Beef 2020 final report, published this week. The report, which was produced by a short life industry group, chaired by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman Jim McLaren at the request of […]
Amsterdam summit highlights challenges
Some key challenges were discussed in the European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit.
Japanese Wagyu beef imports officially launched
The Japanese embassy has hosted an event to introduce premium quality authentic Wagyu beef produced in Japan to the food industry in London. The event marked that authentic Wagyu can now be imported into the EU after the BSE ban. Keiichi Hayashi, ambassador of Japan and Yasuhiro Pzato, parliamentary vice-minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries […]
‘Good governance and audit accountability’
Margaret Patterson, president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology.
Oil composition boost makes hemp a cooking contender
Scientists at the University of York have reported the development of hemp plants with a dramatically increased content of oleic acid. The new oil profile results in an attractive cooking oil that is similar to olive oil in terms of fatty acid content having a much longer shelf life as well as greater heat tolerance […]
New Cémoi cocoa and chocolate centre inaugurated
Cémoi has inaugurated its new laboratory dedicated to cocoa at Perpignan. The event took place in the presence of Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, the Minister of Agriculture of Ivory Coast, the first cocoa production area in the world, and René Bidal, the Prefect of the department Pyrenees Orientales. This new high-tech equipment is part of the […]
DSM enzyme wins innovation award
DSM Food Specialities has been named as the winner of the Savoury/Meat Innovation of the Year award at the Food Ingredients Excellence Awards 2013 for its Maxipro HSP enzyme. The enzyme is a unique protease that is able to extract valuable protein from existing animal-based products, thereby offering the world an extra source of protein […]