Kellogg Company has launched legal action against a Canadian firm over allegations its tainted packaging cost the food giant millions of dollars and forced it to issue a nationwide recall of breakfast cereals.
The “vast majority” of cereals and cereal-based foods in the UK contain mycotoxin levels below regulatory limits, according to a survey from the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
A HDPE based bag-in-box liner developed for breakfast cereals is step changing in that it offers odour/flavour as well as moisture barrier protection through the use of multi-layer packaging technology, claims Amcor Flexibles Europe & Americas (AFEA).
While cereal production in the EU will be 10 per cent below last
year's record harvests, food processors will not have to look to
imports to make up their requirements.
Tighter supplies will lead to rises in prices for maize and coffee,
while the cost for rice, wheat, milk, oilcrops and milk will remain
stable or fall, according to the latest forecasts from the UN's
Food and Agriculture Organisation...
This week's product launches from Mintel's GNPD database cover a
raft of new offerings for the breakfast cereals sectors, which is
currently experiencing strong growth throughout eastern Europe, in
stark contrast to the...
UK-based machinery provider Packaging Automation has successfully
converted heat sealing and filling equipment originally designed
for liquids into machinery capable of processing dry food products.
