Byrne updates on enlargement
Speaking in Brussels earlier this week, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection David Byrne announced the latest development on issues relating to food safety within an enlarged EU.
Archives for December 12, 2003
Tapping into steady emulsifiers market
Leading Japanese emulsifier supplier Riken Vitamin is set to boost production at its subsidiary in Malaysia with the opening of a new plant this week. High hopes to increase market share.
Benefat recieves final approval
Danisco is broadening its range of specialty fats with the introduction of Salatrim, a low-calorie alternative available for the European bakery and confectionery industries. The product was given its final approval from the EU on 1st December.
Iggesund revitalizes its operations
Iggesund Paperboard, part of the Swedish forest products group Holmen, is investing €33 million in its paperboard mills in both Sweden and the UK. The Swedish facility at Iggesunds Bruk will be equipped with a €16 million coating station, while the...
In the bag
Austrian-based packaging giant the Frantschach Group has acquired a sack production plant in Aberdeen, UK. The facility has been bought from a subsidiary of the British Plaster Board (BPB), which has operated the production plant under the name of...
Reduced gum stocks push prices up
Early depletion of African gum stocks have driven up global prices of gum acacia. US company TIC gums this week passed the price rise of gum arabic on to the market.
Eco food waste
Eureka, the pan-European network for industrial research & development, has developed a technique to recycle agricultural and industrial waste from food production to produce composts which can be used to help decontaminate and revitalise polluted land.