News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The price paid to British farmers for chicken needs to increase by 8p a kilogramme if the industry is to survive, the National Farmers Union said yesterday. Poultry producers are getting an average of 2p less than the cost of production because of a...
A previously unidentified protein on the surface of intestinal cells has given researchers in the US clues on how to prevent disease. The scientists believe their results could eventually lead the way to preventing food-borne Listeria monocytogenes...
Dessert giant Müller is looking into reports that a batch of its apple Müllerice creamy dairy rice with apple pieces in syrup may have been spoiled, and may pose a health risk. Around 220,000 pots of the rice pudding dessert have been recalled.
The European Commission has warned that it might challenge member-state bans on biotech crops in the European Court of Justice. Bans have been imposed by Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and the UK.
Danish packaging firm Lachenmeier has launched a new stretch hood machine that can be used by the food packaging industry. "A wide range of products will benefit from this technology, such food and beverages, which in the past were thought to be too...
The European Commission has set up a new online help desk for the development of trade from developing countries. The Commission says the tool aims to assist the likes of food and drink manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe to access the EU markets.