News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
While exports of aluminium foil from Europe rose 11 per cent at the start of this year, internal demand decreased by 1.9 per cent, according to statistics released yesterday by an industry association.
ConAgra Foods has blamed higher pork and beef costs and the company's failure to compensate by raising prices sufficiently as the main reasons for lowering its profits forecast by about one-third for the fiscal fourth quarter ended 29 May.
A new EU survey on consumer attitudes supports proposed legislation on improving the treatment of farm animals and the need for better labelling, according to the European Commission.
A new flow meter system aims to help dairies, farms and food processing operations be more efficient in measuring the amount of waste water they discharge from their activities.