Kind Snacks sues Clif Bar over alleged copycatting
Kind Snacks has filed a lawsuit against Clif Bar for allegedly infringing its packaging trademarks.
Archives for February 13, 2014
Bite-Size Milling & Grains science
Yellow rust resistance, aflatoxins contamination, weather changes, European maize
Wheat with an elevated resistance to yellow rust disease, analysis of non-biological solutions to aflatoxin contamination, crops that naturally adapt to changing weather conditions, little change in European maize yields as temperatures increase.
Smell to sell: Imagining food smells may increase consumption
Imagining the smell of cake may lead people to eat more cake, suggests a study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Toray film seals in long shelf life
Toray Plastics (America) has launched a metallized BOPP film designed to lock out oxygen and moisture on flexible food packages.
Poultry producer pecks at portion packaging
Chicken producer GNP has launched packaging that puts natural boneless, skinless breast meat in convenient portions.
Bite-size Milling & Grains News
Canada’s grain backlog woes, more delay in Ardent Mills merger, moving the UK grain passport online, India wheat support hurting world market, China grain imports up
Frustration builds over Canada’s grain backlog, more delay for Ardent Mills, five companies sign on for UK's eGrain passport pilot, India’s support program for wheat growers is hurting the global trade and China imports more grain in 2013.
M&G Exclusive: The big interview
GM wheat: A 10-year wait?
Monsanto is pressing ahead with field tests on herbicide-tolerant wheat, but commercialization isn't round the corner, its head wheat technologist says.
M&G Exclusive: Interview with Jennifer Shaw, Syngenta's head of sustainability
Field to Market Alliance seeks ‘real’ sustainable ag measures
How does one measure the environmental footprint of the cereal grain industry?