News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
FAO calls for tighter GM controls
Global contamination of non-genetically modified (GM) food and feed by GMOs will only increase without clearer policies and a tightening of the regulatory framework, says the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).
General Mills has slammed research suggesting on-pack cereal mascots are positioned to gaze into children’s eyes, calling the findings ‘absurd’ and describing the study as pseudo-science.
M&G Exclusive Interview: Blair Rutter, executive director of Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
Late last month, Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt introduced the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act (click here for full text of the bill), in attempt to move the nation’s record grain crop faster and more...
Milling & Grains bite-size science
Maize for food consumption is falling, ancient grains boost immunity to a deadly disease, short-term heat stress could threaten wheat output, and widespread biofortification of staple crops a distinct possibility.
The Romaco Group is selling its stake in FrymaKoruma (AG and GmbH) to a new umbrella corporation within the DBAG (Deutsche Beteiligungs AG) portfolio called ProXES.
Milling & Grains Bite-size news
Record-breaking EU wheat exports, Glanbia adds US food-grade processing facility, Ardent Mills partners amend filing and Tiger Brands abandons milling and baking acquisitions in Kenya.
Key Insights from Food Vision
What is the future of food? Simple communication of complex advances will be crucial, as well as picking up the pace amid a global population boom to feed the world nutritiously and sustainably, according to FoodNavigator and NutraIngredients senior editors.
India needs around 43m tonnes of additional warehousing and storage capacity if it wants to reduce the amount of food grain that is at risk of being damaged by poor conditions.