Innovia Films has produced a video on mineral oil migration that looks at how the firm tests for migration on food packaging and the conclusions from those results.
AvantiRenewables, a division of AvantiGas, has partnered with Byworth Boilers and Janfire UK to offer industrial biomass steam boilers to the F&B industry with no upfront capital.
Borregaard's vanillin and ethyl vanillin plant in Norway has acquired the food safety certification FSSC22000 to distinguish it from a rise in competitors.
ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialities Company has announced it is the first lubricant provider to achieve certification for its range used in the food industry.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found the highest levels of exposure to mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH), a possible health hazard, in bread and rolls in an opinion issued yesterday.
The development of a new nano-catalyst could be the biggest breakthrough in more than three decades in the quest to commercialise a process to create plastics from organic biomass that can be used in food packaging, said a leading researcher in the project.
Alfa Laval announced it has won a €9.4m (SEK 85m) contract to supply equipment to an Indonesian edible oil company in a move to develop one of the world’s largest plants.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) said it has developed a simplified analytical method for the detection of mineral oils that have leached from recycled cardboard packaging into foods.
Designed specifically for the edible oil industry, the SK 110/37 screw cap closure improves the safety and sealability of big mouth PET containers, claims its manufacturer Bericap, based in Germany.
Costs are set to ease for food makers reliant on plastics packaging as crude oil futures in New York plummet on Friday to the lowest level since October 2007.
Biodegradable and recycled packaging may soon become viable
alternatives for more food companies as the increasing price of
plastics begins to be passed on by suppliers, KPMG states in a
report.
Analysts have suggested that it is just a matter of time before
energy prices increase further, bringing more bad news to plastic
packaging manufacturers who are finding it increasingly difficult
to absorb rising costs.
Spearing opportunities in the emerging Russian oil market, US
edible oils giant Bunge has signed off €54 million to build its
first sunflower seed crushing and refining plant in Russia,
writes Lindsey Partos.
BASF is set to raise its European prices for the styrene polymers
Terluran (ABS) and Luran (SAN) by €200 per metric ton, while Saudi
comments have triggered fears that high oil prices will be
sustained. Anthony Fletcher reports.
More bad news for packaging firms - BASF has announced further
price rises for the plastic polystyrene. Costs are set to be
increased in Europe by €100 euros per metric ton.
Hot on the heels of weak third quarter results, US agri-giant Bunge
said on Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell
its bakery business to US company Dawn Food Products for $76
million in a bid to focus on the core...
Shell has strengthened its business ties with Angelus, the premier
global supplier of can closing and seaming machines, with a new
associational initiative for its food-friendly lubricants.
A researcher in environmental engineering at Staffordshire
University in the UK has developed a technique to convert unwanted
cooking oil into a 'biodiesel' which is a much cleaner alternative
to fossil diesel.
The Alianza Team group of companies has said that it plans to
construct a 'megafactory' in Barranquilla for the production of
oils and fats in Colombia.
