1. Progress has been made but controls on the production and storage of food of animal origin remain weak in Romania, according to the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO).
2. Cocoa processing has dropped in North America and Europe in the first quarter of 2015, but a futures analyst says chocolate demand remains steady.
3. Kellogg will run the voluntary health star rating system across its entire cereal range in Australia and New Zealand by the end of 2015, kick-starting with 26 products in June.
4. Europe’s largest frozen foods business Iglo Group has been bought by US investor Nomad Holdings for €2.6bn, at 2.4 times return on the original investment made by parent company Permira.
5. More sustainable production is needed to ensure food and nutrition for future generations, but sustainability faces hidden threats all of which are linked to overconsumption of resources, claims the Worldwatch Institute.
Growing dependence on imported food, Agricultural Losses, Problems of Energy availability, Increasingly degraded oceans, pursuit of never ending economic growth, migration as a climate adoption strategy, disputes over Arctic ownership and emerging diseases originating in animals are the specific reasons cited.
6. Police in the UK have warned against buying diet pills containing the toxic fat-burner DNP following the death of a 21-year-old woman.
7. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to US$18m in a subsidiary of Al Safi Danone to reduce Iraq's reliance on dairy imports.
8. Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling all products made at all facilities because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
9. The Chinese pig sector’s demand for feed will remain under pressure for the remainder of the year but is expected to be higher in early 2016, said Rabobank.
10. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said plans to destroy up to 11 million olive trees in southern Italy lack sufficient research, after NGO Peacelink challenged the proposal.
2. Cocoa processing has dropped in North America and Europe in the first quarter of 2015, but a futures analyst says chocolate demand remains steady.
3. Kellogg will run the voluntary health star rating system across its entire cereal range in Australia and New Zealand by the end of 2015, kick-starting with 26 products in June.
4. Europe’s largest frozen foods business Iglo Group has been bought by US investor Nomad Holdings for €2.6bn, at 2.4 times return on the original investment made by parent company Permira.
5. More sustainable production is needed to ensure food and nutrition for future generations, but sustainability faces hidden threats all of which are linked to overconsumption of resources, claims the Worldwatch Institute.
Growing dependence on imported food, Agricultural Losses, Problems of Energy availability, Increasingly degraded oceans, pursuit of never ending economic growth, migration as a climate adoption strategy, disputes over Arctic ownership and emerging diseases originating in animals are the specific reasons cited.
6. Police in the UK have warned against buying diet pills containing the toxic fat-burner DNP following the death of a 21-year-old woman.
7. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest up to US$18m in a subsidiary of Al Safi Danone to reduce Iraq's reliance on dairy imports.
8. Blue Bell Ice Cream is recalling all products made at all facilities because they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
9. The Chinese pig sector’s demand for feed will remain under pressure for the remainder of the year but is expected to be higher in early 2016, said Rabobank.
10. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said plans to destroy up to 11 million olive trees in southern Italy lack sufficient research, after NGO Peacelink challenged the proposal.
No comments:
Post a Comment