Anuga FoodTec from 27 to 30 March 2012 will present all the relevant themes of food production: processing, packaging and food safety. More than 1,300 companies from around 40 countries are expected to exhibit at the fair... click here
Use of irradiation among European food processors remains relatively scarce with less than 10,000 tonnes (t) of produce treated across the region in 2010, a new report from Brussels has revealed... Read
Global packaging supplier Tetra Pak hopes to boost its output capacity of material used for chilled beverages cartons such as milk by around half a billion packages through its latest factory opening... Read
Over half of food processing and packaging firms on the Chinese mainland failed safety inspections in 2011 – a figure food quality control company AsiaInspection has called “alarming.”.. Read
BakeryAndSnacks.com spoke to Anders Filt of Franz Haas on the show floor at ProSweets 2012 about a bakery processing machine that combines three technologies that he claims can cut changeover times to 15 minutes... Read
A series of “significant investments” including the acquisition of a string of packaging firms have helped drive record sales, packaging supplier Silgan Holdings has announced... Read
Freudenberg Process Seals is launching its new Fluoroprene XP 40 sealing material onto the US market, and said it overcome the limitations of existing products offered to beverage processors... Read
Industry thought leaders will expose ONLINE how packaging can meet sustainability challenges while containing costs and guaranteeing its main job – keeping food safe, nutritious and appealing from factory to fork. Free registration starts here... click here
Industry groups have reiterated their position that sugar is fine in moderation, after a provocative commentary in the journal Nature this week called for regulating sugar like alcohol or cigarettes, arguing that it is just as toxic for the body... Read
The European Commission said it strongly regrets the European Parliament’s decision yesterday to veto the ‘percentage less’ claims on foods, claiming its proposal, if backed, would have favoured industry efforts to reformulation... Read
Cereal and snacks giant Kellogg has announced growth in its fourth quarter (Q4) full-year results led by gains in Latin America and Asia-Pacific... Read
Most people consider fresh fruit and raw vegetables healthy snack choices, according to a recent survey from market research organization Mintel, but a surprising number think cookies and ice cream are also healthy snacks... Read
Leading Japanese milk producers have announced that they are set to begin screening products for radiation at around 180 factories, in response to growing consumer concerns about radioactivity levels in food... Read
Despite a slump in 2011 net profits, Crown Holdings chairman and CEO John Conway said new beverage can lines in “promising emerging markets” such as Brazil, Vietnam and China boosted the company’s fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year trading performance... Read
Ball Packaging says it is selling every beverage can it makes for the Chinese market, with huge opportunities in sectors such as beer, and wants to relocate equipment there from ‘mature markets’ such as the US... Read
Krones has warned that damages it may be forced to pay over its alleged involvement in a US fraud and racketeering scam could cut its profits by tens of millions of dollars. The company denies any wrongdoing... Read
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