DSM Announces Management Changes
NETHERLANDS - Animal feed, ingredients and pharmaceuticals compay, DSM has announced a series of management changes at the...

EFSA Safety Assessments of Smoke Flavourings
EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first ever review of the safety of 11 smoke flavourings...

Organic Soy Extract Improves Meat Yields
US - Nu-Tek Products has developed a natural, organic soy extract for holding water and fat in meat products to improve yields....

Sara Lee Reducing Salt in Products
US – US meat and food processor Sara Lee is to reduce salt in its products by an average of 20 per cent over the next five...

ConAgra to Reduce Sodium in Products
US - ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading food makers, its pledge to reduce salt across its portfolio of food products...

WPC REPORT - Chinese Consumers Flu Virus Fears
CHINA - A quarter of the Chinese population believe that the A/H1N1 flu virus can be caught through eating pig meat.

Taste Overrules Nutrition when Consumers Choose Foods
CANADA - The director or the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals says, regardless of the nutritional...

Pilgrim's Pride Recalls Buffalo Style Chicken Wings
US - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation has recalled about 608,000 pounds of buffalo style chicken wings produced for The Kroger...

Officials Not Testing if Poultry Industry is 'Plumping'
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand food safety authorities say that they have not tested local chicken breasts to see if they have...

FSIS Revises List of Approved Meat Additives
US - FSIS has revised the list of approved additives for meat and poultry.

Dawn Wins Gold Medal
IRELAND - Irish meat processor, Dawn has been awarded a Gold Medal at the recent Pork Product of the Year 2009 Awards ce...

EFSA Concerned over Two Smoke Flavourings
EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has cleared one smoke flavouring product as safe but has raised concerns over...

Ajinomoto Establishes Meat JV in Thailand
THAILAND - Ajinomoto has agreed to establish a joint venture (JV) in Thailand with Itoham and Betagro.

Survey on Doner Kebabs
UK - The average doner kebab contains more than 1000 calories, which is over half the Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) for women...

Kerry Responds to Changing Market
IRELAND - Kerry, the Irish based global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group showed solid business development...

Salting Methods Significant on Protein
NORWAY - Salting methods, temperature and pressure are of great significance for the loss of protein during the salting of...

Boosting Meat Texture with Soy
UK - A new range of functional soy protein concentrates has been launched in Europe by Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)...