Responding to the growth in the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) market, Mérieux NutriSciences recently bought the food testing business of TIC company Bureau Veritas. This means that the company will have operations in 32 countries and its revenue will be expanded to $1bn.As consumer demand for food safety increases, the food safety multinational aims
“The big challenge for European food and drink businesses, I think in many cases, is regulation,” said FlyBlast CEO Johan Jacobs.“The whole novel food package is limiting, especially if you compare it to other continents and geographies,” he says alongside other food and drink industry entrepreneurs in the video above.A level of conservatism from both
From imaginative flavours to planet-friendly initiatives, innovations come from all corners of Europe and give just a taste of the buzzing NPD happening around the continent. Here are just a few of the innovations that caught our eyes…Reimagining sushiKING Konjac – a Finnish company creating a sushi rice substitute – takes one of SIAL’s top awards
Danone US LLC is recalling certain Home Alone International Delight Peppermint Mocha Zero Sugar because it was mislabeled as zero sugar but contains sugar. For some people with certain underlying conditions, too much sugar can lead to serious health problems. According to the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on Oct. 12
As the death rate rose in the Boar’s Head listeria outbreak, one could not help but wonder if this might top the 2008 Maple Leaf listeria outbreak. The case fatality rate (CFR) for that infamous Canadian outbreak was 38.59 percent, just a tad below the 40 percent death rate for Ebola. The often fatal
More details have emerged about national operations concentrating on rice and blueberries as part of Operation Opson. Operation Opson XIII, led by Europol, seized around 22,000 tons of food and 850,000 liters of beverages. In total, goods valued at more than €91 million ($98.3 million) were removed from the market. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
— OPINION — If you care about food safety, then Jim Jones matters to you. A year into his tenure as Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program, Jones has infused the FDA food programs with a new sense of mission and new approaches to greater efficiency and transparency. The FDA reorganization — a cornerstone
Overall EU agri-food exports ballooned to €20.8bn in July, a 10% month on month increase and up 15% year on year. Cumulatively, exports since January rose by 3% to €137.2bn.American businesses spent €1.5bn more on European food imports year on year from January to July. However, much of the increase was attributed to rising olive
Food and drink start-ups are often credited with driving the tech space to new heights, and that’s no different in the food and drink space as FoodNavigator uncovers.From genetic modification to AI and waste-reducing solutions, food and drink is at the coalface of innovations driving things forward.Genetic modification is more accessible“At FlyBlast, we do genetic
The NOVA classification – a framework for grouping edible substances together, based on the extent to which they have been processed – has been a source of controversy and heated debate, since its introduction in 2009.Advocates celebrate its clear categorisation of food processing levels, making heavily-processed foods easy to identify.“The NOVA-UPF screener, developed in Brazil, is a