Europe: drupa innovation park 2016 to hold house six theme parks
The drupa innovation park 2016 (dip) will consist of six theme parks that will display current trends and topics along with business cases associated with process-oriented print and publishing solutions from May 31 to June 10, 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany. “The dip is a fantastic way for young companies and start-ups as well as global players with forward looking solutions...
Europe: Lecta releases paper range for labels, flexible packaging
Lecta presents its Creaset Endless Possibilities line of one-side coated papers for labels and flexible packaging applications. The product range offers new grades for the food industry, fastmoving consumer goods and the beverage sector such as Creaset HWS and Creaset LWS papers, high and low wet-strength, also available in embossed. The line is suitable for water, beer and returnable packaging in...
Europe: Attractive-looking noodle snack pots in RPC Bebo’s blue lids
RPC Bebo UK has supplied a 126mm diameter lid in a blue pigment to enhance the branding and on-shelf appeal of a new range of Blue Dragon branded noodle snack pots produced by Symingtons under licence from AB World Foods. Based on classic Blue Dragon family favorite recipes, the Noodle Pots are aimed at attracting new customers to the snack...
Europe: Chr Hansen joins in project on wine production
A new four-year project has received a grant of €4 million (US$4.47 million) from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Training Network within the European Union (EU) Framework Program for Research and Innovation. In the project, which Chr Hansen is part of, an international collaboration of scientists from a wide range of universities, research institutions, vineyards and private companies aims to...
Asia Pacific: Arla Foods to open office in Malaysia to serve China, Southeast Asian markets
Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and Southeast Asia in a new regional market called Business Unit Asia located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as of March 1st 2015. As the world’s fastest growing economic region with a raw milk deficit and a total population of 2.3 billion people, Asia holds great potential for dairy export, in particular for...
Europe: Food bacteria show resistance to antimicrobial drugs, finds EFSA-ECDC report
Treatment options for some of the most common food-borne infections are decreasing, as types of bacteria (called ‘isolates’) continue to show resistance to antimicrobial drugs. For example, multi-drug resistant isolates of Salmonella continue to spread across Europe. Also, high resistance to the antimicrobial ciprofloxacin in Campylobacter isolates in both humans and animals has been reported in some member states. Encouragingly, co-resistance to...
World: IFF expands facility in South Africa
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) has expanded its flavors facility in Isando, South Africa. The expanded facility, located near Johannesburg and adjacent to IFF’s existing manufacturing plant, more than doubles IFF’s creative capabilities in South Africa. The facility includes flavor creation, application and sensory laboratories, and a pilot plant that will cater to the company’s expanded customer base in the...
Asia Pacific: Test yusheng for food safety, shares SCIEX
Celebrating Lunar New Year, or, Chinese New Year is a huge tradition in Asia. Just like turkeys for Thanksgiving in the US, I was told by my colleagues in Singapore that the equivalent of celebratory food for Lunar New Year is "Yusheng". With my curiosity piqued, I summoned the help of the Internet and, to my pleasant surprise, found out some...
Americas: Ganeden Biotech, CapAble AB to create probiotic straws for easy consumption by children
Ganeden Biotech and CapAble AB will partner to create a new telescoping GanedenBC30 LifeTop Probiotic Straw that can be used in both refrigerated and shelf stable milk or juice boxes, pouches and bottles. The straws, manufactured by BioGaia’s subsidiary, CapAble, will have one billion colony forming unit or CFU of GanedenBC30 and can be seamlessly applied to Tetra Pak and...
Europe: More food manufacturers comply with regulations, lowers risk of recalls, finds report
Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS has revealed that there was a significant rise in food recall and notification occurrences across Europe during the final three months of 2014. Compared to the previous quarter, there was a 16% jump in food recalls and notifications in Q4, says the company that deals with product recalls, retrievals, returns and audits. Events were also up in comparison to...