Authority & Legal
Americas: Kemin’s spearmint earns Sustainably Grown certification
The production of Hi-RA Mint, a proprietary line of spearmint developed by Kemin plant scientists using traditional plant breeding methods, has been certified Sustainably...
Europe: Chr Hansen, researchers develop fermentation process for carmine
Researchers from Chr. Hansen, the University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (KU) and Technical University of Denmark, Department of Systems Biology...
Americas: 1,000 nonprofits honored in food guide
The James Beard Foundation, Food Tank and an advisory group of more than 70 food system experts, developed the second annual Good Food Org...
Europe: Authorities want fresh, natural food for schools
New measures to strengthen and boost funding for a European Union (EU) scheme to provide fruit, vegetables and milk products in schools were backed...
Europe: New BRC toolkit aims to improve packaging safety
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has released the new issue 5 of BRC Global Standard for packaging and packaging material.
BRC Packaging standard is a...
Americas: Food, Packaging colors facility gets SQF food safety certification
Emerald Specialties Group's facility in Ohio, US is certified to meet Safe Quality Food (SQF) level 2, a food safety plan benchmarked by the...
Asia Pacific: New Zealand-Korea FTA bodes well for Fonterra
As New Zealand marks the one-year anniversary of its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, Fonterra Co-operative Group is gearing up to take...
Americas: Salmonella outbreak linked to hot peppers
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Anatum infections was detected in the US in June 2016.
It involved 32 patients from nine states with illness onset...
Asia Pacific: Valio receives Chinese export permit for infant formula
The Chinese government has given Valio an export permit to ship its powdered infant formulas, manufactured at the Lapinlahti plant, and ready-to-feed liquid infant...