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Byline: Our Bureau, Mumbai It is widely observed that street food vendors across the country use newspapers to wrap food items for takeaway and the food authority has stressed on [...]

Byline: Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi FSSAI has issued a direction regarding the operationalisation of the draft related to the use of recycled plastics for the purpose of packaging by the [...]

Byline: Ranjana Sharma The famed Yewale tea, spread over Pune and other parts of Maharashtra with a string of outlets, has come under the FDA, Maharashtra, scanner as the tea [...]

Byline: Abrar Khan and Mohammad Irfan Size reduction machinery may appear unchanged, but advancements under the hood result i process improvements. Planned obsolescence is a sales concept reserved for consumer [...]

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued FSIS Notice 22-19, 'Verification of Establishment Processes for Collecting Livestock Blood for Human Food' July 16. The notice advises inspection program personnel [...]

Byline: Khyati Das, Mumbai The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has sent letters addressed to Commissioners of Food Safety of all states and Union territories and all [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Belgium is adopting the Nutri-Score nutrition labelling system introduced by France in 2017 following consultations with industry bodies. However, its use remains voluntary, stressed Health Minister Maggie [...]

Byline: Shraddha Joshi FSSAI has directed manufacturers of food products to stop using potassium bromate as an additive. The country's apex food regulator clarified that its use as an additive [...]

Campbell Soup's Labels for Education program, H.J. Heinz Co.'s Ketchup Creativity Contest, and Mountain Dew's DEWmocracy are some promotional campaigns that have used packaging to enhance consumer-brand relationships. Electronic media has amplified the usability of packaging in the promotional mix. Marketing benefits that have been realized in these campaigns are described.

How much are you willing to pay for your own food safety? Would you pay a cent more for chicken if it has a freshness indicator on the packaging? As [...]

U.S. food processing firms use exports to reach foreign markets and consumers, but foreign direct investment (FDI) is more effective at generating overseas revenues. FDI by U.S. food processors generated [...]

Twenty years ago, bulk commodities that consisted primarily of grains and oilseeds accounted for most agricultural trade; however, in recent years processed and semi-processed products have jointly accounted for two-thirds [...]

The key to growth in the consumer mix business is searching out and marketing niche products in what most consider to be a mature market, according to mix company executives [...]

FDA is expected to convene a public meeting on the development of a regulatory pathway for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in dietary supplement and food products, according to Scott [...]

Armfield (stand A25) will display its successful Laboratory Scale Heat Exchanger FT74Di Direct Steam Injection UHT system capable of temperatures of 150[degrees]C, pressures to nine bar and throughputs for product [...]

A lifestyle change or sudden food intolerance can be difficult for people who still crave the foods they've now needed to give up. Cheese, in particular, is particularly missed by [...]

While the U.S. and much of the developed world is experiencing an economic downturn, it may be easy to forget the concurrent global hunger crisis, in which nearly one billion [...]

Staff - Types : From the early 1900s until about a decade ago, blenders were generally simple in style. Then manufacturers began to experiment with jar and blade designs. Blades [...]

Illinois, USA-based Lifeway Foods, a supplier of the cultured dairy product Kefir, says that, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006, its sales increased 26% to $6.3 million, up [...]

The latest addition of the Geometric range from Dudson is the new Shield Bowls. These deep triangular bowls are versatile as they not only add colour and shape to the [...]

Jenny Craig, Carlsbad, CA, is recalling 55,920 packages of Jenny's Cuisine Chocolate Chip Bites Crisp Cookies with Chocolate Drops. The products were distributed nationwide. Reason for recall: The products labeled [...]

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote the 'Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act,' a bill the Senate previously approved. If the bill clears a [...]

Industry needs a grassroots effort to clarify the facts and fiction of new technologies. I saw an article in USA Today that indicated Frito-Lay has asked its growers not to [...]

Lightbody Celebration Cakes have become the first food manufacturer in Scotland to adopt EFACS manufacturing software from Glasgow-based RAD Software Ltd, who have the sole rights to implement EFACS software [...]

Looking outside the food industry can help make it more meaningful. A famous management guru wrote recently, 'I have long been an avowed enemy of bench-marking.' Then he quotes Mark [...]

When visiting Italy as an American, (1) you are immediately struck by the juxtaposition of the ancient and the modern in everyday life. Strolling through the center of Milan, you'll [...]

IN A MARKET DOMINATED BY GLOBAL JUGGERNAUTS LIKE COCA-Cola and Pepsi, it can be incredibly difficult for a smaller company to claim any territory. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However, Hank's Beverage Co. [...]

This transformation was not a pure rebranding or repositioning; it has been achieved through a combination of research and development, technical advancement and the identification of astute commercial opportunities. What [...]

Just as milk does a body good, cheese does a prepared food wonders. Consumer demand for tasty, healthful, convenient foods is forcing R&D to develop creative foods that deliver flavor [...]

Many people claim to have a so-called 'sixth sense'--that certain feeling in their gut that tells them what's going to happen. And when it comes to food product development, every [...]

At every step, a chef controls the flavor of a dish. At the same time, every chef is limited by his or her customers' expectations and what they are willing [...]

GUI guides operations on the factory floor. You're designing a new automation system for your food processing plant. Your colleagues suggest that you consider a GUI (Graphical User Interface, or [...]

The following is summarized from information provided by Dr. Bonnie M. van der Pers-King, Quest International, The Netherlands. Dr van der Pers-King is Manager of the Sensory Research Department at [...]

Taste and smell evoke complex psychological and physiological reactions-- from stimulating memory to inducing ingestion The following is summarized from information provided by Chantal Stampanoni, Givaudan-Roure, Dubendorf,, Switzerland. Mrs. Stampanoni [...]

'Value is the mantra of the day,' states Riggs. But NPD's survey respondents don't define value in terms of the cheapest price. 'Consumers are willing to pay for fresh, high [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One instance of shipping an unclean item or tainted food or beverage can mean the end of a million-dollar enterprise. For many sectors of these industries, ensuring cleanliness [...]

Michael Cigliano, executive VP and co-owner, Santa Monica Seafood, Rancho Dominguez, California Patrick Gabrish, director of foodservice sales, Pacific Natural Foods, Portland, Oregon Bill Taylor, venison farmer, Lora Valley Farm, [...]

OSAKA, JAPAN -- Talk about the law of diminishing returns. Senba Kitcho, a once-renowned restaurant chain based here, recently learned that lesson the hard way when its corner-cutting method of [...]

Premier Foods has given its Cadbury Cakes portfolio a shake-up with new packaging intended to up its consumer appeal. The range, which is produced under licence from Cadbury, has been [...]

UBUK introduced a pack redesign for its Skips, Discos, Nik Naks and Wheat Crunchies brands in May this year. All four brands also had their saturated fat content reduced by [...]

RHM ditched the wacky packaging for Hovis in July last year in order to focus on health and better quality. The baked beans, tomatoes and cucumbers, featured on-pack since 2001, [...]

For most of America's families, food in all of its forms is part of our nation's abundance. Indeed, food has become so cheap, abundant and available that shoppers now can [...]

Impulse shoppers rarely have the time to stand around comparing the fat content, ingredients or calorie count of products. Grab-and-go consumers want convenience and typically opt for familiarity and reliability. [...]

Additives for plastics for food packaging and other food-contact applications are required to be on the European Union's (EU) positive list by Dec. 31, 2007, per the second amendment to [...]

One of the potential downsides of iron fortification in foods and beverages is the development of organoleptic changes, as seen with the water-soluble iron fortificant ferrous sulfate. Taiyo's iron fortification [...]