Risk of vCJD epidemic small
As beef sales reach pre-mad cow disease levels scientists in the UK say the likelihood of a large vCJD epidemic remains small.
Archives for January 13, 2005
Kraft extends nutrition labelling to US audience
Kraft Foods, the world's biggest food company, has announced its US operation is to provide consumers with more nutritional information about its products - a precedent already set by its UK division, Tom Armitage reports.
New broth slices day away from listeria testing
Tracking the harmful foodborne pathogen Listeria in the food chain, UK firm Oxoid has designed a new broth that could accelerate detection time for the food industry.
EU reforms blamed for sugar plant closure
Ireland's lone sugar processor Greencore Sugar is to cease operating at its Carlow production facility in anticipation of the pending EU reform of the sugar industry, Tom Armitage reports.