Archives for December 4, 2012

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Foreign facilities falling behind on FSMA, consultant says

By Hank Schultz

A large number of foreign food facilities likely will not be in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act re-registration guidelines when the deadline passes at the end of the year, a consultant has said.

Diageo files 'pourable slush' patents for RTD cocktails

By Ben Bouckley

Diageo has filed patents in a range of nations detailing a formulation process for alcoholic cocktails, sold in bottles at ambient temperatures then frozen by consumers to form a ready-to-serve pourable slush.

Canada to be grilled over subsidies

By Carina Perkins

Pig producers in Australia, New Zealand and the US have warned that Canada will be challenged over its pork subsidisation programme in the next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.