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Food fraud: Which ingredients are most vulnerable?

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

You can’t paint a horse like a cow and expect people not to notice – but grind their meat into patties and it may be a different story. So what makes an ingredient vulnerable to food fraud?

Hormel sees good growth in Q3

By Carina Perkins

US meat processor Hormel has reported solid growth in the third quarter, with particularly strong performance from its grocery and turkey segments.

Lack of poultry competitiveness loses Brazil billions

By Carina Perkins

Brazil has lost out on billions of dollars-worth of poultry exports as the result of loss of competitiveness, according to a new report released by the Brazilian Poultry Union (UBABEF).

Pathogen-busting films created with high flavanol cocoa

By Oliver Nieburg

Researchers have created antimicrobial packaging films containing high flavanol cocoa extracts that they say inhibits the growth of pathogens like listeria, E-coli and salmonella in food products.