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Finland's National Food Agency announced this week that it has established an expert network to evaluate whether health claims used to market foods, supplements and foods for particular nutritional uses are adequately backed by science.
Thriving global cheese production is likely to spur new developments in whey processing, and combined with new process technologies, offer significant growth opportunities for specialists, reveals a new report.
Two years ago to the day terrorist attacks in the United States struck a nation, leaving the country shocked, angry and vulnerable. As the country continues to recover, national security remains very much a top priority, in particular agriculture and...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning advising consumers to avoid consuming herbal teas containing star anise, following reports that at least 40 people, including 15 infants, became ill after drinking teas brewed with the fruit.
ADM, a leading supplier of health ingredients, will exhibit a range of products derived from natural sources at the forthcoming Health Ingredients Europe exhibition in Paris from 17-19 September 2002.
New research revealing the negative effects of HRT has helped ingredients firm Acatris improve its performance over the first half of the year, it...
Adding heart healthy flavonoids to food during processing can improve the taste of some products, despite their bitter profile, claims a US scientist.
Food marketers not only have to battle against restrictions on health claims, but they may also be coming up against 'macho' attitudes when trying to reach the male consumer, suggests a new study from the UK.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) filed comments with the FDA yesterday suggesting that it may have hugely overestimated the economic benefits to the industry of the proposed GMPs.
Probiotics leader Yakult is hosting an international symposium in Germany next month, to explore recent research on probiotics and its role in immunology and cancer.
The US Department of Agriculture is calling for public comments on proposed revisions to the daily food intake patterns which form the technical basis for the Food Guide Pyramid, in an effort to help Americans make better food choices.
"We have fundamentally reformed our farm policy," and with these words Dr. Franz Fischler, European Commissioner for Agriculture kicked-off his first speech at the WTO ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico that opened on Wednesday.