The 20-year re-branding period imposed on Nestlé’s newly-acquired Pfizer Nutrition infant formula brands in South Africa will create a “viable competitor” to Nestlé in the long term, the country's Competition Tribunal has claimed.
Food ingredients prices rose at the fastest rate since 1998 in
August, says a new report released just as ministers warn that the
worst of the hikes is yet to come - a particularly for meat.
The UK herbal sector has reached an agreement with the medicines
regulator over labelling of black cohosh products with liver injury
warnings, and has asked it to review the safety data again next
year.
Standard Process has begun a multimillion-dollar expansion to deal
with projected growth, as plans to add new lines and extend
existing ones suggest the company's business model is working.
Chinese ingredients supplier Fenchem is introducing a vegetarian
form of hyaluronic acid (HA) called Hymax for use in dietary
supplements, helping to expand use of the ingredient in oral joint
health products.