According to FoodManufacture.co.uk, the hypothetical ruling from the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is significant, given that requests for rulings that yield a positive result usually lead to the licensing of foodstuffs for sale within the UK. The Food Standards Agency (...
The expo at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre is expected to attract over 3,000 decision makers from more than 25 countries are expected to attend, primarily from across the Mena region.
A joint venture of US firm Parsons and France's Systra has been awarded a project management consultancy contract for the network while Parsons Brinckerhoff, a unit of UK's Balfour Beatty, was awarded a preliminary engineering contract for phases one and two of the project, Richard Bowker was...
According to the market analyst, factors that have led to a shift back to previous trends in 2010 include rising disposable income levels, consumers reverting again to trading up and a growing demand for convenience features.
Calling it a "voluntary guideline contract programme" for 2011-12, the TSA recommended rate increases of US$400 per (NZD$521) 40-foot container (FEU) for cargo moving to the U.S. West Coast and $600 per FEU for all other cargo.
Shanghai Port handled about 24 million TEU from January to October, surpassing Singapore to be the largest port in the world for three consecutive months in a raw, according to the Shipping Gazette citing figures from the Statistical Bureau of Shanghai.
PET is unlikely to replace glass as the material of choice for French wine producers but at Emballage in Paris this week plastic packaging firms said demand from the wine sector is increasing fast, according to FoodProductionDaily.com.
The move follows a study that estimated up to 60,000 tonnes of bananas destroyed in Australia each year were suitable for processing but discarded for cosmetic reasons, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald carried on FreshPlaza.com.
Quoting market experts at RTS resources, the report said the colours market is estimated to be worth USD $1.7 billion (NZD2.2 billion), with natural colours said to make up USD $0.65 billion.
