Food Industry & Standards
What regulations govern the food industry? How are standards developed? Learn about the food industry and the standards used to protect your health. Discover the many organizations and associations in the food industry and how they work together to create standards.
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| Cradle of Winemaking Refuses to Be Crushed By Russian Ban The Georgian wine industry, thought to be the world's oldest, is reeling from Russia's blanket ban on exports of its wine... |
Regulation of Trans Fats A Canadian government task force on trans fats is recommending that all vegetable oils and spreadable margarines have the... |
| Wal-Mart Plans Huge Move Into Organic Food Organic Rice Krispies, organic Frosted Mini Wheats and even organic Pepsi may define the future of American eating habits... |
Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew Organic, Inc. tells how an $11 billion industry arose out of an alternative food movement, bringing backwoods idealists... |
| US Hospital Tries to Evict Mcdonald's Burger giant refuses to give up its franchise without a fight. One of America's premier cardiac hospitals is locked in a... |
French Vineyards Face Worst Crisis in More Than a Century Tens of thousands of angry winemakers took to the streets across France yesterday demanding urgent government action to... |
| EU Lifts Six-year Ban on Gm Corn The EU is to approve the sale of a brand of genetically modified corn for human consumption - ending a six-year ban that... |
Sweden Approves Gm Potato Crops Sweden has approved the growing of the first genetically modified potato - not for human consumption but for production of... |
| Fast Food Firms Accused of Using Sport to Attract Children Health campaigners fear obesity among the young is being fuelled by multimillion pound sponsorships of celebrities and... |
Farmed Salmon Carry Harmful Toxins Farmed salmon carry about ten times more cancer-causing chemicals than wild salmon, according to a new study. |
| Soft-drink Giants Accused Over Pesticides Coke and Pepsi residues posed health risk, say Indian MPs. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sold soft drinks containing pesticides... |
Top chefs grill each other in name of peace Presidents and monarchs across the globe may detect a microwaved quality to their food this week as exclusive chefs abandon... |
| US Escalates Gm Food Row With Europe Europe's dispute with America over genetically modified food escalated yesterday after Washington asked the World Trade... |
Delhi Court Orders Inquiry Into Claims of Poisons in Soft Drinks An Indian judge yesterday ordered an independent scientific investigation into allegations that Pepsi drinks sold in India... |
| India Orders an Inquiry Into 'toxic Soft Drinks' Claim The Indian government has ordered in investigation into why an analysis of 12 brands of cold drinks owned and marketed by... |
French must lift chocolate bar After 30 years of campaigning, French gourmets have lost a bitterly fought battle to keep their chocolate pure. This week... |
| Brussels Crackdown on Food Health Claims European food manufacturers will have to come clean about health and nutritional claims they make under far-reaching... |
McDonald’s Meat Suppliers to End Antibiotic Use Companies throughout the world that sell meat products to McDonald’s will soon be required by the fast-food restaurant... |
| US Uses Gm Foods in First Assault of Eu Trade Battle Washington is coming under mounting pressure from big business to use the transatlantic trade spat over GM crops as a test... |
US halts plan to foist GM food on Europe Washington has backed away from threats to bring the European Union before the World Trade Organisation over the EU's... |
| Fat Attack on Big Mac Thrown Out of Court McDonald's scored a landmark victory when a US judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that blamed the fast food chain for... |
Youngsters sue McDonald's for failing to warn that fast food can lead to obesity Eight New York children are suing McDonald's, the fast-food giant, accusing it of failing to make clear that a daily diet... |
| Falling Sales Slow Worldwide March of Mcdonald's The troubles facing McDonald's deepened yesterday as the burger chain warned of a profit shortfall and announced the... |
New Eu Rules to End Ban on Gm Food Legislation expected to bring the end of a four-year ban on the sale and use of new genetically modified food products in... |
| France Lifts Ban on British Beef After Six-year Dispute The French government finally lifted its ban on British beef yesterday, ending a dispute that has soured relations between... |
McDonald's is Flailing Around for an Answer to Falling Sales McDonald's is flailing around for an answer to falling sales. The latest big idea? Waitresses in a classic American diner. |
| Coffee Growers in Revolt Exporters say 5m bags of low grade beans must be destroyed to rescue farmers. Coffee exporting countries said yesterday... |
Health supplements: R.I.P. Millions of Britons take herbal vitamin and mineral supplements, either as a preventative measure or to treat specific... |
| Food Safety Tips for Entertaining Whether it's a buffet for a large group or a family party, when we are cooking for people we care about, we want to present... |
Italian Taste Police Coming to a Restaurant Near You Italy is planning to introduce a system of quality control to guarantee the authenticity of Italian restaurants abroad. |
| How to buy: Organic food Here's your choice: on the one hand, you have an intensively farmed apple, sprayed with pesticides, that has travelled... |
BSE risk over chicken injected with beef Vast quantities of frozen chicken adulterated with beef protein powder, which the authorities admit could present a risk of... |
| Organic Farms in Scandal of Illegal Herbicide Organic farming in Germany is suffering what one politician has called its biggest scandal with the discovery of a... |
Strictly Kosher, Strictly Quality Shedding the perception that kosher wines are sweet and inferior, an exceptional new brand of wine has been introduced to... |