Archives for August 24, 2003

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FSA colour warning

The UK Food Standards Agency has issued another Food Hazard Warning about chilli powder contaminated by the known carcinogen and illegal dye Sudan 1.

Barilla aims for quality

Pasta maker Barilla has completed the disposal of two Scandinavian biscuit units as part of its successful international expansion.

Snack attack

Market analysts Datamonitor believe that snack products represent the only food market that will experience more growth at home than out of the home.

Imports drive Finnish food poisonings

Finland's National Food Agency has just reported that last year 38 outbreaks involving a total of 1,120 people were accounted for on its food poisoning register. Some 92 per cent of the outbreaks in2002 were transmitted by foods, most of which were...

Tagatose on target

A new drink containing the natural sweetener tagatose has been launched - good news for patent-holder Spherix.