New Cargill plant increases rapeseed oil supply
Cargill has opened a huge new rapeseed plant in western France, said to provide a new outlet for local farmers and bring a new source of rapeseed oil for the food and fuel industries.
Archives for September 18, 2008
Food agency seeks industry secondments for staff
The UK’s Food Standards Agency is introducing a programme of industry secondments for its staff, so it can have better understanding of how compliance might work when it is developing or negotiating regulations.
BASF set to scale back its polystyrene output
BASF is set to reduced its current level of polystyrene (PS) production in Europe, citing the economic downturn and oversupply as the primary reasons.
Fortified baked goods pick up steam
Bread and baked goods are increasingly stepping into the functional food arena, with the past month alone seeing a number of new developments designed to bring added health to the category.
Tectonic shift on Wall St could impact wheat prices
Lower futures prices for wheat herald a shaving of input costs for bakers and millers, with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the near-bankcruptcy of global insurer AIG arguably hitting agricultural quotations downwards.