Health Canada criticized over health claim data
A former Health Canada official has criticized the agency for failing to publish health claim-backing data, after recently approving an oat fiber-cholesterol health claim.
Archives for November 23, 2010
Local food doesn’t mean safe food
All food, if not properly handled, has the potential to cause foodborne illness – so why does local food get special legislative treatment?
Puratos develops new enzyme improver for frozen products
Belgian bakery ingredients specialist Puratos Group has developed a new enzyme improver for part-baked frozen (PBF) bakery products.
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Physically optimised flours signal clean-label shift in convenience foods
With a clear clean-label trend affecting food formulation across Europe, one of the key sectors is core commodities such as flour, where so-called physically optimised (heat treated) flours are gaining ground on modified starch solutions.