Archives for September 10, 2015

Scientist slams EU arsenic limits as a safety fail

The EU has lost the opportunity to provide safer food to its people by setting maximum arsenic levels in food too high, says one researcher - but a legal expert welcomes the levels for providing guidance and legal certainty.

Big in Japan: Pretz to launch in US market

Pocky Sticks maker Ezaki Glico will release another Japanese snack, Pretz, on the US market.

Kellogg’s stretch wrapper provider launches breathable wrap for perishable food

Phoenix Wrappers has launched the Breathe Easy Film Slitter, a stretch wrapper that packages perishable food. 

WHO adviser warns against production and sale of cheap salty snacks

Governments must to stop food manufacturers and distributors producing and selling unhealthy, cheap, salty junk food, warns World Health Organisation (WHO) advisor Professor Francesco Cappuccio.

ECMA Congress 2015, Bucharest, Romania

We need to plan for the influx of migrants from a business point of view

Businesses need to embrace the recent influx of migrants from Syria and Afghanistan because in the future consumer preferences will change according to different pockets of society.