Hygiene rating scheme is launched in the UK

The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has started rolling out its national food hygiene rating scheme that encourages retailers and foodservice operators to voluntarily display their hygiene ‘scores on the doors'.

Australia falls short of salt level targets

Less than half of the bread products in Australian supermarket shelves meet the sodium target established by the government's Food and Health Dialogue, according to a new report prepared by researchers at The George Institute for Global…

Italy told to stop ‘pure chocolate’ labelling

Italy must stop using the marketing claim "pure chocolate" to describe chocolate made with 100 per cent cocoa butter, according to a November 25 ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. If Italy fails to amend its law, the…

Good news for Lallemand with vitamin D report

A report on vitamin D and calcium recommendations issued on November 30 by the Institute of Medicine is good news for a vitamin D petition from Lallemand, Inc. that seeks to increase the amount of vitamin D allowed in yeast-raised baked…

Cosun Aim To Sell Unifine

Royal Cosun has announced it has decided to look at options to sell off Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients (Unifine F&Bi), its pastry ingredients business.  

Giles Foods makes a ‘quantum leap’

Giles Foods, the leading supplier of speciality breads, has taken a "quantum leap" with the opening of the first phase of a major multi-million pound expansion programme at its Pain Artisan bakery in Milton Keynes, UK.