Industry News

Low Supply of Canned Pumpkin
11/20/2009 - The supply of canned pumpkin will be down in the United States this holiday season. ...

Stevia Workshop Attracts Leading Food Innovators
11/19/2009 - A post conference workshop following SupplySide West attracted more than 100 registrants from the food and beverage industry for an in-depth look at the market for stevia-derived sweeteners. The workshop featured presentations and Q&A with Robert S. McQuate, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of GRAS Associates LLC, and Steve Walton, General Manager of HealthFocus International, and the audience included top companies such as Hershey, PepsiCo, Del Monte and Hansen Beverage. ...

Senate Panel Approves Food Safety Bill
11/19/2009 - A U.S. Senate committee approved an overhaul of FDA’s food-safety system. ...

ASTM Adds Certification Program
11/19/2009 - ASTM International, one of the largest international standards development systems in the world, initiated a  new testing program for product and personnel conformance to meet industry needs for independent, third party demonstrations of compliance to standards. ...

NPA Challenges Folic Acid, Cancer Study
11/19/2009 - The Natural Products Association released a statement challenging the  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study that indicated an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if the study subjects received treatment with folic acid and vitamin B12 (2009 Nov 18;302(19):2119-2126). ...

EFSA OKs Benexia Chia Seed as Novel Food
11/18/2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) granted Benexia™ Chia Seed Novel Food status in the EU for use at a level of 5 percent in bread application. ...

FDA Expands Consumer Outreach
11/18/2009 - FDA announced a collaboration with Everyday Health that will expand the delivery of the agency’s consumer health information to the 30 million unique users who visit Everyday Health each month. ...

Fairbury Steaks Recalls Ground Beef
11/18/2009 - Fairbury Steaks, Inc. a Fairbury, Neb., firm, is recalling approximately 90 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. ...

Long-Term Effects of Foodborne Pathogens
11/17/2009 - While the severity of acute foodborne disease varies greatly, depending on the pathogen and the vulnerability of the person infected, the impact of foodborne illness on children, as well as for the elderly and immune-suppressed is more likely to be serious and/or long-lasting. ...

Mintel’s 2010 Packaged Goods Predictions
11/17/2009 - Next year's new products will recreate the familiar, but add something new to satisfy shoppers’ needs says Mintel’s 2010 global consumer packaged goods (CPG) predictions ...