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the first national report, aimed at the food industry, on the exposure of irish consumers to food additives in their diet was published this week by the food safety authority of ireland (fsai). the report, entitled legislation, intake and usage of food additives in ireland ,clarifies all existing legislation governing this area and outlines the safety assessment process used by the eu to set the maximum usage levels for additives in food.

danish food ingredients company danisco has launched a new initiative to provide targeted information to investors, via a new website integrated with danisco\'s overall web-based activities. danisco ceo alf duch-pedersen says this initiative has been taken to achieve a more liquid share: \'a fairly good trading volume is of key importance for achieving the right pricing. and we aim to boost private investors\' trading in danisco shares in times like the present where institutional investors tend to decrease their portfolio of danish shares.

uk dairy company express dairies plc confirmed this week that they are in preliminary talks regarding a possible bid from the continent. it is understood that the scandinavian-based maker of lurpak foods, arla foods amba, is preparing a cash offer. a recent report from market analysts euromonitor international, noted that consolidation in the dairy products market has become necessary in order to increase market share and optimise presence in a highly competitive and uncertain market environment.

food manufacturer and supplier singapore food industries (sfi) announced a full-year profit of $14.82million (eur17.2million) last year, a 19 per cent increase from 2000, reported the straits times in singapore. sfi posted a 6.8 per cent growth in turnover to s$373.9 million(eur236.93million). it claims improved abattoir and hog auction operations, as well as continued growth at its overseas food manufacturing and processing subsidiaries have produced the positive results.

a top priority for the us food and drug administration\'s (fda) this year will be to protect the nation\'s food supply from potential terrorist attack an agency official said this week according to a report from reuters health. joseph a. levitt, director of the fda\'s center for food safety and applied nutrition (cfsan), said the centre\'s top priority for the fiscal year 2002 would be to address the security of the nation\'s food supply in light of recent events, such as last september\'s attacks on the world trade centre and the pentagon.

a new report by leatherhead food research association in britain says that innovation in product development is crucial for today\'s global food and drink markets. entitled, \"emerging concepts in the global food and drink industry\", the report analyses activity and market growth in a range of emerging concepts, including wellbeing, convenience, snacking and performance food and drinks. it stresses that innovation is now essential, with consumers in the developed world no longer satisfied with basic products and instead looking for value and interest from their foods.

a uk food standards agency (fsa) study published this week confirms that scientific testing methods are now able to identify very small amounts of gm in ingredients in some foods. the agency reports that the tests have proved successful in identifying levels as low as 1 per cent gm content of the soya ingredient, even where the soya ingredient was only 0.3 per cent of the loaf of bread. tests were able to measure how much of the soya content in the baked products was of a genetically modified origin.

the uk food standards agency was behind a nationwide initiative this week to urge people to reduce their salt intake. a host of events were held by health professionals around the country to encourage people to become more salt aware as part of national salt awareness day on 29 january. fsa chairman, sir john krebs, supported the initiative, saying: \'lowering the salt intake in people\'s diets is a vital step towards combating coronary heart disease - one of the uk\'s biggest killers.

levels of total phenols, catechins and caffeine in teas commonly consumed in the uk have been identified by scientists at the university of leeds, uk. researchers at the procter department of food science used reversed phase hplc to achieve their results, reports reading scientific services this week. according to the article, the research findings revealed that japanese green tea contained the lowest levels of total phenolics.