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follow-up tests came back negative on five cattle shipped to britain from france that had shown signs of the contagious livestock disease brucellosis, france\'s farm ministry said last week. the ministry said it had been informed by authorities at britain\'s department for environment, food and rural affairs (defra) that follow-up tests performed on the animals came back negative for brucellosis.

people are becoming more aware of healthy eating and the meaning behind food labels, according to a recent consumer survey from the uk food standards agency. each year the agency commissions a consumer attitudes to food survey to investigate the views of more than 3000 people across the uk. in the latest survey, the agency\'s second, the results show consumers are most concerned about issues such as food poisoning, bse and pesticides.

us companies keen to label food as free of genetically engineered ingredients will have to wait until the government decides how to ensure that the claim is correct. the food would have to be tested by the companies and checked periodically by federal inspectors to make sure it does not contain biotech products, said lester crawford, deputy commissioner of the food and drug administration, writes the nando times this week.

the global debate over the labelling issues surrounding genetically modified continued this week in canada. jenny hillard, vice-president of the consumers association of canada (cac), has told the house of commons agriculture committee that her lobby group is neither for nor against mandatory labelling and that a law requiring mandatory labels for genetically modified food would notnecessarily give consumers more market choice.

a consumer group is accusing the marketer of a fungus-based meat substitute of \"deceptive labelling\" and has filed a complaint with the us food and drug administration, advertising age reports. the center for science in the public interest took issue with the label claims of quorn, a meatless product being marketed by astrazeneca\'s marlow foods division. the group said the label, which claims quorn is \"mushroom-based,\" is misleading because the product is derived from a novel fungal mycoprotein that does not come from a mushroom.

as a result of interest in releasing a new subclass of soft wheats with enhanced dough mixing strength for crackers, the us agricultural research service (ars) scientistsare now using a new industry test to screen for \"soft but strong\" wheat varieties, the ars reports this week. many cracker-makers have to add hard wheat flour to their soft wheat flour to raise the dough mixing strength that gives crackers their structure.

leading norwegian food company the rieber & søn group has entered into an agreement with danish ingredients company danisco to take over the danisco\'s crispy onions activities in holland, with a sales office in germany. both parties have agreed not to make the purchase price public and have expressed satisfaction with this agreement. rieber & søn group is publicly listed on the norwegian stock exchange and has already production and sales activities with crispy onions.

us agribusiness giant cargill is among a handful of groups running the ruler over goodman fielder mixing and milling operations, reuters reports. \"we\'re assessing the business to see what synergies may exist between our existing businesses in australia,\" cargill australia spokesman lloyd george told the australian financial review. george on friday confirmed his comments, but declined to elaborate.

children who fail to consume enough magnesium and potassium in their diets may be damaging the function of their lungs, according to recent research from the us. preventive medicine researchers at the keck school of medicine at the university of southern california found that children who do not eat enough leafy green vegetables such as spinach tend to have lower lung function, a measure of how well their lungs work.