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fonterra cooperative, a new zealand based dairy products company, said on monday that it has various growth options but remained coy on its intentions towards australia\'s national foods, reports dow jones. fonterra chief executive craig norgate said the company\'s merger deal with australia\'s bonlac foods is likely to add further fuel to market speculation about what fonterra might do with its 17.

new stricter japanese regulations for organic food production have had a major impact on market revenues, claims new research from market analysts organic monitor . the research shows that the organic food market size has shrunk from over us$3 billion (€3.01bn) in 2000 to us$250 million in 2001 as a result of the new ruling. in 2000 the japanese ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (maff) introduced new guidelines for organic food production and marketing.

fuel to further fire the debate, on both sides of the atlantic, surrounding the labelling of potential food allergens arrived this week with the outcome of a new study in the us. according to new research, 93 per cent of parents of children with a milk allergy cannot correctly identify labels indicating milk on an ingredient statement. in addition, 38 out of 82 parents of children with a peanut allergy failed to recognise labels indicating peanuts, according to the study published in the june issue of the journal of allergy and clinical immunology (jaci).

we report elsewhere today that researchers in the us have published further evidence to support the view that potential food allergens, to include nuts, are insufficiently labelled. meanwhile scientists in japan claim that walnuts make a healthy diet even healthier and that alpha-linolenic acid could be the key. scientists at the kyushu university have concluded that an asian diet that includes moderate quantities of walnuts (1/4-1/3 cup), without an overall increase in total dietary fat and energy, lowers serum cholesterol concentration and favourably modifies the serum lipoprotein and fatty acid profile in normal japanese women and men, without influencing the ldl \'oxidisability.

us soup giant campbell soup has agreed to purchase ireland\'s second largest dry soup business, erin foods, for about $26 million (€26.1m) from the greencore group. in a statement this week, campbell soup, which had sales of $6.66 billion in 2001, said that the acquisition will expand its european soup and sauces presence and strengthen its current market position in ireland. the company claims to be the leader in the total soup category in the uk, france, germany and sweden as a result of a multi-country european soup and sauces business acquisition from anglo-dutch company unilever in may 2001.

health professionals across europe are seeing more and more cases of rickets and increasing the amount of vitamin d in food could be one way to tackle this. a new european-funded research project in denmark entitled optiford is set to investigate new ways to add vitamin d to foods. vitamin d is essential for proper bone mineralisation. children who grow rapidly and who do not regularly expose their skin to sunlight are at risk of developing rickets.