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flavour firm symrise has added new development labs and a sensory and consumer research centre to its site in moscow, as it aims to increase understanding of russian tastes. the russian market is regarded as one of high potential for the food industry, as earnings are going up and an emerging middle class has more to spend on novel goods. income in russia soared from an average of us$1185 per capita in 2001 to us$4803 per capita in 2007.

advances with membrane technology means lower price protein from fish are available to food manufacturers globally, with potential to not only replace whey proteins in some applications, but offer a base protein ingredient. last year, ge water and process technologies and norcape biotechnology turned their patented membrane filtration and separation technology to the fish protein industry.

miwe has developed a heat recovery system which could provide bakers with significant energy savings by converting up to 25 per cent of energy used in baking back into hot water. the manufacturers detail several benefits of the system, including the conversion of steam to hot water for use in the bakery, more consistent product quality and more environmentally friendly gas extraction.

the message blasting out from world food day events is ‘adapt now, or the consequences will be grave’. while the world’s poorest will bear the brunt, food safety could be affected everywhere. "global warming is already underway and adaptation strategies are now a matter of urgency, especially for the most vulnerable poor countries,” said alexander mueller, fao assistant director-general for natural resources management and environment department.

the uk food standards agency wrote to all uk ports and local authorities on wednesday to advise them of a european commission decision for stricter melamine testing. composite foods, such as biscuits and cakes, were previously subject to testing if they contained more than 15 per cent chinese-sourced milk products, but some eu member states had reported difficulty determining exact levels.

a move to raise the age limit from 30 to 48 months at which uk cattle are tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse), would, if implemented, help reduce processors' costs and free up supplies. the uk food standards agency (fsa), following a meeting yesterday, said it supports the move to testing at 48 months but would not wish this to be implemented until a further report on surveillance has been produced and this has been passed to the spongiform encephalopathies advisory committee (seac) for review.

the us food and drug administration (fda) in conjunction with the center for disease control and prevention (cdc) have developed a food safety training kit, first, for employees in the food industry. the us regulator said that first includes a dvd and a colour poster and focuses on five key points that industry and businesses can use to educate first line workers about the risks of food contamination, while also providing industry with measures to consider and implement to reduce these risks.

fao director-general jacques diouf today called for a political and financial push to boost sustainable agriculture in the world’s poor countries, double global food production and free the world of hunger and malnutrition. speaking at a ceremony here marking world food day, the anniversary of fao’s foundation in 1945, diouf said, “i wish to reaffirm that we know what needs to be done to eradicate the hunger of 923 million people in the world.