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nestle’s middle east affiliate has started producing powdered milk, confectionery and wafer products, at its new plant in dubai, which has a capacity of 100,000 tons a year. plans to build the 1.78 million square foot facility in technopark were first announced in 2007, as part of a us$400m investment programme in the region. revenues from the middle east amounted to some $1.

interest in the use of essential oils has enjoyed a massive revival in recent decades. many of the more discerning amongst us have come to realize that our modern, fast and often frenetic pace of life is doing us harm. in addition, we worry about the amount of chemicals and additives being ingested by our bodies through foods, medications, toiletries and fragrances.the formula used for healing natural oils is 100% natural and produced from the highest quality pure natural essential oils.

label print systems have announced its new system for printing and finishing high-quality, short-run digital labels, the itech axxis digital label system. according to the company, the system brings affordable in-house digital label manufacturing within reach of smes. the system is compact and comprises a high-resolution roll-fed cmyk epson print engine with variable-droplet technology. the label finisher laminates, digitally die cuts, strips and rewinds the finished roll to provide fully finished and product ready labels.

export finance and insurance corporation (efic), the australian government’s export credit agency, is helping south australia’s south state food & beverage to access additional working capital for new export opportunities in china and taiwan. the adelaide-based manufacturer of ‘ready to drink’ alcoholic beverages and food products already exports its products, including its flagship dna alcoholic spring water, around the world.

enmin vibratory equipment has combined its knowledge of vibratory feeding with weighing and counting systems to create weighing and counting machines suitable for smaller operations. electronic controls used in the electromagnetic vibratory feeders range from fast and slow metering to more elaborate feed back systems. multiple switching facilities link all features of the machines. the proven weigh bucket design incorporates a three load cell arrangement that is said to handle fine powders through to plastic or metal parts.

campden bri has revealed that there could be a problem regarding the health risks posed by escherichia coli o157 and mycobacterium bovis in cheeses made from unpasteurised milk. to evaluate potential risks, the food standards agency (fsa) funded project, which kicked off in september 2007, sought to uncover the survivability of m. bovis and e. coli pathogens in unpasteurised cheeses.

an international summit on bisphenol a (bpa) hosted by the european food safety authority (efsa) last week yielded “ very useful” scientific discussion, said the head of the body’s food contact panel. alexandre feigenbaum, head of efsa’s cef unit told foodproductiondaily.com the one-day meeting of 25 scientific experts from 19 different countries heard the safety watchdog outline its draft opinion on bpa.

this month marks the 10th anniversary of the uk’s food standards agency. sue davies, chief policy advisor at consumer group which?, which fought for the fsa’s creation in the wake of the bse crisis, shares her views on its job over the last 10 years. over the last decade, the fsa has delivered a more open, transparent and inclusive approach to food policy decision-making; has been more pro-active in helping people understand and act on healthy eating advice and, while some problems still exist, it has ended the food scares that pre-empted its set up.

a measure forcing food and packaging companies to submit details of nanotechnology research to a national database could trigger an r&d exodus from the uk, the government has warned. the uk government was responding to a recent report from the house of lords which concluded that industry risked a public backlash if continued in its reluctance to disclose details of its research into nanotechnology.

a new nano-based coating that is claimed to reduce packaging waste is initially being targeted at the pharmaceutical sector but could be used in chocolate packaging as well, claims the vtt technical research centre of finland the ald technology was developed in finland in the 1970s and has been utilised mainly in microelectronics to date but work at vtt has demonstrated that the coating is applicable to trays, folded boxes and tubes designed for food and medical products.