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reports that a company owned by cargill and abf bought all the available uk feed wheat last month has renewed calls for tighter regulation of commodity markets. traders reportedly told the bureau of investigative journalism that frontier agriculture bought all available may futures contracts on the london international financial futures and options exchange (liffe) in the period running up to the tender date in the last week of april.

food quality and safety testing group, intertek, has gained a food testing presence in the uk for the first time through the acquisition of food analytical laboratories (fal) for £6m. fal provides chemical testing for companies that develop, produce and distribute food, functional foods and drinks to monitor the presence of residues, pesticides, pathogens, allergens and antibiotics so that they conform to uk and eu regulations.

dutch sucrose ester specialist sisterna says ice cream cone wafers can benefit from employing emulsifiers like sucrose esters because they give a better cone. sisterna: \"the flexibility of the wafer is better\" emulsifiers are required in the batter for making ice cream cone wafers to prevent the goo sticking to industrial baking surfaces, with lecithin the most popular choice to perform the non-stick role.

seventy per cent of eight-month-old babies have a salt intake higher than the recommended maximum level, due to being fed salty and processed foods, says new research. seventy per cent of eight-month-old babies consume too much salt in the uk. the findings, from researchers at the university of bristol and published in the european journal of clinical nutrition, are based on almost 1200 participants from the avon longitudinal study of parents and children from the early 90’s.

freeze-dried salmon could be the latest thing among health-conscious astronauts and military types and mountain climbers, thanks to work at the university of alaska fairbanks (uaf). researchers have devised a process that removes around 97 per cent of the moisture from salmon while preserving qualities such as taste and colour. the product is also quick to hydrate and can be stored at room temperature.

spanish researchers analysing a cake-manufacturing facility found that non-food contacts areas such as the floor are a breeding ground for listeria monocytogenes (lm), and that the pathogen can remain in such areas post sanitation. the authors, writing in food control , argue that identification of lm survival points could be of value in terms of optimising pathogen control as part of a haccp programme.

a group of spanish scientists have developed an electric tongue that they claim can distinguish different types of cava wines. the new research, published in electroanalysis, aimed to copy the human taste system due to a combination of “sensor systems and advanced mathematical procedures”. the device can also detect defects in the wines, said the researchers at the autonomous university of barcelona who have been researching and developing electric tongue s over several years.

food quality and safety testing group, intertek, has gained a food testing presence in the uk for the first time through the acquisition of food analytical laboratories (fal) for £6m. fal provides chemical testing for companies that develop, produce and distribute food, functional foods and drinks to monitor the presence of residues, pesticides, pathogens, allergens and antibiotics so that they conform to uk and eu regulations.

the food and drug administration (fda) has announced fee rates for food facility reinspections and non-compliance with recall orders, as authorized by the food safety modernization act (fmsa). the hourly fees of $224, or $335 if foreign travel is required, apply to reinspections of domestic and foreign facilities as well as importer reinspections, and are due to come into effect on october 1.

food companies across europe face an uphill battle to attract the best candidates because many people don’t see food factories as an attractive place to work. “potential candidates see the food industry as warm and noisy, with salaries and packages that are not very attractive compared with other sectors like banking,” warns pierre boulaire, ceo of international recruitment specialist manageria.