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food safety firm neogen reports net income up 30%
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food and animal safety company neogen reported a 30 percent boost to its net income to reach $22,839,000 for its 2011 fiscal year, which ended may 3. net income climbed to $0.96 per share, compared with $0.76 per share the year before. pathogen test kits sold well, reported neogen. revenues rose 23 percent to $172,683,000, up from $140,509,000 in the company’s previous fiscal year. lon bohannon, neogen’s president and chief operating officer, told foodproductiondaily.com: “ our food safety group finished off a very strong year with overall sales growth of 12 per cent. “even more gratifying was the fact that this growth was broad-based across multiple market segments and product lines. all six operating divisions in food safety achieved sales increases ranging from 2 per cent to 38 per cent compared with the prior year. in terms of product lines, food allergens led the way in fiscal year 2011 with overall growth of 45 per cent. e.coli , salmonella and listeria “our reveal product line to detect specific pathogens such as e. coli, salmonella and listeria as well as our soleris test systems to detect spoilage organisms such as yeast and mold were both up 15% for the year.” recent third party market reports indicate the global food safety markets are growing at more than 10 percent per year. the company’s food safety division markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect food borne bacteria, mycotoxins, other natural toxins, genetic modifications, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases and sanitation concerns. its animal safety division markets diagnostic products plus veterinary instruments, veterinary pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, disinfectants and rodenticides. meanwhile, neogen's life sciences division produces drug detection assays while its geneseek division is dedicated to speeding genetic improvement efforts and identifying economically important diseases inside the farm gate. revenue performance was driven by international sales which were up 30 percent for the year accounting for 42 percent of total revenues. mycotoxins “neogen europe continues to lead the charge in growing international sales achieving another year of outstanding growth with an overall sales increase of 27 percent,” said bohannon. “ sales were up across a number of product lines - allergens, dehydrated culture media, soleris, mycotoxins - in the uk, france, scandinavia and china. distributors serving other eu countries and managed by our neogen europe operation also experienced an exceptional year with sales growth of 34 percent .” james herbert, neogen’s chief executive officer and chairman, added: “ the results we are reporting clearly indicate neogen is capturing a piece of the growing global demand for food and animal safety products. “neogen is uniquely positioned to continue to seize food and animal safety opportunities wherever in the world they may exist from farms, ranches and aquaculture operations, through food processing and food service.” looking ahead, bohannon said that the company planned to seek opportunities in new markets and allocate more resources to those markets that have the fastest growth. research and development also remained a priority. last week, neogen announced that it planned to prioritise the development of diagnostic tools to detect e. coli strains not just in ground beef but in other products including fresh fruits and vegetables.
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
28
July
2011
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the jobs market in the food and drink industry is extremely buoyant, with skills shortages and growing demand set to push up salaries across the board. “we’re looking at very significant increases in employment over the next 10 years,” says professor colin dennis, president of the institute of food science and technology ( ifst ) and member of the board for improve, the uk’s food and drink skills council.
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fat-rich ‘comfort foods’ may actually alter the brain\'s response to sadness, and boost mood, according to new research. the study, published in the journal of clinical investigation, reports that infusion of fat solution into the stomach of volunteers was associated with an activation of brain regions which reduced sad emotions. the researchers led by lukas van oudenhove, at the university of leuven, belgium, imaged changes in the brain when healthy non-obese individuals experience sadness.
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coles group has partnered with leading food safety trainer advancing food safety (afs) to launch an academy offering training courses in quality management, leading to academic qualifications for participants. the coles quality academy has been opened exclusively for employees of coles suppliers. “the coles quality academy is specifically designed to help grow quality standards and manage the cost of quality,” said jackie healing, head of quality, policy & governance.
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raw sprouted seeds of the type linked to the outbreaks of e.coli 0104:h4 can now be eaten raw as long as the label indicates they are ‘ready to eat’ or ‘ready to wash’, said the uk food standards agency as it amended its advice to consumers and caterers. the food safety body had issued the warning earlier this month after the european food safety authority (efsa) announced that fenugreek sprouts imported from egypt were the likely source of the deadly e.
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the food standards agency has today changed its precautionary advice to consumers following the recent outbreaks of e. coli o104:h4 in germany and france linked to sprouted seeds. our advice following reports of a possible link between the outbreak in france and a uk company, the fsa issued temporary precautionary advice to consumers while this was investigated.
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the european food safety authority has said it has no safety concerns about the use of two substances in food contact materials following requests from the uk. polymer antioxidant the agency’s cef panel delivered its positive scientific opinion on phosphorous acid, mixed 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl and 4-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl trimesters. the experts said there was no safety concern for the public if the migration of the substance - expressed as the sum of phosphite and phosphate form of the substance and the hydrolysis product 4-t-amylphenol) - does not exceed 5 mg/kg food.
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