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26-Nov-2002

Green cows? Pull the udder one!

We reported yesterday on recent research carried out by scientists in Australia on genetically modified sheep capable of producing more milk than their non-GM sisters....

25-Nov-2002

Chubby GM sheep produce more milk

The first research of its type in Australia has concluded that genetically modified sheep grow bigger and faster, produce double the amount of milk, can...

19-Nov-2002

Wiseman on track for 1bn litre production

Robert Wiseman Dairies, the UK processor which has been at the centre of an Office of Fair Trading investigation for several months, last week reported...

18-Nov-2002

Valio extends lactose-free milk to Sweden

Finnish dairy company Valio is launching its lactose-free milk in Sweden, following the success of the product on the home market. Valio , which carries out...

15-Nov-2002

Hard cheese for Dairy Crest as profits fall

Tough conditions in the milk commodities sector, combined with continued pressure on liquid milk sales, took their toll on first half profits at the UK's...

14-Nov-2002

New flavours: the taste of summer

Convincing our taste buds that summer is, in fact, an all-year event has long been the challenge of food scientists. A new range from flavour...

Health claims: consumer misled?

'Health' claims made on food labels often leave consumers confused or unclear about the properties of the products, Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA) reports, following...

12-Nov-2002

Arla expands UK business with HT Webb acquisition

Arla Foods, the Scandinavian dairy group, has added to its British operations with the acquisition of HT Webb, the leading speciality cheese importer in the...

Valio and Huhtamaki extend co-operation

Valio, Finland's leading developer and marketer of milk-based food products, and Huhtamaki, one of the world's largest consumer packaging specialists, are to co-operate further in...

08-Nov-2002

European milk: the future

A consortium of European experts, at the request of the European Commission, has issued a report that analyses the impact of future options for the...

Russian dairy factory manager sacked over mass food poisoning

Last week's food poisoning outbreak in the small town of Kropotkin, in the Krasnodar territory of eastern Russia has led to the sacking of a...

07-Nov-2002

UK company upgrades facility - but not without hitches

UK-based dairy co-operative Milk Link has recently finished a complete overhaul of its processing facilities through Moody Systems, a contractor specialising in the upgrading of...

Profit jump for British sweeteners

British sugar and sweeteners group Tate & Lyle on Thursday reported a jump in half-year profits with underlying pre-tax profit for the six months to...

06-Nov-2002

SDF to transfer plant to LRG

Swiss Dairy Food, which went into receivership in September, has signed an agreement with compatriot company Laiteries Reunies Geneve (LRG) which will keep SDF's Ostermundigen...

Express Dairies improves in 'challenging' market

A programme of restructuring and disposals has helped the UK's Express Dairies group improve its underlying pre-tax profits in the first half of the year,...

Norwegian firm aims to expand applications for its latest closure

One of Austria's leading dairies Tirol Milch has become the first food processor to specify the new Pure-Twist U Fresh cap from Elopak, the Norwegian...

Merging ingredients

Ingredients company RFI Ingredients, a supplier of natural ingredients for the food and functional food industries, has signed a merger agreement, effective from 1 November,...

05-Nov-2002

British ingredients company boasts solid growth

British food ingredients and food group Associated British Foods, the maker of Twinings tea and Ryvita crispbread, reported a nine per cent rise in annual...

04-Nov-2002

Beghin Say sold, finally

After months of deliberation and cogitation, Orgny-Naples, a consortium of beet growers' co-operatives, on Friday said it had finally reached an agreement with Edison to...

Probiotic project

As probiotics find increasing favour with food manufacturers a new European funded study, PROGID, is set to investigate the impact of two probiotic strains on...

Ebro Puleva warns over Chilean impact

Spanish food group Ebro Puleva has reported net profits of €75.5 million in the first nine months of the year, a 2.5 per cent increase...

Europe investigates probiotics

As probiotics find increasing favour with food manufacturers a new European funded study, PROGID, is set to investigate the impact of two probiotic strains on...

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