Cracks begin to show in American oak
Following a two year operating loss, Oeneo has been forced to sell its Bloomfield oak stave mill in Iowa. Is American oak too 'woody' for the wine industry, asks Kim Hunter Gordon.
Archives for January 10, 2005
Quest launches citrus flavor for beverages
Quest International last week launched a range of citrus flavors that it claims provide a real taste of the original fruit.
UK licensing agreement to up dairy cattle health
A leading animal sciences group has sold the gene rights of a new breed of dairy cattle to a UK distributor which it claims will give farmers the opportunity to increase their milk yields as well as prevent the proliferation of cattle diseases such as...
GM foods 'as safe as plant-derived,' finds EU group
Brussels addresses the issue of consumer cynicism and fear of agricultural biotechnology in European citizens, setting up a thematic network on the safety risk assessment of genetically modified food crops, the Entransfood project, in order to...
New EU commissioner underlines food safety priority
Markos Kyprianou, the new Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection in Brussels, will continue in his predecessor David Byrne's foodsteps, pushing to maintain high levels of food safety in the EU.