New sensory testing to cut product recalls
A UK food research centre has endorsed a new sensory testing procedure to help paper packaging firms meet EU standards on packaging components passing into the foods they wrap, writes Chris Mercer.
Archives for July 24, 2005
New science reveals risk behind saturated fats
A diet high in cream, cheese and other saturated fat rich foods can influence the uptake of bad cholesterol to the arteries, confirms new research.
Weekly Comment
The business of food safety
One cannot envy the chief executive faced with a scientific study that casts doubt over the efficacy or safety of his core product. But avoiding a sales slump, media vilification and even charges of fraud means squaring up to such studies immediately.