Dairy Crest fined after mice get its cheese
UK processor Dairy Crest has been fined £17,000 after food hygiene authorities found mouse droppings on bottles of milk and packs of cheese at one of its distribution depots.
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Food industry gives cautious welcome to salt targets
Newly published salt reduction targets have been cautiously welcomed by the UK food industry as being 'more realistic than the 2005 proposals', though health campaigners are furious.
National Foods seeks growth in specialty cheese with Lactos deal
Australian dairy group National Foods has signed an agreement to buy the specialty cheese maker Lactos from France's Bongrain.
Ruling lays path for more Parmalat suits
Auditors Deloitte & Touche and Grant Thornton International must defend themselves against a $10 billion lawsuit by Parmalat, ruled a US judge.
US firm boasts next generation sweetener
Six months after its launch, a new sweetener that claims to be all-natural, low calorie, low glycemic, nutritionally fortified and fully functional has attracted "staggering" interest. FoodNavigator-USA talks to manufacturer Quantum Food Design (QFD)...