Dairy ingredient prices could rise soon, warns leading European trader
Dairy commodity prices have dropped, and food manufacturers should lock into a long-term deal quickly before they rise again, traders Greenfield Ireland are warning.
Archives for April 4, 2016
Kuban Agro first to produce Holstein dairy embryos in Russia
Kuban Agro, the largest agricultural company in southern Russia, has produced 233 transplant dairy heifers over the last two years, becoming the first Russian agricultural company to adopt embryo transfer technology in the Holstein breed.
Lake District Biogas - green energy from Cumbrian cheese
Clearfleau, a British provider of on-site treatment solutions for the food and beverage sector, is commissioning a plant that will feed bio-methane into the gas grid in rural Cumbria in the UK.
Routine testing failed to find raw milk contamination - report
Current raw milk testing standards cannot be relied upon to always detect contamination, according to an analysis of a 2014 outbreak.
Biotech firm releases real-time PCR assay for detecting Cronobacter species in powdered infant formula
It once took infant formula manufacturers up to two days to detect Cronobacter, a genus of bacteria that can cause serious illness to infants: now it only takes 18 hours using the new PCR assay invented by the biotech firm, Thermo Fisher Scientific.