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General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 19,2010

CSIRO and Bayer to Focus on Sustainable Crops

This collaboration will develop and apply models to assess the system-wide consequences of new-generation cereal crops in the face of global environmental and food security challenges.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 19,2010

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban Fails

Member governments of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) chose to voteon the proposal. 72 out of 129 CITES members voted against the trade ban, 43 voted in favour, with 14 abstentions.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 19,2010

Beverage Industry Applauds Members of Congress for Their Leadership on School Nutrition

Neely: "The beverage industry commends Chairman Lincoln, Ranking Member Chambliss, Senator Harkin, Chairman Miller and Representative Woolsey for their steadfast commitment to updating school nutrition standards in a manner that is supported by science and grounded in common sense."

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 19,2010

NutraCea Announces Sale of Natural Glo, Satin Finish, and Max-E-Glo Brands and Trademarks

This sale is another step in our previously announced asset monetization and restructuring plan that will allow our team to focus on building profitable sales in our core product groups.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 19,2010

Mars Supports Improving National School Nutrition Standards

Mars supports a new national school nutrition standard that will make it easier for schools and food manufacturers to work together to ensure children make smart decisions about the foods they consume.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

Danisco Reports Solid Quarter, Lifts Outlook

Knutzen: "We now expect to achieve our 12.5% EBIT margin (before BCP) milestone already in FY 2010/11 – i.e. one year ahead of plan."

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

Kraft Foods Plans to Reduce Sodium in North American Products an Average of 10 Percent by 2012

But sodium reduction is not new for Kraft Foods. The company has been working on it for several years and has already reduced sodium in many products between 5 and 30 percent.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

CSIRO Uncovering Key Information on Fusarium Fungus

Fusarium graminearum affects wheat and barley and Fusarium oxysporum attacks many crops including cotton, tomato and banana. Fusarium verticilloides is a major corn pathogen.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

New York City Passes Food Safety Letter Grades for Restaurants

A 2008 CSPI review of 539 restaurant inspections in 20 cities found that two-thirds of restaurants had troubling critical food safety violations. That report, Dirty Dining, contained harrowing accounts of chicken salad stored at a bacteria-friendly 50 degrees, mouse droppings in ice machines, and roaches scampering across cutting boards.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

Global Demand Driving Monsanto Seed and Trait Offerings

In the company's current commercial line up, Monsanto has the industry's most complete product portfolio, offering farmers a choice of compelling next-generation technologies.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

Poulsen and Dautry Appointed to Chr. Hansen Board

Henrik Poulsen has had significant experience in strategic planning and execution as a result of senior positions in companies such as McKinsey & Co., LEGO A/S and KKR Capstone, and these capabilities will prove valuable to the board.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 18,2010

EFSA Cannot Assess Safety of Calcium Lignosulphonate as a Vitamin and Carotenoid Carrier

Calcium lignosulphonate (40-65) is an amorphous yellow-brown to brown polymer derived from lignin, not having a well defined structural or molecular formula, with an average molecular weight between 40000 and 65000 g/mol.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 17,2010

Pepsi to Stop Selling Full-Sugar Soft Drinks to Schools

PepsiCo will work with its bottlers, vending companies and third-party distributors -- in collaboration with parents, community leaders and schools officials around the world -- to offer low-calorie beverages for primary and secondary schools.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 17,2010

EU Votes Against Traffic Light Labeling Approach

All mandatory nutrition information should be given on the front of the pack. But since energy content is the most important item for consumers, MEPs added specific rules to guarantee its visibility.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 17,2010

Biogemma Licenses Yield and Drought Tolerance Genes From Evogene for Commercialization in Corn

Pursuant to the earlier 2006 joint research agreement, corn lines incorporating various Evogene discovered genes were validated by Biogemma and Evogene in field trials in the USA and Israel during 2008 and 2009.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 16,2010

Cargill Grain Facility Achieves Worker Safety Milestone

"This is quite an accomplishment and represents that our engaged workforce sees safety as a key part of our success," said John Culmer, general manager, Houston, Cargill Grain and Oilseed Supply Chain North America.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 15,2010

Fuerst Day Lawson Acquires Regency Mowbray

The acquisition will add to the strength of FDL’s procurement and global sourcing, making it a force to be reckoned with in the food ingredients world, providing new complete solutions to the end food manufacturer.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 15,2010

West African Enjoying Organic Export Drive – FAO

The market for organic and fair-trade products in developed countries is expected to grow by about five to ten percent per year over the next three years, offering new opportunities for smallholder farmers in poor countries.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

FSA Board Agrees Single Front-of-Pack Label Plan

The Board's recommendation clearly signals that the Agency does not support FOP labels using only % GDAs, but that % GDAs should be combined with either traffic light colours or text, and should ideally have all three elements.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

Nine Tetra Pak Factories Honored for Manufacturing Excellence

Since they began in 1964 the JPIM Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) awards have become among the most prestigious in the manufacturing industry. The awards recognise plants which fulfil the demanding requirements of the JIPM’s continuous improvement programme.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

CIAA Welcomes Constructive Cross-Stakeholder Debate on Portions

CIAA welcomes the large degree of convergence that, in addition to mandatory nutrition labelling per 100g/ml back-of-pack, panellists agreed some front-of-pack information was useful for consumers in providing simple, at-a-glance information on food and drink products.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

Scarcity of Phosphorus Threat to Global Food Production

Phosphorous is extracted from phosphate rock, a non-renewable resource that is used almost exclusively in agriculture. Two thirds of the world’s resources are in China, Morocco, and Western Sahara.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

Kalsec Expands Chinese Presence

This new office reflects Kalsec’s commitment to support customers locally and deliver spice & herb extracts, natural colours and natural antioxidants to food and beverage manufacturers in China.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

ARS Sends Third Seed Shipment to Norway Seed Vault

ARS' goal, over the next 10 to 15 years, is have the majority of the system's 511,000 collections stored in the vault, which is administered by Norway's Nordic Genetic Resources Center together with the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

General Company & Ingredient Information Mar 12,2010

Delhaize Group Launches New Tender Offer for Shares of its Greek Subsidiary Alfa Beta Vassilopoulos

The proposed tender price of EUR 35.73 equals the volume weighted average price (VWAP) of the last 6 months and represents a premium of EUR 1.73 above the last tender price of EUR 34 offered in 2009.