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Consultant reveals the secrets behind water efficiency

Food and drink processors can achieve savings of up to 30 per cent on their water and effluent bills without even having to resort to major capital investments.

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From today, you can access FoodProductionDaily.com from your mobile phone.

Czech Republic raises alarm over dioxin-contaminated codfish livers

Tins of codfish liver contaminated with higher than permitted levels of dioxins and PCBs are being cleared from supermarket shelves by food safety authorities in the Czech Republic.

Tainted packaging recall hits Kellogg profits

Kellogg has said the massive recall of breakfast cereal due to tainted packaging was a major factor behind it posting a 15 per cent drop in profits for the second quarter.

Metal packaging sector unveils sustainability scorecard

A “groundbreaking” interactive scorecard which calculates the carbon footprint of metal packaging products has been launched by a leading European trade group.

FDA hails Reportable Food Registry success

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has collected 125 food safety reports through its Reportable Food Registry in its first nine months of operation, the agency has said.

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New Zealand opens doors to European raw milk products from DairyReporter.com

The EU has welcomed a decision the New Zealand government to open up its domestic market to raw milk products from the EU.

Flavour industry unites to attract new research talent from FoodNavigator.com

A new scheme offering bursaries and an award to PhD students investigating flavours aims to address the current shortage of flavour experts by encouraging a new generation.

‘Risks outweigh benefits’ for calcium supplements: Meta-analysis from NutraIngredients.com

New research suggests that regularly taking calcium supplements might increase the risk of heart attack.

Cargill in deal to supply Unilever with segregated palm oil from BakeryAndSnacks.com

Cargill has announced a deal to supply Unilever’s European operations with 10,000 metric tonnes of fully segregated refined RSPO certified palm oil but no dateline was given.

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More data need on emerging marine biotoxin, says EFSA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for more information on brevetoxins (BTX) - as it suggested the group of marine biotoxins could emerge in the region for the first time...