Month: October 2015

This year's outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States and resulting egg price increases have caused the food industry to closely examine a current policy that forces broiler chicken producers to destroy perfectly acceptable and safe shell eggs. The National Chicken Council, Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Association for Dressings and Sauces this week petitioned FDA to reverse or modify this policy. …

Schär, the leader in gluten-free foods, has revamped its original line of breads and has introduced a new style of Artisan baker breads. This new line will replace the original Classic White and Multigrain loaves that are currently available in stores. …

The 23rd iba ended with more than 77,500 trade visitors – an increase of ten per cent compared to 2012. The 1,309 exhibitors enjoyed the success. In a visitors survey more than half the visitors stated they had completed sales transactions at the trade fair. According to this, the total volume of orders placed in the six days of the fair reached 1.3 billion euro. The high number of contracts concluded was one of the reasons for the positive verdict on the fair by the exhibitors: 87.4 per cent of the firms judged iba as very successful. …