Dean Best's food industry blog - from just-food.comDean Best's food industry blog - from just-food.comAre additives the "secret shame" of US food- June 9, 2008 After months of debate in Europe, the battle over additives has resurfaced on another front - the US. Allegations of links between artificial food colourings and hyperactivity in children intensified across the Atlantic last week after high-profile consumer watchdog The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) called for a ban on eight synthetic dyes. The CSPI, renowned for being robust in its dealings with the US food industry, said the use of the dyes was the "secret shame" of...http://www.just-food.com/blogdetail.aspx?ID=1476 US meat gripe highlights global disharmony- June 5, 2008 The by now familiar complaints from the US meat sector over biofuels were voiced again today (5 June). Larry Pope, boss of Smithfield Foods, pointed the finger at Washington for the spike in grain costs that he - and many of his counterparts in US meat - are facing. Pope's protests shed light on how difficult it will be for governments around the world to heed calls heard this week at the UN Food Summit in Rome for countries to work together to solve the problem. Take biofuels. On one hand you..http://www.just-food.com/blogdetail.aspx?ID=1475 Food crisis Pah, Asda are selling 2p sausages!- June 4, 2008 With riots over food shortages breaking out in countries from Haiti to Egypt and the outlook for global food production bleak, you'd be forgiven for thinking the world is facing something of a food crisis. You'd be right, of course, but don't worry about all that doom and gloom emanating from the UN Food Summit in Rome - because those kind folk at Asda are selling sausages for 2p! Yes, while more people around the world are going hungry, those kind folks at Asda are selling cut-price...http://www.just-food.com/blogdetail.aspx?ID=1474 How to Hob-Nob your way to success- June 3, 2008 Anxious about clinching that big deal Worried that, after all that ground-work, it could slip through your fingers Well, stop fretting. Apparently, if you offer the right type of biscuit to your potential clients, then the deal is in the bag. Or, erm, the biscuit barrel. Around four out of five businesses in the UK believe biscuits are key to corporate success, according to a survey from hotel chain Holiday Inn. The chocolate digestive, shortbread and Hob Nobs were said to be the best biscuits.http://www.just-food.com/blogdetail.aspx?ID=1473 |