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... two emergency meetings organized by fao in rome on 25 july and 18 august helped set the stage for today’s african union pledging conference, raising international awareness of the importance of not only providing food assistance but also supporting food producers and getting food production in the horn back up and running as soon as possible ... lasting solutions require sustained supporta paper developed for the addis abba meeting by the african union in collaboration with the three rome-based un food agencies (fao - the un food and agriculture organization, ifad - the international fund for agricultural development, and wfp, the world food programme) highlights not only the need for a twin-track approach of simultaneously tackling immediate needs as well as the root causes of the problem, but also the necessity of predictable and sustained aid flows to move the horn of africa towards stability and improved food security ... africa for africafao lauded the african union for convening the conference and encouraged au members and other african nations to boost investment in agriculture and play a leadership role in responding to the crisis, and pledged the support of the fao-wfp led food security cluster in helping coordinate the response

... malaysian halal food makers have a number of opportunities in china's food market, especially in the muslim population provinces, a statement from the malaysia external trade development corporation (matrade) said ... matrade said in its statement that its bureau in chengdu had reported that there were opportunities for malaysian halal food producers to tie-up with leading multi-branch department stores and supermarkets in gansu province

... the european commission will consider boosting the availability of sugar at its next tonnage tender meeting on august 25 after sharp rises in prices and calls from food manufacturers for it to increase sugar quotas or abandon them ... earlier this week, food producers demanded eu help to mitigate the effect of spiralling prices ... com: ”we are urging the eu to either increase quotas and/or allow food manufacturers to import sugar tariff-free from the world market

... a new naturally-occurring preservative that could be added to food during processing has the potential to kill deadly pathogens and extend shelf life, said the us scientists behind the discovery ... coli and salmonella, account for more than half of food recalls in the us that cost food producers an estimated $1

... and the price of feed wheat has a knock-on effect on wheat used in food such as bread, as it sets the benchmark price ... “regulation is also needed to limit the market share of financial speculators, who are not involved in the actual trade of food at all ... ” horton said these bubbles are problematic for food producers, who can’t predict what price they’ll earn for their crops, and for european consumers who face higher food prices

... electron beam decontamination of food is a technology waiting in the wings; a leading researcher claims it can be the ultimate defence in terms of food safety but its potential is being stymied by regulatory hurdles, industry naivety and costly equipment ... in the final part of our special on dry decontamination technology, we check in with us and german experts to see if zapping food with electron beam s to decontaminate it could offer processors a pathogen free future ... fda approvals ebeam has not been approved in the us for use in ready meals or prepared food, but rather spices and herbs, ground beef, poultry, shellfish, and fresh produce ... while the greatest take-up has been in the pharmaceutical industry (7 per cent of that sector use ebeam), pillai believes that there are enough foods now with permission to be irradiated status from the food and drink administration (fda) to encourage greater adoption of ebeam by food manufacturers as a critical tool for their food safety kits ... “currently only about 1 per cent of the global food industry – mainly us based – uses ebeam at the final stage of their processes, and those that do often rely on third party facilities rather than having a housing co-located at their own processing sites,” explained the researcher ... com “ if you were to ask the five or six biggest ebeam suppliers about interest from food producers say eight years ago, you would’ve had a much different reaction than today –technology providers are now beginning to sense greater demand in this market ... ” regulatory disconnect but there are hurdles still to be overcome before wider adoption in the us food industry: “there is a disconnect between the fda approval process for irradiation of foods and that around packaging materials, which doesn’t help propel the technology forward ... barriers to entry he also reckons a fundamental misunderstanding of the process by brand owners, in particular around consumer resistance, and a lack of mass production on the equipment supplier side means barriers to entry remains for a high percentage of food processors

... salmonells bacteria the france-based company said its vidas up salmonella assay uses recombinant bacteriophage proteins which “offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted capture and detection of salmonella bacteria in food and environmental samples” ... it is able to detect low levels of salmonella, with biomerieux claiming it is among the swiftest and easiest to use tools available for the screening of the bacteria in both environmental samples and standard and large food samples ... lawrence goodridge, associate professor of food microbiology, colorado state university ... ” food safety boost salmonella bacteria can lead to salmonellosis - to one of the most common global intestinal infections ... “food pathogen detection methods utilizing bacteriophage technology can provide food producers with the ability to detect bacterial pathogens present in their products with unprecedented speed and reliability,” said jean-marc durano, company corporate vice president for industrial microbiology

... japanese ingredients giant ajinomoto says it plans to revamp its food operations in europe in order to integrate business interests and grow sales ... the tokyo based company, best known as a producer of sweeteners and seasonings, told foodnavigator that it has taken “a strategic decision to integrate food related businesses in europe ... ” it confirmed that ajinomoto foods europe sas, which supplies ingredients including monosodium glutamate seasoning to leading food producers, will absorb ajinomoto consumer products europe in order to fully integrate its european food operations ... “currently, our net sales in europe are approximately 90billion yen including food ingredients, and amino acids for industrial use ... our aim is to accelerate our food business as to expand the total sales in europe,” said naoko obara, of ajinomoto co, japan

... single set of rules the idea is to simplify and strengthen current rules, helping food producers compete with imports ... meps said the whole procedure must be “streamlined and shortened, rules simplified and protection of registered products strengthened” to encourage more producers to register their agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products and foodstuffs and to enable customers to make more informed choices ... the rules would also empower food producer groups (any association of producers, processors or producer-processors) to protect their proprietary names, improve the performance of the scheme and promote the authenticity and reputation of their products

... single set of rules the idea is to simplify and strengthen current rules, helping food producers compete with imports ... meps said the whole procedure must be “streamlined and shortened, rules simplified and protection of registered products strengthened” to encourage more producers to register their agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products and foodstuffs and to enable customers to make more informed choices ... the rules would also empower food producer groups (any association of producers, processors or producer-processors) to protect their proprietary names, improve the performance of the scheme and promote the authenticity and reputation of their products ... competition such groups would also be allowed, with endorsement from their member state, to "adjust" supply and demand by managing production of protected products, as long as it did not harm competition on the single market or lead to small producers being adversely affected ... the other eu-wide quality labelling schemes are the " protected geographical indication" (pgi) label for produce and foodstuffs where at least one production stage takes place in the specified region and the "traditional speciality guaranteed" (tsg) label where producers use a recognised traditional method ... pdo and pgi on food and beverage labels can provide consumers with clear and concise information on their origin as well as benefit the rural economy, as it boosts farmers' income and maintains the population in less favoured or remote areas