SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Health Enhancement Products,
Inc. (HEPI-OTCBB) announced the appointment of Peter Vitulli, a seasoned
corporate veteran with a combination of Fortune 500 corporate experience and
small/medium growth company expertise, as interim CEO.
Mr. Vitulli’s vast experience includes his current position as Chairman of
Efficas, Inc., a venture backed leading developer and marketer of natural
bioactive compounds utilized for nutritional management of health and wellness
in humans and animals. The Efficas scientific platform and expertise focus on
the immune system and the tools required in identifying, investigating and
assessing effects of bioactives on immune function. …

Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine Festival Announces 2009 Schedule of Chefs and
Vintners
Top Chef Finalist Stefan Richter Headlines Third Annual Event
 
EDGARTOWN, Mass., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Festival Co-chair Carol McManus
today announced the schedule for the 2009 Martha’s Vineyard Food & Wine
Festival. From October 16 – 18, visitors and residents are invited to attend
cooking demonstrations, food & wine tastings, culinary seminars, and wine
dinners featuring the area’s finest chefs, farmers, and specialty food
purveyors. This distinguished group will host more than 13 events, all
highlighting fresh, local ingredients.
Celebrity Chef Festival Kickoff – Friday, October 16 …

When Jodie McKague and economise cristal Larson acquire groceries, they run to class along the size of the accumulation where firm display and meats are sold.
As newborn parents of a two-year-old, they are making “a more semiconscious try most foodstuff,” disagreeable to acquire “as firm as possible.”
“I don’t poverty my girl to conceive the exclusive discernment discover there comes discover of packages,” McKague says. “That module attain me rattling sad.”
For the McKagues, “preservative” is a intense word.
But scientists at the University of Alberta are employed to create matter additives that …

Mill Specializes in All-Natural Horse Feed, Poultry Feed, Other Farm Animal Feed
MERIDIAN, Idaho–(Business Wire)–
The Feed Mill, a seven-story local landmark that has made horse feed, poultry
feed and other farm animal feed since the early 1900`s, is getting a new coat of
paint.
“Sales of all-natural feeds will continue at the mill throughout the project,”
said Callie Novak, vice president of Dynamite Marketing, which owns The Feed
Mill.
The work has its challenges. A boom lift allows painters to reach the top of the
silo. The mill is made of three different materials: cement, metal and wood,
each …

The Food and Drug Administration today launched the Reportable Food Registry, an electronic portal that food industry officials must use to alert the agency when discovering food products that might sicken or kill people or animals. 
Companies that make, process or store food must notify the FDA within 24 hours of concluding that a food item might cause severe health problems, the FDA said today in an announcement. These facilities should already be registered with the FDA for licensing and food tracking purposes.
The registry is part of FDA’s effort to collect …

We all do it: fall back on the old standbys when preparing meals for our families.  Or perhaps, due to food allergies or intolerances, we are afraid to try new things.  Or the biggest eating trap most families face: picky eaters.  But there is help.  There are lots of sites on the Internet that you can use to put some excitement back into your meals and maybe find some new favorites.
What I like to do is try a new recipe every week.  I rip them out of magazines or find …

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K.-based food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods PLC (ABF.LN) Monday raised its full year guidance following strong trading in the second half, which helped lift adjusted operating profit in the period.
The U.K. food producer and retail group said it now expects progress in adjusted earnings, compared with guidance provided in July of flat adjusted profit, despite previously flagged higher interest charges.
AB Foods, which has food businesses around the world, did not provide specific sales guidance for each division, but said sugar profit would be substantially …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ebfe15/dairyderived_ingr) has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd’s new report “Dairy-Derived Ingredients: Food and Nutraceutical Uses” to their offering.
Advances in technologies for the extraction and modification of valuable milk components have opened up new opportunities for the food and nutraceutical industries. New applications for dairy ingredients are also being found. Dairy-derived ingredients reviews the latest research in these dynamic areas.
Part one covers modern approaches to the separation of dairy components and manufacture of dairy ingredients. Part two focuses on the significant area of the biological …

September 7, 2009 – Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Government of India sponsored processed food regulatory organization, will soon to introduce a new regulation for procurement of raw materials for the food processing units in the country. This regualation shall also be imposed on imported food.
According to FSSAI official sources, in order to ensure safe food in the country the government will soon to introduce new regulations for the process food industry in the country under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
 
Under this new regulation, no …

To disseminate information on current trends, developments and manufacturing activities in food science technology and functional food ingredients, Food Science and Technology Association of Thailand (FoSTAT), has organised “Food Ingredients Asia Conference 2009.” The event will take place on September 10-11 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, and run parallel to the 15th Fi-Asia tradeshow.
This year, the theme is “What’s New in the world of Functional Food Ingredients” The organisers said that at present, health and safety have been prime areas regarding new food products across the globe. Extensive …