Tate & Lyle has said its first-half performance was better than expected after sales to food and drink customers held firm.
The sugar and ingredients business reported a 7% rise in half-year revenues to £1.82 billion, while adjusted operating profits reduced 1% to £148 million.
Tate said it traded slightly ahead of expectations in the first half, despite challenging conditions in a number of its markets.
In its food and industrial ingredients businesses in the Americas and Europe, Tate said the order patterns of its food and beverage customers appeared to have been …

The Goal is to Prevent or Mitigate Foodborne Illness
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A joint public meeting
focused on improving the system for tracing of food products and ingredients
that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of
consumers was announced today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Recognizing the need to increase the speed and accuracy of traceback
investigations and traceforward operations, both agencies …

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FDA Warns Consumers on Sexual Enhancement Products
Another dietary supplement is found to be contaminated with potentially dangerous ingredient
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Stiff Nights, a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal.
Over the past several years, the FDA has found many products marketed as “dietary supplements” for sexual enhancement that contain undeclared active ingredients of FDA-approved drugs, analogs of approved drugs and other compounds …

Using a natural remedy for infections is obviously the healthier and often more effective choice. There are many natural herbs that are considered to be extremely effective in both the prevention and treatment of infections. In fact, for the most part, any herbal treatment that is used as a natural remedy for infections have been used for centuries, and have had studies done to prove their effectiveness.
Sinus Infection
To find a natural remedy for sinus infection, you may think it is very difficult. Actually that is not true. The appropriate products …

Many components must be considered when choosing an effective skin care regimen. The most obvious question is, “Does it work?” Does this product moisturize my skin, clear my acne, reduce my wrinkles, etc. One big factor in fighting aging is sun care. Over-exposure to the sun causes wrinkles and the appearance of aging. Consumers are aware of this, along with other potential damaging side effects of too much sun. As a result, consumers are looking for products that incorporate SPF into their foundation or moisturizer. Consumers are also looking to …

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/35029e/omega3_fad_or_f) has
announced the addition of the “Omega-3 – Fad or Future? US Report” report to
their offering.
At almost 90%, awareness of the health benefits of omega-3 is quite high amongst
US consumers. In the US, omega-3 is most frequently consumed for its perceived
heart health benefits, whilst growth is being aided by the fact that US
consumers believe a higher amount of omega-3 in necessary for their diet than do
their European counterparts. With sales worth over USD2.5bn, the US has a
particularly sizeable market for omega-3 enriched infant formula.
Coverage
The report will include …

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has warned the Procter & Gamble Co. two of its products are being marketed illegally.
The FDA said the Cincinnati company’s Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations of drug ingredients and a dietary ingredient.
Both of the over-the-counter medicines, which contain vitamin C in addition to several drug ingredients, are marketed as treatments for cold and flu symptoms.
The FDA said the combinations of drug ingredients and dietary ingredients cannot be …

Japanese cuisine has long captivated the world with its healthy and tasty food, long known for its emphasis on seasonality, quality of ingredients and meticulous presentation.
While Japanese may be one of the healthiest cuisines in the world, many non-Japanese people including Indonesians are not really into traditional Japanese food, especially its raw delicacies such as sashimi.
For many non-Japanese, its dishes’ intense flavors and use of oil can be excessive.
However, non-Japanese can still enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine in a different way – by combining it with local cuisine, says chef Hirohisa …

The food industry program that tried to convince Americans that junk food was health food is shutting down after the Food and Drug Administration said it was going to start checking the veracity of its claims. Good riddance to the Smart Choices program, a case study of what can happen under lax regulation.
Smart Choices logos, sporting a green check mark, began appearing on the front of food packages this summer, after nearly two years of development. Almost immediately, the program came under fire for criteria so broad that it included …

Of the 5,300 food samples tested by the Centre for Food Safety in September, 99.8% were satisfactory. Ten items failed the tests.
 
A sausage was found to contain sorbic acid, a preservative is not permitted in this type of food.
 
A chilled yellow croaker was found to contain colourings Tartrazine and Sunset Yellow FCF which are not permitted in chilled fish.
 
An orange roughy fillet was found to contain mercury exceeding the legal limit, and a fresh fan scallop contained cadmium.
 
A sample of oyster sauce had the preservative formic acid exceeding the legal …