Food ingredients Europe & Natural ingredients 2011
29 November - 1 December 2011
Paris-Nord Villepinte, Paris, France
THE GLOBAL BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR FOOD & BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS
Fi Europe & Ni is the event in 2011 that will bring together R&D, NPD, marketing and purchasing professionals from global food manufacturers. With more than 20,000 food & beverage professionals from over 100 countries expected, Fi Europe & Ni is the world’s largest gathering of ingredients buyers and decision makers.
About Fi Europe
Running since 1986, Food ingredients Europe is the global meeting place for all stakeholders in the …

(Reuters) - China needs to reform grain prices and invest more in technology to ensure food security in the face of rapid urbanization, an influential think-tank chief said in an interview.
“China’s grain production is not a problem, the major concern is government policy — policies in grain prices, agricultural science and technology investment, inputs and markets,” Shenggen Fan, director general of the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said at the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit.
Beijing has increased spending on seed development and the use of high-quality seeds in …

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food Ingredients Determined to Be Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) exempts generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substances, which include spices, artificial flavors, emulsifiers and binders, vitamins and minerals, and preservatives, from the general requirement that companies obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval before marketing food additives. Currently, companies may determine a substance is GRAS without FDA’s approval or knowledge. GAO notes, however, that …

The Food and Drug Administration is reexamining the safety of a culinary staple found in every restaurant, food manufacturing plant and home kitchen pantry: spices.
In the middle of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to black and red pepper — and after 16 U.S. recalls since 2001 of tainted spices — federal regulators met last week with the spice industry to figure out ways to make the supply safer.
Jeff Farrar, the FDA’s associate commissioner for food safety, said the government wants the spice industry to do more to prevent …

 
Potassium Sorbate is a naturally occurring potassium salt that is used extensively in food preservation. When potassium sorbate is dissolved in water, it ionizes to form sorbic acid, which is effective against numerous micro-organisms such as molds, yeasts and bacteria. It is widely used in preserving margarine, yogurt, pie fillings, icings, baking mixes, cheeses, icings, salted fish, fruit products and other foods that come in packages. Potassium sorbate has been cleared for use and approved as a food preservative by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). You can easily …