Archives for November 14, 2005

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OFT launches dairy price-fixing probe in UK

By  Chris Mercer

Britain's Office of Fair Trading is investigating allegations of price-fixing by top dairy processors as the government agency draws increasing criticism from the industry.

Industry pushing omega-3 content in new products

By  Dominique Patton

Omega-3 fatty acids are increasingly common on product labels but few manufacturers are going through the complex formulation process of using fish oils to make this claim.

Weekly Comment

Food safety for all

After all the increased safety procedures put in place over the past decade, one might have been lulled into thinking that poisonings and deaths from food contamination would be rarer than before. While it is true that the new regulatory requirements...