Archives for July 12, 2010

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EU ministers debate dairy policy recommendations

By Guy Montague-Jones

At a Council meeting this week EU agriculture ministers agreed that the report of the Higher Level Group (HLG) provides “a solid basis for a review of the milk sector” but disagreements were aired on the details of reform.

FHI applies pharma technique to mine bioactive milk compounds

By Oliver Nieburg

High content analysis (HCA), a technology previously used in pharmaceuticals, is being utilised by Food for Health Ireland (FHI) to pioneer functional health ingredients from the most potent bioactive compounds from milk.

ONC buys into new omega-3 technology

By Shane Starling

Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) has added a new microencapsulation technology to its offerings buy purchasing a five-year license to the fish oil business and encapsulation technology of Austrian tech firm, GAT Food Essentials.