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competition law should be geared towards protecting suppliers up the food chain, not just end consumers, according to the un special rapporteur on the right to food. while most developed, and some developing countries, have competition regimes in place, the emphasis tends to be on consumer welfare. for instance, the uk’s competition commission’s regulation of supermarket practices is based on understanding that increased risk and uncertainty for producers may lead to consumer harm, though higher prices, reduced quality or choice, and reduced innovation.

the danish financial supervisory authority has referred the availability of danisco’s q2 2009 results on a ‘blind’ url prior to nasdaq listing to the public prosecutor for investigation. the availability of danisco’s results on a blind url for a 40 minute period on 16 december 2009 was unintentional, according to the company, but it says unknown third parties exploited it via “ so-called url-hacking”, which led to reuters distributing some of the announcement ahead of the stock exchange announcement.

salt plays an important role in governing the structure and textures of lipid emulsions, due to electrostatic interactions between sodium chloride and lipid particles, according to new research. the study investigating the role of salt in the digestion of lipid emulsions suggests that the addition of sodium chloride in emulsified fats leads to a reduction in electrostatic repulsion between lipid particles, thus increasing to the formation of ‘bridged’ lipid clusters.

clean label functional starch supplier ulrick and short expects to harvest and produce its first ingredients from sweet potato in early 2011; and is investigating new nutritional combo offerings. the company has contracted sweet potato growers in south america. it started investigating the possibility of deriving starch from sweet potatoes about 18 months ago as it identified a need for a starch ingredient source that is non-gm and not at risk of gm contamination.

kraft claims that coffee production at its banbury site has been “relatively unaffected” by a fire on monday morning that drew six fire crews from two counties. the factory employs 1,100 staff and is one of the world’s largest soluble coffee facilities, manufacturing coffee for kraft’s global business, in addition to brands such as kenco, maxwell house and mellow bird’s.

hershey’s plan to start selling its confectionery in the uk and europe forms part of the company’s wider agenda to target the region, says euromonitor. until now, hershey has been mainly reliant on the north american confectionery market, with international sales making up only 14 per cent of hershey’s total revenues of $5.3bn last year. however, since 2009 hershey has shown signs of its plans to target europe, ildiko szalai, company analyst for euromonitor told confectionerynews.

reducing hunger through climate-smart agriculture 09-12-2010 fao director-general stresses key role of agriculture and forestry in tackling climate change at un climate change conference fao director-general jacques diouf.9 december 2010, cancun, mexico - boosting investment in developing world agriculture is necessary not only to reduce current levels of world hunger but to safeguard future world food supplies against the impacts of climate change, fao director-general jacques diouf said today at a press conference at the un conference on climate change, in cancun, mexico.

the international market for dairy snacks, such as cheese strings and yoghurt tubes, grew by 7% in 2009 and is heading for a 6% rise this year. the first major study on this sector, by leading food and drink consultancy zenith international, estimates total volume at 217,000 tonnes in 2010 across 26 countries in north america, latin america, west europe, east europe, africa, the middle east and asia pacific.

frucor beverages today announced that australasia’s most popular energy drink, ‘v’, will soon be available in spain, thanks to a partnership with frucor’s sister company, orangina schweppes. frucor managing director mark cowsill says launching ‘v’ to the spanish market is another significant step towards achieving frucor’s plan to make ‘v’ a global brand. “v is a truly kiwi innovation and it has enjoyed huge success in new zealand and australia.

a study conducted by menzies research institute tasmania (menzies) suggests that skipping breakfast over a long period of time may increase risk of heart disease and diabetes. the study, published in the american journal of clinical nutrition and funded by grants from the national health and medical research council, the national heart foundation, the tasmanian community fund, and veolia environmental services, examined data from a national study to compare breakfast habits to health risk factors.