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BY MARK ROWE
PEPSICO, which is marking 50 years of operations in the Middle East, finds itself at something of a crossroads. An all-American company, in a region where anti-Americanism has rarely been so widespread, it faces several challenges to ensure that it will continue to operate successfully in the Middle East for a further half a century.…

BY PHILIP FINE

A NEW study has revealed that American toddlers consume 30 per cent more calories than they require. The Feeding Infants & Toddlers Study, a telephone survey commissioned by baby-food maker Gerber Products Co., found that US children that are one-to-two-years-old consume an average of 1,220 calories.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a drinks or food brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, (acting for Van den Bergh Foods, previously HB foods), which is arguing for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved legislation insisting governments and the European Food Safety Authority monitor zoonotic disease agents to improve knowledge of their sources. The second says governments should set realistic targets for reducing of zoonotic contaminants, initially salmonella, but subsequently other pathogens.…

A SCATHING report on an 18.6 million-pound beef American recall from a former ConAgra plant castigates both the company and federal regulators for failing to respond to evidence of problems. Independent federal investigators claim the company found contaminated meat at least 63 times in the weeks before the recall and US Department of Agriculture officials failed to effectively withdraw the meat.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a ruling from its junior Court of First Instance, which allowed Wrigley to register ‘Doublemint’ as a trademark. The ECJ said the lower court should have considered whether the term was so generally descriptive, it could be useful to rival food manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RETAILERS cannot be forced to stock a drink or food brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. It found against Unilever, which has argued for the legality of “exclusivity” contracts.…

BY PHILIP FINE

SCIENTISTS at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a flexible paper-thin food wrapping made entirely of vegetables and fruits. Tara McHugh, a scientist in the processed foods research unit at the USDA’s Western Regional Research Center, said that the ecology-friendly wraps would not only reduce synthetic waste but effectively cover and preserve products such as sandwiches.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has approved a system for approving new smoke condensate flavourings. They will be assessed by the European Food Safety Authority, with this advice being used to by the European Commission to rule on each application.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL agreement has been secured on updating EU food labelling legislation so all compound ingredients are named, scrapping a rule allowing their omission when, together, they are less than a quarter of the final product. The legislation also forces labelling to declare when potential allergens are present; a list of risky ingredients will be maintained by the European Commission.…