Over the last two years, Premier Foods has increased Hovis’s market share of the UK bread market by four percentage points up to 26.3%. (foodmanufature.co.uk) It achieved this growth through reformulating existing products, investing millions in new equipment and by significantly increasing the amount of in-house and consumer taste tests that it conducted, said Eva Wheeler, brand controller for Hovis, Premier Foods. She was speaking at the World Food... read more →
An Irish seafood company has be ordered to almost €55,000 after admitting flouting 10 safety standards that led to 219 reported food poisoning cases in France and contaminated product being shipped worldwide. (foodanddrinkeurope.com) Bantry Bay Seafoods, which is based in Cork but also has operations in France and the United States, pleaded guilty at Bandon District Court to a raft of breaches relating to the harvesting, processing and distribution of contaminated... read more →
