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Hutton stresses open approach
Food Standards Agency (FSA) chair Dame Deidre Hutton told last week’s Federation of Bakers conference that the agency wants to be "porous" and "as open as possible to external views" on key issues.She urged some 140 delegates at the event in London to keep working with the FSA on ...
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Stamp of approval
Consumers know whole grains are healthier than refined grains. Two years ago, almost three-quarters of US consumers surveyed said that eating whole grains daily was important to them - yet only 8% reported that finding whole grains was easy*.Our organisation, the Whole Grains Council, and its parent, non-profit organisation Oldways, ...
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Jim Winship, director, British Sandwich Association
The recent closure of a sandwich business, due to listeria, highlights for us all the added risks chilled food operations all have to contend with these days, over and above the complexities of running any business.Like other bacteria, listeria is not something you can see or touch, yet the potential ...
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Aulds unveils desserts factory
Scottish firm Aulds has opened its new £7m factory in Renfrewshire. Employing over 170 people, the new 35,000 sq ft factory and office complex at Inchinnan replaces a previous facility destroyed by fire in September 2005.The new factory produces a range of frozen products, including gateaux and other ...
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Sir Digby backs science scheme
Sir Digby Jones, former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, has given his support to Northern Foods’ £450,000 initiative to sponsor undergraduates on food science courses.In a visit organised by Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, Sir Digby met food technologists at Fox’s Biscuits in Batley, which ...
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More exhibitors sign up to BIE
The latest exhibitors confirmed for next year’s Baking Industry Exhibition include ingredients company Orchard Valley Foods, bakery products supplier Dawn Foods and catering equipment firm Reynards.They will be exhibiting alongside names including Rank Hovis, Fermex and Scobie McIntosh at the show from 6 to 9 April at Birmingham’s NEC.The show ...
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Biscuit line boost for Lees
Confectionery manufacturer Lees Foods, owner of Lees of Scotland and The Waverley Bakery, has announced favourable year-end results, despite cost increases.To 31 December 2006, sales increased by 7% to £14,480,270 on the same period in 2005, and pre-tax profits were up 6% to £631,309.Raymond Miquel, MD, said that the company ...
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Commodities tracker
Pricing has been affected over the last month by significant weakening of the dollar, according to the RM Curtis Edible Nuts & Dried Fruit Market Report, March-April 2007.Report author Mark Setterfield said that many of the products covered by the report had been hit. Against sterling, the dollar has weakened ...
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Happy returns for POS company
Point-of-sale touchscreen technology manufacturer J2 Retail Systems is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month with plans to sign more contracts with companies in the baking industry.J2 has more than 50,000 touchscreen tills in operation and clients include national chain Greggs as well as 12 regional bakery groups.It plans to expand ...
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Consumer watch
I’m not sure of my opinion on whether folic acid should be made a mandatory ingredient in bread.There’s good research showing it could benefit infant health, but there are also concerns that it can mask anaemia in elderly people and vegetarians.I am uneasy with the idea that infant health should ...
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Cruel to be kind
Despite wails of protest from the bakery trade over the past few months, it is now clear that van mileage is being taxed in a dramatic new way.HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have introduced changes to the benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax rules for vans. As of 6 April, 2007, the charge ...
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The folic debate
Calls to fortify flour or bread with folic acid to prevent pre-natal malformations of foetuses have been echoing for over a decade. Now, following prevarication, procrastination and consultation, there is finally an end in sight.Not, however, before The Food Standards Agency squeezes in one more meeting in June, where it ...
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Waterfields’ double delight at Sammies
Craft chain Waterfields was named Bakery Sandwich Shop of the Year at the 12th British Sandwich Industry accolades (the ’Sammies’) held in London last week.The Lancashire-based chain picked up the trophy for its new Select format store, currently on trial in Bradshawgate, Leigh, near Manchester.The new concept, selling eat-on-the-go ...
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An investment for the future
I am in the first year of a bakery course in Castle College. The course is very hands-on, which is great, as we get to test theories learned in class and transfer these skills in a practical way.I like making and baking breads and cakes on a large scale, as ...
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McCambridge hits out at ’unreasonable’ Inter Link
A public row has broken out between cake supplier Inter Link and suitor and rival cake company McCambridge.Inter Link said on Monday that it remained in discussions with McCambridge, although progress had been restricted as a confidentiality agreement, required to safeguard its stakeholders’ interests, had not been signed.Then on Tuesday, ...
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Sugar shock?
W holemeal bread took a spanking in The Sunday Times recently for having nearly double the level of sugar it did 30 years ago. Shock! Naughty plant bakers are contributing to the obesity epidemic by loading our bread with cheap sugar to make it more palatable and to compensate for ...
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NewsBakers’ Fair North West 2007
Click here to download the floorplan and choose your preferred location Sunday October 14th The UK’s only autumn exhibition for the progressive and professional independent baker, held in the modern and spacious environment of the Bolton Arena. Timed especially to aid pre-Christmas planning.
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Enterprise forecasts £100m supply chain network
Enterprise Foods says it is set to create a £100 million turnover local supply network, sourcing craft bread on behalf of retail and foodservice giants.The Scottish company is working with the UK’s number one convenience retailer and a foodservice supplier, believed to be Compass, on the new business. It ...