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EVM report highlights need for collaboration

Members of the health foods industry have voiced the need for greater global consensus on safety limits for nutrients after last week's EVM report released by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) revealed yet another different scientific opinion on...

WHO seeks food industry input

The World Health Organisation (WHO) hosted the first of a series of roundtable meetings with senior executives from the food industry on Friday, to discuss ways of improving the global diet.

Numico board member potential GNC buyer

Numico said last week that board member Bill Watts is stepping down from the board as he had expressed a potential interest in buying its US chain GNC in partnership with a US venture capital firm. The company says no decision has yet been taken.

Gelita renames units to gel identity

German gelatine producer the GELITA Group is to rename all of its international operating units, with effect from 1 June, the company announced last week.