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Mars Wrigley fined after workers fall into chocolate vat
A Mars Wrigley factory in Pennsylvania has been fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following two employees falling into a chocolate vat.
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Recall Roundup: Listeria monocytogenes and undeclared allergens
This week, New Food looks at recalls that have occurred in the UK and US, including a potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination in various products.
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Recall Roundup: Foreign objects and undeclared allergens
Read our latest recall roundup concerning products in the US and Canada, including a metal object found in a chocolate cake.
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Lubrication key to chocolate’s irresistibility
Researchers have determined that consumers find the process whereby chocolate turns from a solid to a smooth emulsion in the mouth “totally irresistible”.
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Recall roundup: Salmonella and undeclared allergens
Read our latest recall round up to find out about products being recalled in the UK and US.
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Kerry to sell its Sweet Ingredients Portfolio
Kerry Group has announced that has entered into exclusive negotiations to sell its Sweet Ingredients Portfolio to Advent International’s portfolio company IRCA.
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Hershey sued over “harmful” metals in chocolate
US confectionery company Hershey’s has been sued due to the alleged presence of "harmful" levels of metals in its chocolate.
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Recall roundup: Salmonella, Hepatitis A and undeclared allergens
Read our latest recall roundup concerning the UK and US, including the presence of Salmonella in an advent calendar.
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Recall roundup: Salmonella, insects, and undeclared allergens
Read our latest recall roundup affecting the UK, US and Canada including Salmonella, undeclared peanuts and insects found in a Tim Hortons product.
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Bounty gets removed from Celebrations tubs
Mars Wrigley has removed Bounty from its tubs of Celebrations after 39 percent of consumers claimed they wanted it gone.
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Getting what you need, not what you want
Stephen Goldman, Chief Science Officer at Kaycha Labs, reveals why testing labs with integrity are the best insurance policy for cannabis infused food and drink producers.
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What is Barry Callebaut’s second generation chocolate?
In Venice, Italy, Barry Callebaut’s experts took to the stage to introduce its second generation of chocolate and explain how it has reinvented its chocolate making process to embrace the consumer trend of nature-based food and drink.
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Recall roundup: Uncooked chicken and foreign objects
Read our latest roundup of recalls from the UK and US, including foreign objects found in food, uncooked chicken in a ‘ready cooked’ product, and undeclared allergens.
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Quality Street to introduce recyclable paper wrapper
Nestlé has announced that Quality Street will move to recyclable FSC-Certified paper packaging worldwide, whilst KitKat will launch wrappers made with 80 percent recycled plastic.
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Recall roundup: Pathogen concerns and undeclared allergens
Read our latest round up of recalls in the UK, US and Canada, including undeclared milk, Listeria Monocytogenes and potential Clostridium Botulinum.
