CONTENTS                                                  Mar-Apr 2001

IN THE NEWS
WHO initiates new food safety measures Ö Agroenviron 2000 Ö UNIDO to focus on food processing Ö ICO to promote coffee consumption Ö FAO to assist food standardization in India Ö Food enzyme manufacturers focus on speciality products Ö Sweet news for the new millennium Ö Japan revises standard tables of food composition Ö Latest CBI Quick Scan on select food products

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
New enzyme products Ö New alternative to PLCs Ö Sugar cane-derived sweetener Ö New health food additive from tree waste Ö Dehydrated lime Ö New range of enzymes for egg processing Ö Continuous fermentation process for biscuits Ö Nirogen stripping improves beer quality and shelf-life Ö New protein powder Ö Electrostatic coating technologies Ö Loss of volatiles during processing eliminated

R&D IDEAS
Antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice concentrate Ö Plant-based edible vaccine Ö Vitamin A-fortified mustard Ö New breakthrough puts fish oil in Australian diet Ö New technology to concentrate fish oil Ö Microbial rennet Ö New effective E. coli inhibitor

SAFETY/QUALITY CONTROL
New test for Salmonella enteritidis Ö Keeping food fresh Ö New bacteria detector Ö New defect sorting system Ö New system to maintain food quality Ö Rotary pressure and atmospheric sterilizers

STANDARDS/CERTIFICATION
Tea flavourings to be of vegetable origin Ö Indian Standards on CD-ROM Ö First US organic food standards released Ö Biotech panel for GM labelling

PRESERVATION
New cryogen-powered transport system Ö New technology to preserve probiotic bacteria Ö Natural food preservative Ö Enhancing pasta shelf-life

MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT
New testing equipment Ö Labelling flexibility Ö Co-rotating processor Ö Thermoform-fill-seal system

PACKAGING
New double-bag system Ö New packaging system Ö Parallel aseptic filling system Ö Automatic heat-sealing unit Ö Innovative plastic films

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