General Mills: elects two new board members
Minneapolis / MN. (gm) General Mills Inc. elected Lois E. Quam and Bradbury H. Anderson to its board of directors.
News for the baking industry
Minneapolis / MN. (gm) General Mills Inc. elected Lois E. Quam and Bradbury H. Anderson to its board of directors.
Washington / DC. (cspi) Sara Lee Corporation is under attack by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) over claims it makes about its «Soft + Smooth Made with Whole Grain White Bread», with the center alleging that the food company is committing fraud in its marketing.
Berlin / DE. (bfr) Every year more than 50.000 cases of Salmonella infections are reported in Germany although the actual figure is probably far higher. The infections are always caused by a lack of hygiene, in domestic kitchens, too.
Rome / IT. (fao) FAO, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is urging governments and the international community to implement immediate measures in support of poor countries hit hard by dramatic food price increases.
Zurich / CH. (bc) Barry Callebaut, the world´s leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, announced the closing of its acquisition of 100 percent of Food Processing International Inc. (FPI) in the United States.
Nuremberg. (nm) Organic products mean enjoyment and quality of life. They stand for the combination of top quality and carefree consumption. Approx 2.600 exhibitors present their products to the some 45.000 expected visitors at BioFach 2008, the World Organic Trade Fair and the organic world´s most important get-together.
Burbank / CA. (wib) California-based Shamrock Holdings Inc., partially controlled by family members of entertainment pioneer Walt Disney, issued a list of recommendations to Panera Bread Co. after it bought a 5,46 percent ownership stake in the company, according to a regulatory filing by Shamrock.
Southport / AU. (rfg) Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) announces that Bruce Alan Hancox has been appointed to the Company´s Board of Directors as a independent non-executive director.
Kansas City / MO. (ibc) Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) confirmed that it received a preliminary indication of interest from The Yucaipa Companies LLC and The International Brotherhood of Teamsters describing a «possible plan of reorganization» for emergence of IBC from Chapter 11.
Parma / IT. (efsa) In September EFSA was asked to provide scientific advice to the European Commission and EU Member States on a study conducted by the University of Southampton and published in the scientific journal «The Lancet». This study suggested a link between mixtures of certain food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate and hyperactivity in children.