Two shareholders have filed two class action complaints alleging that the consideration to be paid to shareholders of Horizon Organic in connection with the proposed acquisition by Dean Foods of Horizon Organic is unfair.
Food Safety Net Services Ltd., San Antonio, Texas, Dupont Food Industry Solutions, Wilmington, Del., and HACCP Consulting Group L.L.C., Fairfax, Va., have formed a collaboration of resources to provide expanded scientific, technical and regulatory assistance to the food industry, trade associations and government agencies in food safety management.
According to the 2003 Functional Foods Trends Survey by Dairy Foods' sister publication Prepared Foods, probiotics have moved from the No. 10 position it had in 2000 to the No. 5 position in terms of "the growing importance in functional foods formulation efforts."
FDA's new requirement that food labels will have to include nutritional information regarding trans fat content by January 1, 2006 should not have significant impact on dairy processors.