Once a leader in pressing for liberalized trade, grain-based foods may find itself outside the system transformed by forces like electronics, telecommunications and data processing.
The latest ingredient cost swings ought to prompt serious introspection for any company that
continues operate without comprehensive risk management policies.
Anyone who has attended trade shows such as the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo knows the food and beverage industry has been slowly edging its way beyond sustenance and into the gray area between health and wellness and the pharmaceutical sector.