Published: Jun 30, 2012

Chobani, the US-based producer of yogurts, has launched two new varieties of Chobani Greek Yogurt - 16oz Blends and single flavor 6-packs. The new varieties have been inspired by consumer feedback.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on rice exports until its harvest season next March, as a part of its effort to ensure adequate rice stocks at affordable prices amid severe drought across country's major rice-producing areas.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Barry Callebaut is establishing a 1 million Swiss franc ($1.05 million) Center of Cocoa Excellence to promote advanced agricultural techniques in Cote d'Ivoire, the world’s largest cocoa producing country.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

General Mills, Inc. has introduced Fiber One Nutty Clusters & Almonds cereal.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

The Victorian Coalition Government is seeking assurance that the valuable southwest Victorian southern bluefin tuna angling sector will be guaranteed long term access to the fishery.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is taking the next steps in its new approach to protect recreational, commercial and Aboriginal fisheries and the fish habitat on which they depend.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Primary Industries Minister David Carter has today announced further measures to protect Maui’s dolphins.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Scotland has a lot to learn from Norway’s approach to fisheries management and how they develop fishing communities.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

The Port River Mud Cockle fishing closure will be extended for another year, due to ongoing concerns about the sustainability of fish stocks.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Just in time for the start of summer, Johnsonville Sausage announced the launch of its Pork & Chicken Sausage.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

June 1 stocks of corn were down 14 percent from a year earlier while soybean stocks were up 8 percent, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture quarterly Grain Stocks report.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

The USDA raised its estimate of U.S. 2012 soybean acreage while tightening grain stocks Friday.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

A diet packed with vegetables could help stave off the development of acute pancreatitis, but fruit intake has no effect, say researchers.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Stephen DANIELLS

The potential cardiovascular benefits of blueberry may be related to the berries’ anthocyanins interacting with bile acids to promote cholesterol reduction, suggests data from a study with hamsters.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The US State of Louisiana has implemented a new system of animal identification that will allow officials to trace a single animal in the event of a disease outbreak or terrorist attack.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Hundreds of cartons of milk have been recalled in China after a production line error left some products contaminated with alkaline water.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The U.S. 2012 tart cherry crop was forecast at 73.1 million lbs, down 68% from 2011 due to losses in top-producing Michigan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its annual Cherry Production report today.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Laurence Olins, Chairman of British Summer Fruits, which represents 90 per cent of berries supplied to UK supermarkets, said "There is ample supply of British strawberries now and for the rest of the summer," contrary to some press reports of a shortage.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Some 15 months after the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear power plant disaster in northeastern Japan, octopus and whelks caught off Fukushima were sold at supermarkets and other stores in the city of Soma, reported in Kyodo news agency.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

With food safety being the key area of concern in the food safety management systems (FSMS) today, a recently-held seminar by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) here, aptly addressed this issue.