Published: Jun 27, 2012

Sri Lanka’s Keells Food Products is planning to buy meat processing firm D&W Foods for LKR700m ($5.24m) and upgrade manufacturing facilities.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The North American meat-focused division of Sara Lee will attract acquisition bids when the company spins off its Europe-based coffee-and-tea division in the future.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Australian milk processors have announced that they would not be adding the by-product permeate to their branded products, in response to public concern over the use of the additive.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Josh Sosland

Monsanto Co. on June 21 announced it has completed its acquisition of Precision Planting, a Tremont, Ill.-based business aimed at helping growers maximize yields.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Lovers of early potatoes from the Pfalz should again not hope for a record harvest this year. "We expect the average harvest," Peter Schmidt, secretary of the growers association Pfälzer Grumbeere, said.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

In Austria the potato harvest started this year with varying yields per hectare. As the old harvest, as far as quantity is concerned, is no longer of importance, the branch concentrate entirely on selling early potatoes. In all federal states harvesting h

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Wholesale prices of leafy vegetables in Taipei have risen 64% in comparison to what they were before Tropical Storm Talim, as a result of agricultural shortages.

Published: Jun 25, 2012

The Department of Agriculture is finalising new legislation which targets obesity in children by stating what can and can't be sold in vending machines and cranberries - as a sweetened product - could be be struck off the list.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: BBC

Britain is being taken to court by the European Commission in a battle over a £15m unpaid tax bill on imports of Chinese garlic.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Orlando, Florida-based Darden Restaurants, which is setting up the world's first fully-integrated lobster aquaculture project in the Malaysian state of Sabah, hopes to build a commercial hatchery there in the next two years.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

British frozen food chain Iceland has reported record profits but admitted a flurry of discount vouchers from supermarket rivals is impacting sales.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Brazil has formally taken action against South Africa’s use of antidumping policies against Brazilian poultry meat, according to a statement from the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Published: Jun 25, 2012

Bakery products are flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. Bakery products are an item of mass consumption in view of its low price and with rapid growth and changing eating habits of people, bakery products have gained

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Many US grocery stores now offer at least some meat or poultry that is raised without antibiotics, sometimes even at below-average prices for all meats of that type, but shoppers must become savvy about reading labelling to get products that live up to “n

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Archana Aroor

Life today is fast-paced, and to keep fit, one has to consume nutritious food. India isn't immune to this positive trend either, and the proof of the fact is the numerous ready-to-eat foods, healthy snacks and confectionery brands that have mushroomed in

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Our Bureau

Wheat procurement during current, Ravi Marketing Season 2012-13, has crossed the mark of 370 lakh tonne, according to the ministry of consumer affairs, food & public distribution.

Published: Jun 25, 2012

Ecolab, in association with Vidya Dairy, is organising a conference on 'Importance of Food Safety & Hygiene in Dairy Industry' on June 30, 2012, at Anand, Gujarat. Rahul Kumar Shrivastav, MD, Amul Dairy, will be the chief guest at the conference.

Published: Jun 25, 2012

Victoria’s Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, Richard Dalla-Riva recently announced the approval to SPC Ardmona of grants of $3.9 million from the Victorian Government’s “Sustainable Process Development Project” a

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Coinciding with the new "Meat Without Drugs" campaign announced this week, tech start up Real Time Farms launched a crowd-sourced map to help consumers locate meat from animals raised without antibiotics.

Published: Jun 25, 2012

Cogenra Solar, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems, has announced the installation of its solar cogeneration system at the Clover Stornetta Farms’ dairy processing plant in Petaluma, California, in the US.