The earthquake that has struck northern Italy on 20 May 2012 will affect the production and export of Italy's famous hard cheeses - Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano.
The Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders to carry out a comprehensive review of current practices in the management of Listeria monocytogenes during cooked sliced meat production.
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has faulted a May 14 ABC News story, saying that contrary to the report by Jim Avila, the use of antibiotics is neither a common nor accepted practice in shrimp farming.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law that will ban roxarsone, an additive containing organic arsenic, from chicken feed starting in 2013. Maryland is the first state to have such a law on its books.
Two New Jersey state legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the sale of horse meat in the state.
The Swiss food and beverage firm, Nestlé, has inked a deal with a local government in China’s Inner Mongolia region to build and develop a new dairy farm, according to local media reports.
European food manufacturers can access thousands more tonnes of segregated sustainable soy from North America after certified supplies have become available from producer Lang Farms.
Dairy co-operatives Milk Link and Arla group plan to merge to create a business with a turnover of more than £2bn, which processes over 3bn litres of milk a year.
UK food producer Cranswick has reported strong underlying revenue growth after successfully recovering margins in the second half of the financial year.
Agro-industrial holding Bio-tone has announced plans to begin construction of a new multi-million pig farm and processing plant, which it claims will be the largest pork production complex in Russia.
DSM has debuted Tolerase L, an acid lactase enzyme aimed at those people that are lactose intolerant and seeking digestive health solutions via food supplements.
Much of what's underpinned a hot wheat market lately is drought stress not just in the U.S., but in major wheat-growing regions abroad, namely in parts of eastern Europe.
There were a lot of expectations for a resurgence in the hog market this spring. It's happened in each of the last 5 years. But, it hasn't happened yet this spring. Why not?
USDA has lifted quarantines on two California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators did not find any link between the disease and the feed the diseased bovine might have eaten.
