Published: Jul 09, 2015

Expressing serious concern over widespread panic being created by FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) and several state government authorities over safety of all types of packaged and branded food, ASSOCHAM has written to prime minister N

Published: Jul 09, 2015

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union minister for food processing industries, has announced setting up of a Special Task Force with key representatives from all northern states, ministry of food processing industries (MoFPI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (C

Published: Jul 09, 2015

Food ministers from various states in the country have passed a resolution in a meeting held here recently, asking for bringing the apex food regulator FSSAI under the purview of ministry of consumers affairs, food and public distribution.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Where did ice cream originate? Most people suggest Morocco or Italy, but French ice-cream master Gerard Taurin says the root of this popular dessert is in ancient China, where a frozen mixture of rice and milk, made about 3,000 years ago, was documented i

Published: Jul 08, 2015

A new report from Friends of the Earth — Spinning Food: How Food Industry Front Groups and Covert Communications are Shaping the Story of Food — documents unprecedented levels of spending from front groups, trade associations and anti-GMO labeling campaig

Published: Jul 08, 2015

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has proposed plans to allow longer trading hours on Sundays in England and Wales as part of the budget this year.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf has rejected a bill to privatize the sale of alcohol, which may result in closure of around 500 liquor stores in the state.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

The shelf life of foods depends how they are processed, stored and packaged. Failure to meet specific conditions of any links may lead to fatal disaster threatening wellbeing of the customer and brand equity.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Quorn Foods has recalled Chef's Selection Meat Free Beef Steaks as they may contain wheat (gluten), barley (gluten) and milk which are not mentioned on the packaging, according to the UK Food Standards Agency.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Commodity traders in Chicago and New York aren’t ready to call it quits even after CME Group Inc. shuts most of the futures pits in both cities.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Monogram Foods, a manufacturer and marketer of beef jerky, corn dogs, pre-cooked bacon, and other value-added meat products, has announced that is acquiring Golden County Foods located in Plover, Wis. The frozen appetizer business has approximately $100 m

Published: Jul 08, 2015

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the Supplement to the 2013 Food Code. The update addresses recommendations made by regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers at the 2014 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Prote

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Since China opened it's doors to the export of Conference pears from the Netherlands, near the end of 2014, more than 1 million kilos have been received. Jan Timmermans, chairman for the fruit trading committee, is very happy with the export volume going

Published: Jul 08, 2015

The organization of Fruit Logistica, the most important trading platform in the fresh produce sector, has moved to Panama City to develop a day of conferences for professionals in the agricultural export sector in Panama.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Israeli exporters are nervous about the repercussions of the crisis in Greece on the Euro-NIS exchange rate. According to exporters, if the crisis weakens the Euro, Israeli export business to Europe will be harmed.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

After the signing of the extension of the Russian embargo on EU fruit and vegetables for another year, it is safe to say Greece has been driven out of the Russian market and must look ahead

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Citizens of the European Union consumed slightly more fresh fruits and vegetables than in 2013, although still less compared to the average of recent years.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

Ugandan fruits and vegetable exporters to the European Union (EU) are still reeling from the multimillion dollar losses they have incurred after a self-imposed ban by the government.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, food exports fell 1pc to $4.251bn in 11 months of FY15 from $4.293bn in a year-ago period.

Published: Jul 08, 2015

It’s no secret that the business climate in Kenya is challenging at the moment – the local inflation of input costs has placed vegetable production and processing operations under pressure. So how does a large and complex business such as Finlays go about