Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Banning the sale of energy drinks to minors could create a "slippery slope," a representative of the beverage industry warned last Friday, two days after a local board in New York expressed its support for such a prohibition.

Published: Dec 03, 2012

PepsiCo has named Brett O’Brien, a 12-year veteran of the company, as senior vice president and general manager of Gatorade’s North American business

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Clextral, a leader in twin-screw extrusion for food material, has acquired its Chilean supplier Sudamerinox.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Laurence Gibbons

Eddie Stobart’s Tesco drivers are to go on “continuous strike” after rejecting the transport firm’s “final offer” of financial support in the deepening row over 183 jobs cuts at a Doncaster distribution hub.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Preparations for Wyma's biggest trade show event have began. The Wyma team looks forward to another edition of the largest trade fair for the fruit and vegetable industry.

Published: Dec 03, 2012

Sierra Pacific Refrigerated Services and Traina Foods formed Traina Pacific to buy a 100,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse, other warehouses and the repackaging area, according to Sierra Pacific Chief Executive Officer Chris Murphy.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Sunland Inc. said the Food and Drug Administration’s suspension of its facility registration was disappointing and unexpected. The F.D.A. suspended Sunland from marketing or distributing its products into commerce on Nov. 26.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

The European Commission (EC) declined to comment on Lord Justice Leveson’s report into the culture, practice and ethics of the press today (November 29), despite one of its officials claiming in the summer that the British media often misrepresented Europ

Published: Nov 30, 2012

According to PwC, the mandate could cost chain restaurants up to $3.2 billion annually, with quick-service restaurants witnessing cost increases upward of $2.5 billion, and full-service restaurants seeing increases upward of $691 million.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Michelle Russell

Dutch retailer Ahold has said it will step up its moves to cut costs in a bid to fuel further investment in the business.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Dean Best

In another sign the world's largest food maker is not just about Kit Kats, Nescafe or Maggi noodles, the Swiss food giant is now looking to use Chinese medicine in its fledgling health science business.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

"The U.S. has overtaken the European Union as the main market for Chinese exports," said Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang, in a press conference.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Sales of garlic have reportedly rocketed in Western Serbia after a local council issued a warning that a vampire is on the loose.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

As food safety procedures have become more demanding, the number of product recalls have also increased, Supermarket News reports.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Josh Sosland

A growth rate over double that of branded foods is only one element of many making private label, and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a good fit at ConAgra Foods, Inc., said Gary Rodkin, president and chief executive officer. Over the past 14 years, the private l

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Soft drinks firm Britvic has reported a near 20% fall in profits, after an Essex boy choked on a newly designed lid of a Fruit Shoot bottle, forcing a £17M product recall.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Born out of an idea resurrected from a World War II rationing campaign, the Meatless Monday initiative aims to improve the health of Americans one Monday at a time. By encouraging people to try a vegetarian diet one day out of the week, the hope is that t

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The 4th Asia Pacific Food Tech Innovation & Safety Conference has been held in 16th of November 2012 at the Singapore Expo.

Published: Nov 28, 2012

A Chinese liquor maker suspended its packaging lines on Tuesday after being hit by a plasticizer scandal.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The ninth International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety (ICMSS) is taking place 17 - 22 March 2013, in Sydney, Australia.