Published: Jun 28, 2012

The Scottish Government has today announced that it will create a new Scottish body for food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling and meat inspection.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Win the recognition your business deserves by landing a Food Manufacturing Excellence Award – the Oscars of the food and drink industry.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

America and China have been leading an overseas rush to buy British food and drink, in the wake of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, according to one website.

Published: Jun 27, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

New Zealand’s cooperative dairy giant Fonterra has voted in favour of outside investment for the first time but there is clear opposition to the move.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Expensive and elaborate CSR campaigns used by the soda industry, focused on consumers rather than on the corporation, echo tactics employed by big tobacco firms, argue experts.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Italian food group Barilla has appointed Claudio Colzani as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective from October.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The board of directors of General Mills, Inc. approved an 8% dividend increase for the company’s common stock. The new quarterly dividend of 33c per share is payable Aug. 1 to shareholders of record as of July 10.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Atlantic salmon farmers are welcoming today’s announcement that will see the Government of Nova Scotia and Cooke Aquaculture Inc. bring hundreds of full-time jobs to rural communities, says the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The owner of Doux, a France-based poultry group, said he is willing to sell a stake in the company to keep it running, according to Reuters.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

JBS Australia said it would continue talks with union representatives after workers at a plant in central Queensland went on strike June 22, according to local news reports.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Ten of the largest food companies in the US, including McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Sodexo, Aramark, Compass Group, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s have agreed to participate in “The Campaign for Fair Food” to help raise wages and improve working conditi

Published: Jun 27, 2012

E.E. Mucke & Sons Inc., a historic meat processing business in Hartford, Conn., announced it is selling its recipes and brand to Rachael’s Food Corp., Chicopee, Mass., a subsidiary of J. Polep Distribution Services, also of Chicopee.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The Welsh Food Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency is holding an open meeting in Cardiff on Thursday, 5 July 2012.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

Seven district councils across Northern Ireland launched the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) today, bringing the number now operating the scheme up to 24. By the end of this year all Northern Ireland district councils will have joined.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The Scottish Food Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency is holding an open meeting in Aberdeen on Tuesday 3 July 2012.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

American confectionery company Mars has opened a EUR80m chocolate factory in Ulyanovsk, Russia, as a part of its plan to strengthen its position in the BRIC chocolate market.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

David Kurns today was named Editorial Content Director of the Successful Farming brand, effective August 1. He will replace Loren Kruse, who is retiring after 36 years with Meredith.

Published: Jun 27, 2012

The Baicheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences is honouring Dr. Vernon Burrows for his achievements in improving food security, his innovations in oat breeding science and his outstanding contribution to the friendship between Canada and China.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Amy Brown

The growing trend in Australia for higher-priced, higher-quality, yet still casual and quick dining suggests that new offerings emerging for fast food are old-fashion slow food forms with a quick twist.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Amy Brown

Earlier this week, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) launched its Food Allergy Campaign to raise awareness of the increase of anaphylaxis in children, a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.