Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Royal DSM has emphasised “business continuity” and “smooth integration” following the completion of its $CAD540m (€436m) buy-out of the world’s largest omega-3 fish oil supplier, Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC), today.

Published: Jul 21, 2012

Having been in the spotlight over skin health claims made, Swiss company Nutrilinks has now seen two of its claims regarding hair loss reduction and hair strength reinforcement rejected by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was not spared in Oxford University’s desecration of the science backing the sports nutrition sector yesterday – but it has defended its methods.

Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

While it welcomes a new UK parliament alcohol strategy, influential industry body the Portman Group said it was 'deeply disappointing' that the committee that wrote it did not appreciate the significance of an 'innovative unit reduction pledge'.

Published: Jul 21, 2012

Barry Callebaut has received a positive opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a health claim linking cocoa to improved blood flow in news that has been welcomed by the broader confectionery industry.

Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

National Starch Food Innovation has been granted health claims for its maize and barley ingredients and the firm’s EU regulatory manager said this should drive business within Europe and beyond.

Published: Jul 21, 2012

A new European Commission report has highlighted how control measures are mitigating food safety risks.

Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Quail International was cited for 23 violations totalling more than US$92,000 (€75,000) by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Published: Jul 21, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has denied it ordered HIV tests on sewing needles found in six turkey sandwiches on flights into the US, as investigations into the incident continue on both sides of the Atlantic.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

US-based Buona Vita is recalling approximately 72,510 pounds of various frozen, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Se

Published: Jul 20, 2012

Bay Cuisine, a New Zealand meat firm, has recalled several of its products after tests revealed that they were linked to a Listeria outbreak that led to two deaths at a hospital.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

New Zealand has launched a new website to improve the food recall process and ensure food safety in the country.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

United World Foods, a seafood company based in New Zealand, is recalling frozen oyster products due to the potential presence of norovirus.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

International best-selling author, John Naisbitt, and the Director of the Naisbitt China Institute in Tianjin, Doris Naisbitt, will deliver their guest speech on Day One of the 5th World Nutrition Forum in Singapore.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a new report on levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in food and feed. Dioxins and PCBs are persistent environmental pollutants which can accumulate in the food chain.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

Mexican animal health officials have culled approximately 3.8 million chickens to contain an avian influenza H7N3 outbreak in Jalisco, Mexico and another 9.3 million birds are under observation, according to the country’s food safety agency, Senasica.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice is appealing to the foodservice industry in the United Kingdom to inform diners of which countries their food is sourced.

Published: Jul 20, 2012

A new Victorian parliamentary enquiry will investigate the impact of administration of food safety laws on farmers and processors.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the agriculture ministry met Sharad Pawar, agriculture minister, who directed the Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Departments to make modifications in various schemes to impart greater focus on

Published: Jul 19, 2012

"The proposed National Food Security Bill marks a paradigm shift in addressing the problem of food security - from it being viewed as a welfare approach to a right-based approach.