Beef and veal has experienced the greatest price rise of all foods in the US between 2010-2011, according to the latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS).
The European Commission has revealed plans to introduce a European Union (EU)-wide electronic import control system for certified organic meat (and other food) products – because the current paper-based system is too slow.
A new bioenergy initiative has been launched in Australia, which will become a ‘one stop shop’ for Australian pork producers that are trying to substantially reduce their carbon footprint.
Fishermen on Lake Victoria, Uganda, are been encouraged by the government to start rearing fish in the lake, rather than relying on capture fisheries, which the government says are declining.
Fusion Marine has secured an order for 14 Triton 400 farm pens for The Scottish Salmon Company’s newest site at Sgeir Dughall, Loch Torridon, Scotland.
The Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water Bryan Green has said good progress was being made in relocating rock lobsters from deep waters off Tasmania's South-West Coast to inshore waters along the West Coast to help boost the value.
The Ukraine has opened its market to live swine from Canada and for the first time to Canadian swine genetics under a new export certificate, the Canadian government announced May 31.
Espoo, Finland-based Neste Oil Oyj sued a joint venture that includes Tyson Foods Inc. for patent infringement involving renewable diesel fuels made partly from chicken fat.
The owner and seven employees at a livestock auction house are facing animal cruelty charges after undercover video shot by an animal rights group depicted workers abusing animals that were up for sale at Ontario Livestock Sales.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, an American quick-service chicken concept, is set to re-launch its menu item Rip'n Chick'n, which features juicy tenders cut into pull-apart strips that are easy to rip and dip.
French poultry processing firm Doux could go into receivership because of increasing debts. According to analysts, the company owes nearly €430m to banks and suppliers.
The nation’s most complained about advert in the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA’s) 50-year history featured Kentucky Fried Chicken, according to its annual report published today (May 30).
Wild tigers are loose in the southern United States. Well, tiger shrimp, which are as big as lobsters. But are they just a pest or a business opportunity, wonders the News Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Health concerns prompted the government of Chile to close the country’s largest pork processing plant and evacuate more than 500,000 pigs, according to news reports.
