Published: Aug 20, 2015

A new robotic ‘arm’, which works safely alongside humans, is working its way into the food processing industry. The Australian distributor, Auto Control Systems is working with a company packing strawberry punnets into larger boxes at a strawberry farm.

Published: Aug 17, 2015

US-based establishment Kapowsin Meats is recalling close to 116,262 pounds of whole hogs as they may have been contaminated with salmonella, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Published: Aug 17, 2015

TJX Europe Ltd is recalling Choco Creation Fruit Mix because it contains peanut, which is not mentioned as an ingredient on the packaging of the product. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanut. The product wa

Published: Aug 17, 2015

Celestial Seasonings, a brand of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and a leader in the specialty tea category, has unveiled its fresh new brand look and feel–including refreshed tea packaging that highlights the brand's heritage and a new, contemporary logo.

Published: Aug 17, 2015

The latest report from consumer research project, Potato Tracker, has shown that consumers believe one to two kilogram packages are the ideal sizes for bagged spuds.

Published: Aug 17, 2015

New rules on the preparation, packaging and distribution of ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables, such as bagged salads and potted fruit salads, have been enforced in Italy.

Published: Aug 10, 2015

Food trends are no different to foods themselves. Some are destined for a short life while a few will catch on to become a top consumer preference.

Published: Aug 06, 2015

Numerous packaging attributes are critical to consumers when making beverage choices, according to new data from the Washington, D.C.-based Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI).

Published: Jul 30, 2015

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a controversial bill that would repeal mandatory GMO labeling laws in several states and preempt such legislation at the local level on Thursday.

Published: Jul 30, 2015

I am writing to ask for your help to prevent a terrible law from being passed. OnAugust 5, I am joining Just Label It in Washington, D.C to fight for mandatory GMO labeling – something supported by 90 percent of Americans.

Published: Jul 29, 2015

Last week, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the United States Food and Drug Administration called for a change in nutrition facts labeling. The agency is proposing that, in addition to calling out the total grams of added sugar on nutri

Published: Jul 29, 2015

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed labeling changes to add the percentage of recommended daily intake of added sugars in packaged foods.

Published: Jul 29, 2015

Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) and John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) last week introduced legislation that would modify a country of origin labeling program for meats.

Published: Jul 28, 2015

Alaska, Oregon and Washington could take some advice from Colorado’s marijuana regulatory playbook, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published: Jul 28, 2015

Food and beverage makers around the world have reason to rejoice, according to a new report from Allied Market Research that estimates the global packaged food market will reach sales of $3.03 trillion by 2020.

Published: Jul 28, 2015

A new study released just days after the U.S. House passed a bill that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods reveals that GMO labeling would not act as warning labels and scare consumers away from buying products with GM

Published: Jul 27, 2015

Companies would be required to label the amount of added sugar as a percent of recommended daily calorie intake under a proposal on Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Published: Jul 27, 2015

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has analysed the country of origin claims for more than 320 packaged supermarket products in Australia. The range of products analysed for Country of Origin statements on their labels from curries to crumbed fish

Published: Jul 24, 2015

Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced a bill Thursday that would remove certain meats from the mandatory country-of-origin (COOL) labeling program and institute a voluntary label instead.

Published: Jul 24, 2015

Campbell Soup Company is the latest food and beverage maker to embrace consumer demand for ingredient transparency by announcing it will stop using artificial colors and flavors in all of its products sold in North America by 2018.