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.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected two health claims submitted by Nutrilinks Sarl that sought to link skin permeability barrier function and skin hydration to two different food constituents.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Fresh guidance for cognitive health claims in the European Union has spelled out the preference the bloc’s chief science agency has for health benefits of essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals over other nutrients.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Gum titan Wrigley has blasted proposals in Wales to introduce a 5p levy on chewing gum for cleaning up gum-littered streets that it argues would give consumers a license to litter and would harm oral health.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Cadbury parent company Kraft Foods has responded to allegations from a Chinese newspaper that a piece of Choclairs from a Beijing supermarket contained a worm.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Exactly what kind of evidence is needed to support structure/function or disease risk reduction claims on foods and supplements?

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Kellogg will need to negotiate a new deal in a class action dispute over advertising claims for its Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal after a US federal appeals court rejected a $10.7m settlement.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Swiss chocolate processor Barry Callebaut has won an article 13.5 health claim from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a dossier linking cocoa flavanols and blood circulation.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has started collecting and testing wild salmon off the coast of British Columbia to determine the presence of three salmon diseases: infectious hematopoietic necrosis, infectious pancreatic necrosis and infectious salmo

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Prompt Thai 2000, a UK-based importer of food products, has recalled Kraft Cheez Whiz jars for violating EU import regulations, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Income for The Coca-Cola Co. was down slightly during the second quarter on rising ingredient costs.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

More than two-thirds of Americans are choosing healthier foods in order to promote wellness and lose or maintain weight, according to a new report from Mintel.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Janey Thornton said 3,717 schools are now certified in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC), an initiative focused on boosting the health and nutrition of s

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Mean trans fat per restaurant purchase decreased by 2.7 grams in New York City in a study examining consumption before and after the city restricted the use of artificial trans fat in restaurants. Results of the study appeared on-line in the Annals of Int

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Industry groups claimed victory July 13 after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew a proposed rule that would have placed more reporting requirements on concentrated animal feeding operations.

Published: Jul 17, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

A €8.2m ($10m) grant has been given to researchers at the John Innes Center in the UK to develop GM varieties of corn that are able to absorb nitrogen from the atmosphere, thus eliminating the use of fertilisers.

Published: Jul 17, 2012

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to initiate a five-year project to create a public database of the gene sequences of 100,000 bacteria, as a part of its effort to rapidly identify the source of contamination and bring foodborne outbreaks u

Published: Jul 17, 2012

The Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA), 2006, that has been drawing flak from different sections of the food & beverage industry, has not impacted the confectionery industry in a big way.

Published: Jul 17, 2012

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is giving final touches to a draft reward scheme for whistleblowers providing information on cases of food adulteration.