Sampling of the first and second phases of the Food Standards Agency's UK-wide survey of beef products has been completed and the initial test results published today.
The monthly sampling will now be replaced by surface monitoring of the mussel bed areas and used to inform the investigations into radium contamination at Dalgety Bay.
A growing body of evidence suggests that toxic metals particularly aluminum salts, which are unfortunately often used in processed foods and drinking water,
can be a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease.
The news that some types of fish are being mislabelled or substituted and sold for other cheaper varieties underlines the need for consumers to demand more home-caught Scottish fish from retailers, restaurants and takeaway outlets.
Intelligent Packaging Solutions (IPS), a UK-based supplier of plastic packaging for food industry, has introduced a new frozen ready meal packaging format - Desto cup.
The current campaign for the brand Plátano de Canarias is marked by a slight fall in prices due to low consumption, as well as lower production volumes as a result of adverse weather conditions.
Domino's Pizza, Britain's biggest pizza delivery firm, shook off a slow, snow-hit start to the year as new offerings and promotions helped it to post a strong first quarter sales rise.
Rising demand for Scotch whisky from both mature and emerging markets saw the value of exports grow for the eighth consecutive year, according to the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), Edinburgh, Scotland.
On Thursday, KFC announced plans to follow the aggressive lead of early mobile payments adopters like Starbucks and McDonalds by launching a mobile wallet service through the new KFC Fast Track app.
Bewley’s, an Ireland-based tea and coffee company, has acquired British coffee roaster Bolling Coffee in a bid to further expand its business across the country.
A UK brand that claims to have produced the world’s first pure milk vodka says that sales are growing, with Black Cow vodka now on sale in numerous retail outlets across the UK, including premium department stores.
BASF on Friday invited the Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, to officially open its newly acquired and now expanded high concentration omega-3 facility on the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, west Scotland.
Sales of Chablis wine in the UK has grown with exports reaching nearly 10 million bottles and generating €43m in 2012, according to Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB), a France-based governing body of Burgundy wines.
Holland’s, a manufacturer of pies, puddings and pastries based in Lancashire, England, has announced that it has secured a national listing with the UK’s independent online grocer, Ocado.
