Published: Aug 03, 2012

Creative Edge Nutrition, a nutritional supplement company, has acquired Innovative Fulfillment, a provider of fulfillment and other logistics services businesses within the direct to consumer channel.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

A federal jury Wednesday awarded $1 billion to Monsanto Co. (MON) in a patent-infringement lawsuit against rival DuPont Co. (DD) over Monsanto's Roundup Ready seed technology.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Burch Equipment LLC in North Carolina is expanding their recall to include 13,888 cases and 581 bins of whole Athena cantaloupes, 188,902 melons in all, for possibly being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) said this week that the recent recall of cantaloupes for Listeria, which was initiated after the Microbiological Data Program found the bacteria in a sample, shows that the small produce testing program should not be cut.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Kenosha Beef International, Ltd., a Kenosha, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 37,600 pounds of frozen bacon cheeseburger patties because they may contain foreign materials—pieces of gasket material, the FSIS announced today.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Burch Equipment LLC, North Carolina is expanding their recall that was initiated on July 28th, 2012.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Nature's Pride, the American bread brand owned by Hostess Brands, is rolling out a new packaging for its wide-pan Hearty Breads, featuring simplified nutritional benefits, in order to help consumers make better informed choices.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Garden Fresh Foods is recalling approximately 13,600 pounds of meat and poultry salad products in the US, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to US the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Ken's Foods, a US-based producer of salad dressing, prepared sauces and mayonnaise, is voluntarily recalling its own branded foodservice dressings and sauces over Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Land O'Lakes, a farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative, has reported 22% decline in net earnings to $47.3m for the second quarter, compared to $67.1m for the same period in 2011.

Published: Aug 02, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

US pork industry representatives have called on the government to stop trade negotiations with Taiwan until the country lifts a ban on ractopamine in pork production.

Published: Aug 02, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

US processor Tyson has been forced to recall 70,500 pounds of canned chicken after it was revealed that the products might actually contain beef with gravy.

Published: Aug 02, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Confectionery giant Hershey’s has been forced to issue an apology in the US, after a consumer reported finding a rusty razor blade in a bag of Jolly Rancher candy.

Published: Aug 02, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Thermo Fisher Scientific has launched a program that it claims will help food processors get checkweighing functions back up and running faster than ever before.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

A new way to ‘recover’ vitamin E from vegetable oil wastes could significantly increase industrial production of vitamin E whilst dramatically reducing waste from vegetable oil processing, say researchers.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

The hunger-suppressing effects of functional fibres have been called into doubt after a new study revealed foods containing ingredients like inulin and corn fibre do not increase feelings of fullness in the short term.

Published: Aug 02, 2012 By: John Wood

Dovecote Park, which is sole beef supplier to Waitrose, has been fined £25,000 after a worker fractured his spine and heel bone in an accident.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Yoplait, a business unit of General Mills, Inc., has introduced Simplait, a line extension that features six ingredients, including milk, fruit, sugar, corn starch and flavors as well as a vegetable or fruit juice extract or pectin.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

Tyson Foods, Inc.’s K-12 business unit has introduced Proportion Chicken, school menu items that meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service’s 2 oz meat/meat alternate requirements.

Published: Aug 02, 2012

PopChips, Inc. is launching a line of popped tortilla chips, which will join the brand’s lines of popped potato chips and popped sweet potato chips.