Published: Jul 20, 2012

The CME Group corn and soybean markets are poised to extend gains, following hitting all-time high record prices overnight Thursday.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

The US meat industry has welcomed an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision not to introduce laws that would require intensive farms to provide detailed information on their operations.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

US meat leaders took a trip to Colombia recently in a bid to showcase the country’s latest red meat offering.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A food scanner for ground meat has been developed by US serving science company Thermo Fisher Scientific (TFS).

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

US meat giant Cargill has acquired a bankrupt beef processing plant in Texas for $14.1m, with the sale expected to close next week.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: John Wood

Anyone concerned about the acquisition of Elephant Atta by Associated British Foods (ABF) is invited to contact the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by July 30.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

Sausage skin giant Devro is on track to report £20M pre-tax profit when it posts first half results at the end of July, predicts broker Investec – despite warnings of a crisis in the Scottish meat products industry.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Consumer perceptions of the pouch as a more contemporary packaging form will help drive US demand to US$8.8bn (€7.2m) by 2016, predicts Freedonia.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

Cargill has acquired a beef processing facility for $14.1m from AFA Foods, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a wave of media coverage over lean finely textured beef (LFTB) – aka ‘pink slime’.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo claims that its new malt-based Mountain Dew is unlike any other soft drink on the US market, and predicts consumers will be keen to try the premium-priced limited edition 'craft soda’.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Novelis and Alcoa have announced they are to split from their joint aluminium can recycling venture with both citing the need for independent control.

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 19, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The International Formula Council (IFC) has refused to support the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-lodged petition that could see bisphenol A (BPA) banned in infant formula packaging in the US.

Published: Jul 19, 2012 By: Stephen DANIELLS

The much touted tightness in the chia supply is not being experienced by all suppliers, with Australia’s The Chia Company extending its growing area 100% year-on-year to satisfy demand.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Food scientists at Cornell University, US, have identified predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, a finding that could help to extend the shelf-life of dairy products and improve their quality.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

NineSigma, an open innovation services provider, has announced that it is partnering with Scientists Without Borders - a web-based collaborative community, to find more sustainable packaging for micronutrient powders (MNPs).

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Kona Grill, an American grill and sushi bar, has announced that launch of its new seasonal menu - Flare.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

US-based Glorious Malone's Fine Sausage has introduced Malone's Country Pates, a new line of gourmet pork products.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Scorching drought conditions throughout the U.S. prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department Wednesday to declare 39 new counties in eight states as disaster areas, making farmers and livestock producers there eligible for emergency low-interest government l

Published: Jul 19, 2012

While the corn and soybean crops have taken the worst beating from this year's drought so far, the nation's livestock farmers aren't faring a whole lot better.