Published: Jun 22, 2012

Ben & Jerry’s, a US-based ice cream company, has launched a new line of Greek Frozen Yogurts in the US.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

An award-winning speech about the role of nationwide livestock auction markets has been given to the Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) in California, by a 15-year-old boy.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A consumer report has called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to tighten consumer labelling standards for meat raised without antibiotics.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Galam Group is rolling out a range of soy-based formulations to address demand for textural and gluten free solutions globally following its acquisition of Italy’s NutriGal in 2008.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The SPI (The Plastics Industry Trade Association) has welcomed legislation put forward in the Senate this month that will make it easier for US companies to do business with Russia.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Covertech Fabricating has bought Seville Packaging in a move that will “increase operational efficiency” and provide a “bigger footprint in the industry.”

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Two pathogen-reducing technologies from Birko have received independent backing from an independent US university study, which the developers claim “gives users an increased level of trust in our products.”

Published: Jun 22, 2012

A SDIX system used for confirmation of E.coli has been approved by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the month the industry body started testing for newly regulated strains of the pathogen.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

A Nestlé subsidiary is facing fines of almost three quarters of a million dollars following the death of a worker at its Massachusetts production plant.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Stephen DANIELLS

Supplements of omega-3 fatty acids may reduce levels of certain inflammatory markers by 10%, says a new study that claims to be the first to show omega-3 supplementation may alter inflammatory markers in overweight but otherwise healthy people.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

“We decided to avoid lightning bolts and flexing biceps, the pure meathead bodybuilder look when designing our packaging", says Dr John Heiss, PhD, the lead scientist behind Herbalife24, the direct selling giant's new sports nutrition range.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Phenolic compounds found in stone fruits could act as a synergistic ‘weapon’ against metabolic syndrome, according to new research.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Amcor Rigid Plastics says US airlines are driving demand for wine bottles made from lighter, cheaper PET rather than glass within the high growth single-serve market.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Novelis has opened a research and technology center that it hopes will help it improve sustainability and innovation of aluminium for use in the beverage market.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

Jack Daniel's has rejected claims made by a Welshman that his distant relative may have founded the drinks dynasty when he emigrated to the States in the nineteenth century.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

PepsiCo Americas Beverages CEO, Al Carey, says his business is seeking a ‘sustainable fix’ to regain value share, with pack size limitations vis-à-vis Coke one issue being addressed via new launches.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

PepsiCo Americas Beverages says flavoured carbonates are predicted to outsell colas in the US by 2015, as it revealed plans to capitalise upon growth in this segment, where growth is being led by Hispanic consumers.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The Coca-Cola Company has confirmed that it has signed a deal to distribute dairy-based sports recovery beverage Core Power as it targets early stage growth in an ‘exciting’ category.

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

The Kellogg Company is pushing its updated research compendium spanning scientific research that plugs the health benefits of cereals as a breakfast choice.

Published: Jun 22, 2012

Early Thursday afternoon the U.S. Senate passed a farm bill, the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, by a vote of 64-35, four more than the 60 votes required