Published: Jun 09, 2012

Best Maid Cookie Company of River Falls, Wisconsin is recalling Sienna Bakery® brand Oatmeal Walnut Raisin and Sienna Bakery® brand White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies due to the potential of undeclared walnut allergen.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Mark Astley

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) looks set to receive a budget cut of $16.3m for the fiscal year (FY) 2013, despite requesting an additional $253m in funding to boost its Transforming Food Safety Initiative.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Lawsuits filed against Colorado-based Listeria-tainted cantaloupe producer Jensen Farms are close to settlement, a lawyer for the company has announced.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

American food giant Sara Lee Corporation, has unveiled an aggressive new strategy of innovation and marketing for its meat business.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Biotech firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient that it claims can harness the health potential in both dark and milk chocolate and lead to products with anti-ageing, injury recovery and increased physical performance properties.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

The link between sugary drinks and high blood pressure has been cast into doubt after new research revealed sweet drinks are associated with high blood pressure – regardless of whether they are sweetened with sugar or artificial agents.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Printpack has announced plans to build a plant in Wisconsin for US$72m (€57.3m) which will mean the closure of its current North Carolina and Wisconsin sites.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets can expect to start higher, as overnight prices remained well supported by outside markets and drier crop-weather outlooks.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

What's the weather like out there? The answer to that question -- as well as what it means to the corn and soybean crops in the field right now -- will have a huge influence on the hog market moving through the rest of this year and into 2013.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

On Thursday the Senate voted 90 to 8 to move the farm bill forward to debate and a final vote that ag committee members would like to hold soon.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Cargill has agreed to acquire certain assets of TradeOne, L.L.C., a grain storage and merchandising company based in Cheyenne Wells.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Baker’s Pride, Inc., a commercial bakery and manufacturer of private label and proprietary baked products, is building a 65,000-square-foot donut facility at its Mount Pleasant Street Bakery.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The Hershey Co. has introduced Simple Pleasures, a crème-filled line of milk chocolates the company said has 30% less fat than other products in the milk chocolate category.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on June 5 said its ratings and outlook on Thomasville, Ga.-based Flowers Foods Inc. are not affected by the company’s plan to purchase Lepage Bakeries Inc., a regional baking company based in Auburn, Maine.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

New nutrition guidelines at The Walt Disney Co. and proposed legislation by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would ban the sale of large sugary beverages are just two of the signs that consumers are moving toward healthier eating.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

A Ferndale, Washington-based nutritional supplements company is voluntarily recalling 313 bottles of liquid supplements because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a conditional license for GenVec, Inc.’s foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for use in cattle, the company announced June 7.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The overwhelming majority of the US sow herd is housed, at some point, in individual housing, or gestation stalls, according to a National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) survey.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Investment firm Weld North has a significant minority stake in Organic Avenue, a producer of health products, for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

US-based ice cream and frozen dessert franchise Baskin-Robbins has launched ice cream cakes for Father's Day and graduation.