Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two final rules increasing the maximum allowable dosage of irradiation in meat and poultry products became effective Nov. 30, 2012.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

All indications point to increasing market demand for functional and healthy foods as consumers continue to consider the health benefits of the foods they eat a high priority.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has a suggestion for lawmakers seeking to avoid the "fiscal cliff" that is dominating Washington politics: tax sugary drinks.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Fruits enjoyed strong sales in the third quarter over the year-ago period, but weaker results in the vegetables category weighed down overall produce gains.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

An investor in Teavana Holdings, Inc. reportedly has filed a lawsuit to block the $620 million acquisition of the company by Starbucks.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

California-based South Coast Winery Resort and Spa has received an approval from Riverside County to build a new winery in the region.

Published: Dec 04, 2012

3M Purification, a manufacturer of water filtration systems, has granted water dealership to The Jayson Company in central and northern New Jersey areas.

Published: Dec 04, 2012

Skinnygirl Cocktails, a brand of Deerfield, Ill.-based Beam Inc., has partnered with the Dress for Success organization to launch the Inspire Like a Lady campaign.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

A Massachusetts congressman wants to take the pep out of energy drink commercials.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

RealBeanz, the Iced Coffee Company that makes gourmet iced coffee with extra buzz from vitamins and natural herb extracts, has announced that it has secured sixteen major brand distributors to distribute RealBeanz across America.

Published: Dec 04, 2012

Wa Heng Dou Fu & Soy Sauce Corporation (Sacramento, CA) recalls all Hua Xing brand Dou-Fu products and all Wa Heng brand Dou-Fu, Tofu, and Soy Milk products due to potential contamination with filth. The recalled products were sold in Northern California.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Armfield's new continuous in-line de-aerator, FT51, works perfectly in conjunction (or stand-alone) with the Armfield range of HTST/UHT systems.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Sesame seed paste containing a rare strain of Salmonella sickened 23 people in 7 states and the District of Columbia in 2011, reveals a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

Glanbia Nutritionals Ingredient Technologies, a global innovator in value-added protein and flaxseed ingredients, announced it will build a 40,000-sq-ft cereal ingredient processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

December Corn finished down 3 1/2 at 748, 4 1/2 off the high and 6 up from the low. March Corn closed down 6 at 752 3/4. This was 4 3/4 up from the low and 6 off the high.

Published: Dec 04, 2012 By: Foodmate team

American Pride Seafoods, based in New Bedford, Mass., has named Tim Benevelli its newest regional sales manager, responsible for east coast foodservice business development.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

A Bloomington, Illinois McDonald’s restaurant that voluntarily closed down while being investigated as a possible link to a 12-person Salmonella outbreak, has been cleared to reopen, the McLean County Health Department (MCHD) announced on Sunday.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: DAN FLYNN

There’s no middle ground when it comes to raw milk, the Hoosier General Assembly was told over the weekend by the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.

Published: Dec 03, 2012

Meat and poultry producers who use ionized radiation to kill pathogens in product now have expanded options, thanks to two rules published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday.

Published: Dec 03, 2012 By: David Liu

Olive oil polyphenols are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.