North American distributor of fresh asparagus, blueberries and blackberries, Gourmet Trading Company, announced it has received its first shipment of Peruvian Blueberries.
Hundreds of fast food workers at New York City branches of McDonald's, Burger King and other big-name chains have staged a walk out in protest of low wages.
Food science researchers at Virginia Tech may have reeled milk into the fish oil delivery system, showing it is possible to incorporate omega-3 fatty acids into milk and dairy-based beverages in amounts sufficient to promote heart health, without destroyi
Banning the sale of energy drinks to minors could create a "slippery slope," a representative of the beverage industry warned last Friday, two days after a local board in New York expressed its support for such a prohibition.
It's estimated 244,000 Jewish homes live in poverty in New York City. Some federal lawmakers from New York want to help those struggling Jewish families who are susceptible to hunger have access to food.
The Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) announced that one of the U.S. government’s former top alcohol research scientists will head up the industry trade association’s Office of Scientific Affairs.
VEGGIE PATCH® is voluntarily recalling two products --The Ultimate Meatless Burger and Falafel-- due to a risk of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Sweet Green Fields, a U.S. based global producer of stevia extracts, has announced that it has expanded its product portfolio to include two high purity glycoside compositions, Optesse HPX and Optesse HPS.
December Corn finished down 8 3/4 at 751 1/2, 11 1/2 off the high and 1/2 up from the low. March Corn closed down 5 1/4 at 758 3/4. This was 2 1/2 up from the low and 8 1/4 off the high.
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is urging anyone who is studying the results of a recent Brown University study on the links between pollutants like mercury poisoning from eating seafood and health problems to not take the study at face value.
At the end of the day, if a seafood buyer can’t get the product he or she needs, then it’s time to consider other species or other proteins (gasp!) to put on the menu.
A new nationwide survey released today found that 81 percent of Americans agree that individual farmers should have the freedom to decide how much milk they produce and not have a limit set by government policy.
The Food and Drug Administration is developing a promising software tool that will help dairy foods manufacturers to create the food defense plans that will be required as part of the implementation of the Food Safety and Modernization Act.
As the hectic holiday season kicks off and busy lifestyles become even busier, what’s the role of snacking to keep your energy up and your body weight down?
Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur plans to invest more than $100m to expand the capacity of its cheese and ingredients production facility in Luxemburg, Wisconsin, US.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the registration of Sunland, a peanut butter producer linked to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that has sickened 41 people in 20 states.
