Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: DAN FLYNN

The oppotunity to cut from the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program could put the Farm Bill on the agenda of the lame duck Congress, some agricultural interests say.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: JAMES ANDREWS

At least eight people have fallen ill with Vibrio parahaemolyticus harvested from Massachusetts waters this year, the state’s health department has reported to the Cape Cod Times.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: TED GAMMON

If you were Al Kazzazi you would know what it takes to stay in business because he’s been serving up nourishment to San Diego for just short of 20 years.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Kristin Eads and Linda Crow

The week after Barack Obama won an historic second term as US president, Kristin Eads and Linda Crow, legal specialists with international law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, explain how new legislation could mean tougher scrutiny for US food importers.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Steve Meyer and Len Steiner

USDA released on Friday its latest estimates of US and world grain and oilseed supplies and the numbers were generally larger than expected by the trade, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Published: Nov 13, 2012

Jimmy Dean, the brand owned by US food company Hillshire Brands, is recalling a partial production of its butcher wrapped Foodservice product, Jimmy Dean French Toast & Sausage Sandwich, over undeclared allergens egg and soy.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Jeff Caldwell

Warm weather for about half of the weekend wasn't too kind on corn in storage, especially those bushels that were put away a little higher on the moisture scale.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

With the markets trending lower overnight, the CME Group soybean and wheat markets are expected to hold that same posture to start floor trading at 9:30am CT Monday.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Darrel Good

The USDA’s November forecasts of the size of the 2012 U.S. corn and soybean crops were larger than expected, particularly for soybeans.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

US-based Guernsey Dairy has halted the production of organic milk, due to due to decline in milk yields as a result of sustained wind and rain and poor crop harvests.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

Cowboy Chicken, the seven-unit Dallas-based fast casual wood fire rotisserie chicken brand, has re-launched its holiday Wood Fire Rotisserie Turkey for a limited time.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will begin periodic testing of organic food in 2013, in order to ensure that producers are not using banned pesticides, genetically modified organisms and other substances.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

US-based Stoneridge Creamery has unveiled two ice cream flavors - Cinnamon Snickerdoodle and Peppermint Cookies ‘n Cream.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

ConAgra Foods plans to invest $200m to expand its Lamb Weston frozen potato facility in Boardman, Oregon, US, to address the growing demand for its frozen potato products.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

US-based nutrition company Herbalife has launched Formula 1 Express Meal Bar, a high-protein meal replacement bar.

Published: Nov 12, 2012 By: GRETCHEN GOETZ

A former poultry inspector is calling on the government not to shift the responsibility of poultry inspection from federal inspectors to companies, a move being considered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Published: Nov 12, 2012 By: DAN FLYNN

To the long history of determining which food additives are “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) by the federal government, we can now add a privately developed database that is open to the public, all in the name of transparency.

Published: Nov 12, 2012 By: JAMES ANDREWS

More than a month has passed since the first of the 106 victims in North Carolina’s Cleveland County Fair E. coli outbreak began showing symptoms of infection.

Published: Nov 12, 2012 By: Jimmy Downs

Eating too much monounsaturated fat and saturated fat may increase risk of breast cancer whereas eating high amounts of long chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk, according to a study recently published in Nutrition and Cancer.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

Senomyx, Inc today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012.