With fish consumption rates soaring and wild fishing stagnating, efforts must be pumped into the sustainable growth of aquaculture, a new report suggests.
A developer of food packaging which it claims can extend the shelf life of a variety of products is planning to open a US manufacturing site to cope with expected demand.
Children’s consumption of beverages sweetened with low-calorie or no-calorie sweeteners has more than doubled over the past decade in the United States, according to a new study.
United Biscuits has issued a “teaser” letter to six firms including Chinese food business Wahaha and Kellogg as it looks to offload its recently spun-off KP Snacks business for £520m, according to reports.
Chocolate, berries, and tea could be naturally modifying your mood, according to new research that reveals certain compounds found in foods bear ‘striking’ similarity to chemicals used in mood stabilising drugs.
US authorities have linked cantaloupes from an Indiana farm to a multi-state Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak, which to-date has sickened 141 people across 20 states and killed two.
The benefits of coconut water as a sports beverage consumed by people participating in “light exercise” were outlined in a study presented at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting and exposition, taking place in Philadelphia this week.
ConAgra Foods, Inc. has completed its acquisition of the Bertolli and P.F. Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals business from Unilever P.L.C. for $267 million.
Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., the second largest company-operated premium coffeehouse retailer in the United States, has partnered with grocery chain Jewel-Osco to open retail locations within the latter company’s Chicago-area stores.
NOAA Fisheries Service will close the Western Zone of the Gulf of Mexico to commercial fishing for king mackerel effective 12:00 noon (local time) August 22, 2012.
The Sutter County (Calif.) Planning Commission recently approved plans to turn 20 acres of empty land into a poultry manure composting facility, according to local news reports.
A company official confirmed last Thursday that Triumph Foods continues to keep its proposed hog-processing plant to be built near Barstow, Ill., on hold, according to the Quad City Times. Details of what has transpired in recent months appear to differ.
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the US increased 1 percent, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
The California cantaloupe industry has urged farmers, retailers, foodservice operators and distributors to examine their food safety systems and procedures to ensure that consumers are purchasing safe and healthy products.