Published: Jul 27, 2012

The foods you eat bring pleasure to your palate and provide your body with powerful healing substances. Most people probably never consider that their morning grapefruit protects their blood vessels or that eating a handful of raw almonds daily can protec

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's biggest exporter of dairy products, has named long-serving director John Wilson as its next chairman, replacing Henry van der Heyden.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Katy Askew

US infant formula group Mead Johnson has lowered its full-year sales outlook, citing a slowdown in Chinese demand.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

VIC State Distributors have recalled Kanga Candy Choc Winter Mix from IGA Supermarkets, Foodworks and other independent supermarkets in rural Victoria due to an undeclared allergen (almond). Consumers with an almond allergy or intolerance should not consu

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Royal Greenland Japan Ltd., marketing wing of the Danish government-affiliated fishing company Royal Greenland, aims to step up sales of raw northern shrimp in Japan, with its parent company shifting production away from cooked shrimp.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Montreal Kosher are warning people with allergies to egg not to consume the Montreal Kosher products described below. The affected products contain egg which is not declared on the labels.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Ice cream did well for Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever during the first half of 2012, despite bad weather in northern Europe,CEO Paulus Gerardus Josephus Maria Polman reported July 25.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC has initiated a voluntary recall of certain varieties of poultry feed products with the specific lot codes listed below, due to the lack of added vitamin D in these products.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, CA is expanding its July 18 voluntary recall to include additional products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes; a list is provided at the end of this release. The expanded product list includes diced,

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Dr. David S. Reid, whose work on ice crystallization is credited with helping improve the quality of frozen foods, has been honored with the third annual Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

UK - Truro Crown Court has ordered a Spanish fishing company, its UK subsidiary and their captains to pay a total of £1.62 million for serious fisheries offences. This is the highest court order amount ever imposed in a Marine Management Organisation (MMO

Published: Jul 27, 2012

SOUTH KOREA - The Fisheries Agency has asked South Korea to curtail bluefin tuna catches in light of a surge in imports from that country, as Japan is concerned fishermen there are not following internationally agreed curbs, sources said.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

HINA - A severe decline resources nearly paralysed the fishing industry in eastern China earlier this year, leaving many boats anchored during the prime fishing season. Dwindling stocks brought on by years of over-fishing has become a challenge for many c

Published: Jul 27, 2012

AUSTRALIA - A fishermen's co-operative on the New South Wales mid-north coast has gone into liquidation with debts of almost A$330,000.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

UK - The NC3Rs has announced 21 new grants totalling £5.1 million for research to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in science - referred to as 'the 3Rs'. This is the largest single allocation of funding ever made for 3Rs research in the UK.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

SCOTLAND, UK - Fifteen Scottish seafood companies will meet the fresh fish buying team from Morrisons today, to hear about the company’s future strategy for fresh seafood, and to see how industry can work with the retailer to improve distribution of Scott

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc. in early morning trading Thursday reached $19.15, nearly 28 percent higher than its initial public offering price target of $15 a share.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Shares of Whole Foods Market, Inc. on Thursday were up nearly 12 percent to $94.50 after it posted a 32 percent increase in third-quarter profit to $116.8 million, or 63 cents per share, beating analysts' expectations.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Amid growing consumer awareness about antibiotics used to raise food animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking a look at some of the claims made on meat packages, including "antibiotic free."

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Salmonella from a recalled raw tuna product served in sushi and known as Nakaochi scrape has now sickened at least 425 individuals in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Of those ill, 55 have been hospitalized.