Published: Jul 19, 2012

NineSigma, an open innovation services provider, has announced that it is partnering with Scientists Without Borders - a web-based collaborative community, to find more sustainable packaging for micronutrient powders (MNPs).

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Kona Grill, an American grill and sushi bar, has announced that launch of its new seasonal menu - Flare.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has announced that it has received a positive scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that cocoa flavanols have a positive effect on human blood flow.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Canada is proposing new regulations which would make traceability mandatory for pigs, as a part of its effort to strengthen the country’s livestock sector.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

US-based Glorious Malone's Fine Sausage has introduced Malone's Country Pates, a new line of gourmet pork products.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Scorching drought conditions throughout the U.S. prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department Wednesday to declare 39 new counties in eight states as disaster areas, making farmers and livestock producers there eligible for emergency low-interest government l

Published: Jul 19, 2012

While the corn and soybean crops have taken the worst beating from this year's drought so far, the nation's livestock farmers aren't faring a whole lot better.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Flax and hemp producers could soon benefit from a major increase in value per acre. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that Advanced Foods and Materials (AFM) Canada is receiving an important investment to turn by-products of flax and hemp in

Published: Jul 19, 2012

Falengreen A/S, Niels Bohr’s Way 45, 8660 Skanderborg is recalling Urtekram Organic graded mozzarella cheese because some of the batches may be infested with mould.

Published: Jul 19, 2012

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Sobeys Quebec Inc. are warning the public not to consume the Earth Greens brand Organic Italian Blend salad described below because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Strong Coca-Cola brand performance in India – which saw overall growth of 35% – underpinned three per cent growth in the year to date for the Coca-Cola Company in its core sparkling beverages category.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Moscow stock exchange the MICEX has approved the delisting of Baltika Breweries from October 5, as Danish brewer Carlsberg continues it bid to acquire the company's outstanding share capital.

Published: Jul 18, 2012

Fairtrade product sales rose 12% worldwide in 2011 due to ethical sourcing commitments from the food and drink industry and increased consumer awareness.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

PepsiCo’s strategy to localise its Frito-Lay brand in China is ‘crucial’ but will need to be pushed further as it expands into central and western regions, says an industry analyst.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Kellogg will need to negotiate a new deal in a class action dispute over advertising claims for its Frosted Mini-Wheats cereal after a US federal appeals court rejected a $10.7m settlement.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Price spikes in the US grains market fuelled by a lengthy drought will be felt by bakery and snack manufacturers around September, according to an industry analyst.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy Crest is in line to meet is full year expectations, after increased sales and a fall in price paid for fuel and plastic helped drive the firm’s return to a “satisfactory level of profitability.”

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Jane Joseph

A new Finnish study suggests that xylans and mannans, plant cell wall polysaccharides derived from agricultural and forestry sidestreams, could replace starch as a base material for biodegradable packaging.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Swiss chocolate processor Barry Callebaut has won an article 13.5 health claim from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a dossier linking cocoa flavanols and blood circulation.

Published: Jul 18, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Mandatory flour fortification across most of francaphone Africa is fuelling business opportunities for enrichment specialists, but education at ground-level will be crucial to the sector’s future, says Mühlenchemie.