Published: Jul 11, 2012

Land O’Lakes, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire New York-based Kozy Shack Enterprises, Inc., a producer of chilled dairy desserts.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Consumer trends, ranging from popular flavors to the upcoming Summer Olympics, are prompting a flurry of new product introductions at The Kellogg Co.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Penford Corp. sustained a loss of $5,452,000 in the third quarter ended May 31. This compared with a loss of $709,000 in the same period a year ago.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

The shareowners of The Coca-Cola Co. on July 10 approved a two-for-one stock split and an increase to 11.2 billion from 5.6 billion in the number of authorized shares of the company’s common stock.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Bear Naked has added two cereal varieties to its Fit line of energy-focused foods: almond crisp and autumn blend.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Net income at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. totaled $1,062,000, equal to 17c per share on the common stock, in the first quarter ended May 31, up 15% from $920,000, or 15c per share, in the same period a year ago.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Active Health Foods, Inc. has received approval to acquire Manos Beverages, Inc., the maker of All Natural Flavors, a sparkling, flavored, sugar-free beverage that contains no carbohydrates, no calories, no caffeine, no sodium and no aspartame or Nutra-Sw

Published: Jul 11, 2012

PepsiCo, Inc. has opened a new food manufacturing facility in Wuhan, China.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Corn and soybean crop condition ratings continued to tumble in key states as indicated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Crop Progress report issued on July 9.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Jane Joseph

Purac claims that the new web version of its listeria control software can reduce food product development time by two to three months, saving costs as well as indicating the presence of any harmful pathogens.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy exporter Fonterra has claimed that its proposed acquisition of New Zealand Dairies’ (NZDL) Studholme processing plant will boost competition for raw milk on the country’s South Island, rather than reduce it.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The latest standards issued by the Chinese Ministry of Health (MOH) around food packaging additives is only one “piece of the puzzle”, according to a legal expert from US law firm Keller and Heckman.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Mary Gries Agriculture Grebehof, 35 792 Löhnberg is recalling organic eggs due to exceeding the maximum permitted levels for dioxins and dl-PCBs in some batches.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

In recognition of the 75th anniversary of its Spam brand, Jeffrey Ettinger, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hormel Foods, will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

After searching for a firm to handle its growing public relations needs, a Tyson Foods spokesman confirmed that the company has selected St. Louis-based Fleishman-Hillard.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

A California federal judge on July 9 refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Smithfield Foods Inc. and its insurers against the US government.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Colonel Sander’s Original Recipe blend of 11 herbs and spices is now available to KFC customers in a bite-sized portion of 100 percent chicken breast meat.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Officials with West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. announced its Mount Pleasant, Iowa meat-processing plant has earned the designation of operating a “landfill-free” facility by eliminating more than 2 million lbs. of waste that previously was deposited in a local

Published: Jul 11, 2012

US Poultry & Egg Association joined 16 other agricultural organizations in submitting a letter to Congress in response to the recent Consumers Union report on the use of antibiotics in poultry and livestock production.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

NAMA is partnering with 11 other meat industry organizations, FSIS and the Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCo) to host the NAMA Conference on Prevention of Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC) for Beef Further Processors Oct. 2-3 in Chicago.