Published: Jul 03, 2012

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. is now a 10-percent shareholder in Sodrugestvo Group SA and both companies will become strategic partners in some of their businesses.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

The North American Meat Association (NAMA), born through the merger of the National Meat Association and the North American Meat Processors Association, begins operations July 2.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

New steps to ensure the safety of the food supply and protect consumers were announced July 2 by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Traditional poultry meat inspection may not be enough to fully address the most relevant biological hazards to public health regarding Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp. and ESBL/AmpC gene-carrying bacteria.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

The mandatory government imposition of a price for carbon emissions in Australia (which industry and consumers have dubbed the ‘carbon tax’) came into effect on Sunday 1 July, 2012.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

The Woolworths-controlled Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group’s (ALH) proposed acquisition of five takeaway packaged liquor retailers in New South Wales has been opposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Nestlé has responded to a Fair Labor Association (FLA) report, compiled in November 2011, which found that Nestlé’s cocoa supply chain included the use of child labour in the Ivory Coast.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Illegal fishing and sale of abalone is the target of a joint government agency compliance operation called Operation Maxima.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Spanish gourmets have shown penchant for dried food over other variants of pasta & noodles during 2011, according to a new report by UK-based research firm Canadean - Food.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

California has imposed a ban on foie gras – a food product made from the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Egypt-based Upper Egypt for Food Industries (UEFI) plans to invest EGP200m ($32.59m) to build two food production facilities in El Menia and Beni Suef governorates.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

BioPet Vet Lab has developed a DNA-based system, which can help consumers track the meat from the grocery store or restaurant menu to the farm where the livestock was raised.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

U.S. corn futures led grain and soybeans futures higher Monday, as traders continue to factor in the risk of smaller crop sizes from stressful U.S. Midwest weather.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

This year’s corn needs rain and needs it soon.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Pasture conditions across the Plains, Midwest and several other states worsened in the latest week from already poor ratings.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

With the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games fast approaching, the Food Standards Agency has published its second Play it Safe newsletter for stakeholders, including food businesses, catering groups and tourism organisations.

Published: Jul 03, 2012

Today, Mars Petcare US announced a voluntary recall of a limited range of three varieties of PEDIGREE® weight management canned dog food products due to a potential choking risk.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced late last week that it was investigating a cluster of cases of Vibriosis in eastern Missouri.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

The Union health ministry may soon ask caffeinated beverage manufacturers to carry a mandatory caffeine content warning prominently on beverage packs.