Published: Jun 08, 2012

Lawsuits filed against Colorado-based Listeria-tainted cantaloupe producer Jensen Farms are close to settlement, a lawyer for the company has announced.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

New Zealand’s food safety body, MAF, has denied that proposed meat inspection reforms are a cost-cutting exercise, but rather designed to bring the country more into line with international standards, while maintaining or improving food safety.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Mini Pant Zachariah

Indian poultry company Suguna Group has set up an Institute for Poultry Management, offering diploma and certificate courses.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Vlasdislav Vorotnikov

Russian veterinary services have warned that avian flu, which is currently spreading through south-east Asia, has been found on a large poultry farm in eastern Russia.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

American food giant Sara Lee Corporation, has unveiled an aggressive new strategy of innovation and marketing for its meat business.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) this week rejected 74 probiotic health claim dossiers it had been sent for a second reading after many of them were initially turned down for reasons such as inadequate strain characterisation.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Milan head-quartered plant extract specialist, Indena, has been granted the ISO14001 certification for its Tours production site in France, marking the second for its five production sites.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Stephen DANIELLS

Daily supplements of an extract from French Maritime Pine bark may boost vascular health in people with stable coronary artery disease, according to data from a gold standard randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study from Switzerland.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The Indian state of Gujarat faired miserably in a study backed by India's food regulator that looked into the quality and nutrition standards of milk across the country.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Australian beer manufacturers are being affected by the trend toward ready-to-drink (RTD) spirits, but there is solace in the premium beer segment, a new report from research firm IBISWorld says.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

India is embarking on ambitious plans to increase its spice exports, further increasing its domination of the world’s spice trade, experts from the sector said.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Clean label starches and phosphate replacers are the key focus for UK ingredients firm, Ulrik & Short, as it enters the Asia Pacific market for the first time via a distribution partnership in Thailand.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Vitafoods Europe saw 12% more attendees (11,594 ) pass through its doors in Geneva this year with show producer Informa casting its eyes forward to the second edition of Vitafoods Asia in Hong Kong in September.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Market expansion group DKSH has announced plans to open its second innovation centre in Mumbai, India to help companies introduce confectionery and bakery products tailored to the Indian market.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Worldwide sugar prices have fallen in the second quarter (Q2) of 2012 as the market is projected to record a surplus for the next two seasons, according to Rabobank International.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Rory Harrington

Exposure to mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) via packaging and some foods may pose a human health hazard, said EFSA - as it called for an overhaul of acceptable daily intake (ADI) levels and suggested a raft of new measures to monitor the risk from the sub

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Biotech firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient that it claims can harness the health potential in both dark and milk chocolate and lead to products with anti-ageing, injury recovery and increased physical performance properties.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

French food safety agency ANSES has called for healthcare professionals to report on undesirable effects among patients that linked to energy drink consumption alongside alcohol, and plans to release a report on risky consumption trend this autumn.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Britvic has redesigned the packaging for its key J2O brand in tandem with the launch of reformulated recipes for its core flavours, with a slimmer bottle designed to give the appearance of a taller, more sophisticated shape.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Molson Coors Brewing Company announced today that it has received approval from the European Competition Commission regarding its $3.54bn acquisition of Central and Eastern European brewer StarBev, initially announced on April 3 2012.