Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

Anti-GM wheat attackers are the equivalent of Nazi book-burners, according to the president of the UK National Farmers’ Union (NFU).

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

UK food producer Cranswick has reported strong underlying revenue growth after successfully recovering margins in the second half of the financial year.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Agro-industrial holding Bio-tone has announced plans to begin construction of a new multi-million pig farm and processing plant, which it claims will be the largest pork production complex in Russia.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy co-operative Arla Foods has announced a proposed merger with Milk Link – a move that will create the UK’s largest dairy industry player.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coffee drinking has an inverse association with mortality, according to the results of a large-scale associational study undertaken by US researchers.

Published: May 23, 2012

Finnish researchers say that lactic acid bacteria strains derived from a 19th century beer found in a shipwreck could potentially be used to modify the structure, taste, healthiness and safety of foods and beverages.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

The Russian vodka market faces a systemic problem with rapid initial growth amongst brands offset by declines after several years due to lack of brand equity and ‘consumer fickleness’.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Campbell Soup Company CEO Denise Morrison has told analysts that the firm’s beverage business and other divisions currently have greater ‘brand momentum’ than its traditional soup business.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Irish convenience foods manufacturer Greencore saw its sales soar in its first quarter interim results driven by its recent acquisition of Uniq.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

ConAgra Foods' buying spree has continued with the acquisition of Wisconsin-based Kangaroo Brands’ private label pita chips business - its fourth deal in the 2012 fiscal year.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Organic infant formula manufacturer Nature’s One will step-up its efforts to minimise and eliminate the presence of environmental contaminants such as arsenic in its products.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Rory Harrington

Using flash pasteurization in tandem with antimicrobial lauric-arginate-ester (LAE) can curb the growth of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) on frankfurter sausages for up to 12 weeks, according to new US Government research.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Food giant General Mills has been fined $850 for a safety violation at a plant in the US where a worker was killed last year.

Published: May 23, 2012

California cantaloupe handlers have voted “overwhelmingly” in support of a new food safety program, in an effort to improve consumer confidence in the safety of cantaloupes.

Published: May 23, 2012

Bemis is one of four companies to join the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) as voting members.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

D&W Fine Pack have acquired the thermoforming division of Clear Lam Packaging to expand product lines and market reach.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Nordson Corporation has acquired EDI (Extrusion Die Industries) Holdings for US$200m and described it as a “clear fit with our strategy of acquiring companies that provide differentiated precision technology.”

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Rory Harrington

Amcor Flexibles is claiming a UK first after incorporating a self-ventilating system into lidding material for microwave cooking of fresh produce that it says saves energy and improves food quality.

Published: May 23, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

A consecutive deficit in 2012/13 is set to move cocoa prices higher as supply struggles to meet rising demand for chocolate products in Asia, according to financial services group Rabobank.

Published: May 23, 2012

Kraft Foods will decide tomorrow whether to change the name of its global snacks spin-off to Mondelez International in a vote at its Annual Shareholder Meeting.