The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has developed guidance on edible and non-toxic glitters and dusts, in order to help food businesses and consumers in the UK to safely use glitters and dusts with food.
Johnsonville Sausage has introduced four varieties of Premium Fully Cooked Sausage in the US. The new cooking sausage is available in Andouille, Polish Kielbasa, Smoked and Three Cheese Italian Style.
Raisio has announced its plans to acquire Polish pasta company Sulma. Under the agreement, Raisio will acquire Sulma's pasta and buckwheat groats operations as well as fixed and current assets.
TreeHouse Foods has completed the acquisition of Naturally Fresh in a $25m deal, as part of its plan to strengthen its presence in the fresh foods and private label segments.
Baristas Coffee Company has entered into a product development and distribution agreement with Calip Dairies, a New York based regional ice cream and frozen foods distribution company, in order to launch its newly developed branded ice cream line.
US-based Pacific Natural Foods, a producer of organic and natural foods, has added a new range of organic bisques to its growing line of hearty, ready-to-eat soups.
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), India's leading fast-moving consumer goods company, has launched Cup-a-Soup, under its Knorr brand. The new product is a cheaper soup variant and is priced at INR12 ($0.24).
Chinese authorities have seized nearly 3,200 tons of reprocessed oil, which was made from dumped animal fat and sold as edible oil. The police have arrested about 100 suspects for manufacturing the illegal oil.
Indian leisure company India Hospitality Corp (IHC) has acquired Adelie Food Holding, a UK-based producer of ready-to-eat food, for $350m from private equity firm Duke Street Capital.
Private equity firm Permira has initiated the sale process of its Frozen foods company Iglo, which owns Captain Birds Eye brand and the Italian unit of food company Findus.
Irish food company Greencore has entered into an agreement to acquire Marketfare Foods, a leading manufacturer of food-to-go products for convenience and small stores in the US, for $36m.
Hershey, Nestle, Mars and Cadbury have been hit with a new antitrust lawsuit that alleges the companies conspired together to fix chocolate prices in the US between 2002 and 2008.
Several leading food brands in India feature misleading nutritional information on their packages, according to a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-governmental science and environmental group.
Nigeria is planning to set up 100 rice mills and 18 cassava flour processing plants with an investment of NGN189.6bn ($1.2bn), to increase production and improve value chains in the country.
pfizer Inc. is expected to announce today it has reached a deal to sell its baby food business to Nestle SA for more than $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Diageo brands were quite successful at the 12th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition, winning a grand total of 47 medals, 17 of which were gold or double gold.
