More than 75% of Ireland’s food and drinks exports will be from Origin Green verified members by the end of 2014, according to new figures from Irish food marketing agency Bord Bia.
Food and Drink iNet has received additional funding of £669,893 from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support innovation projects of food and drink manufacturers in the region until 2015.
China is to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of Ukrainian farmland, media said on Sunday, which would make Ukraine China's largest overseas farming centre as it strives to keep pace with rising food demand.
Russia and the UK have signed a red meat export deal, which finally puts to an end the 18 year long ban on British beefand lamb, imposed after the BSE crisis of the mid 1990s.
The government is considering filing a suit with the World Trade Organization against South Korea’s all-out import ban on fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other prefectures.
The government of Hong Kong has announced it would stop serving shark fin and bluefin tuna at official functions, in a move hailed by conservation groups.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Monday sent a senior official to South Korea to protest its ban on fisheries products from eight prefectures in Japan.
Frito-Lay North America, a convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo, is set to add 20 electric vehicles to its fleet in New York, along with enhanced electric vehicle charging stations.
Thailand and Montenegro have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation in the fields of agriculture, food industry, fishery, tourism, trade and investment, Thai News Agency reported Saturday.
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, Rospotrebnadzor, has lifted a temporary ban on imports of dairy products from New Zealand-based Fonterra.
The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced it was organizing a high-level campaign to help New Zealand exporters who were adversely affected by the Fonterra botulism scare last month, particularly in the China market.
Fonterra announced its second farming hub in China will be located at Ying County, Shanxi Province and that it is looking to secure strategic partners in the development.
"My company failed in China," said Che Chao, founder and chairman of Cway Nigeria Drinking Water Science & Technology Co Ltd, which sells purified drinking water and other beverages.
Nestle, the world's biggest food company, is under pressure to make its intentions clear towards L'Oreal, its partner of 40 years, when the ties that bind them loosen next year.
GLG Life Tech Corporation a global leader in the agricultural and commercial development of high quality stevia products announces a new distribution agreement for Canada and the sale of its interest in its consumer products joint venture in China.
At World Water Week in Stockholm, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Coca-Cola Company announced support for new programs under their Water and Development Alliance (WADA).
General Mills, Inc., its foundation and supplier partner AgroMantaro have made a four-year joint commitment to provide $1.1 million to help smallholder artichoke farmers in Peru.
