Published: May 25, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Nearly 300,00t of RTRS certified soy has been sold for consumer goods and animal feed since June 2011, and the group has gathered in London for its 7th Annual Conference (23-24 May), to discuss how to secure future supplies.

Published: May 25, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Food and drink manufacturers could benefit from the National Farmers Union's (NFU's) new campaign to boost sales of British produce.

Published: May 25, 2012

Commercial hatcheries set 200 million eggs in incubators during the week ending May 19, 2012, a 3 percent decline from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Published: May 24, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

With global meat exports on the rise, greater co-operation and understanding throughout the UK supply chain is vital if the sector is to overcome the challenges of tightening supplies, according to the UK’s beef and lamb levy body Eblex.

Published: May 18, 2012

A Domino’s Pizza customer has initiated a petition urging the pizza chain to stop buying pork from suppliers that use gestation crates.

Published: May 17, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Twice as much UTZ certified cocoa was sold to producers in 2011 compared to the previous year as demand for sustainable cocoa soared in Germany, according to the recently published UTZ Certified Annual Report 2011.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Tripling foreign capital in New Zealand’s food and beverage sector is too ambitious, says the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC).

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Australian supermarket giant, Coles, has taken the lead in ensuring that its food products are labelled appropriately enough for customers with allergies.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Freddie Dawson

Food and drink manufacturers have helped to save an estimated 195,000t of waste from landfill and smashed a target set by the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

The UK pours 360,000t of milk down the drain each year, wasting the 100,000t of carbon dioxide produced by making it. Stopping this waste would be equivalent to taking 20,000 cars a year off the road, according to a study by Scottish scientists.

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Freddie Dawson

The nation is sleepwalking towards a logistics nightmare that could gridlock the capital and other sports venues during the Olympic Games, warns a logistics expert.

Published: May 12, 2012

Singapore-based firm Petra Foods has forecast that sales in its cocoa ingredients division will decline after revenues fell in its first quarter (Q1) results provoked by cheaper cocoa bean prices.

Published: May 10, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

A division of the World Bank has acquired a stake in cocoa trader Armajaro Trading to support sustainable farming practices and improve traceability within its supply chains.

Published: May 10, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

A barcode that can be scanned by a mobile phone will enable food processors to monitor their products temperature quality throughout the supply chain, claims its developer.

Published: May 10, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

Due to world economic concerns in Spain and Greece causing a rush to safer investments, the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets are seen trading lower Wednesday.The Early Calls for the commodities on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, are lower.Corn and wheat

Published: May 04, 2012 By: Mike McGinnis

Despite U.S. tight supplies, weaker economics could trump regular summer cattle market factors in 2012, putting pressure on the industry's seasonal price bounce.

Published: Apr 27, 2012

Fast-food giant Burger King has announced its pledge to phase out sow stalls, as well as battery cages for hens, from its suppliers by 2017.

Published: Apr 27, 2012

The US is starting to catch up with Europe in the sustainable palm oil stakes, but cost remains a major hurdle, says Cargill.

Published: Apr 27, 2012

Ecolab have announced their president, who joined the firm as part of the Nalco merger last year, is leaving to become chief executive officer for chemicals company, Univar.