A biotechnology company is to lobby the U.K.government to
accelerate its testing programme for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy, "mad cow disease", the...
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. plans to take a large
share of the lucrative rice market in Cuba, ADM Senior
Vice-President Marty Andreas...
Canadian company Formbes Medi-Tech Inc. announced the first
consumer product test market launches in Australia and the U.S
containing its phytosterol-based...
Low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol may be
linked with hearing loss in men, researchers from Iwate Medical
University, Japan suggested...
Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes and Special K cereals and
other products, has shut down a Michigan plant because it could not
guarantee corn...
Wine may help reduce the risk of developing colon cancer, a recent
study suggests. Researchers at the State University of New York
recorded lifestyle...
International Food company Kerry Group PLC announced the
acquisition of Armour Food Ingredients in the U.S from Con Agra
Inc. for $35 million (Euro 41.2...
Moderate amounts of java may protect you from Parkinson's disease
(PD), reported Harvard University researchers this week. Among
nearly 50,000 men who...
The European Commission on Monday cleared the GeneralMills Inc.'s
proposed purchase of packaged foods maker Pillsbury from Diageo
PLC, a British-based...
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products company, announced
yesterday that it intends to divest Bestfoods Baking Company in the
U.S.A. The business...
Lion Nathan, Australian brewing group and daughter of Japanese
parent Kirin, is in talks with an international brewer on the
future of its Chinese beer...
The French government announced last week that it would ban cow
intestines from food because of fears it might transmit 'mad cow
disease,' to humans,...
Fibre supplement manufacturers will not be able to claim on labels
that consuming fibre may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, the
US Food and Drug...
US cereal maker General Mills Inc. has entered talks with Swiss
food giant Nestle SA on the future of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, a
joint venture between Pillsbury...
The UK Soil Association has approved an organic encapsulated Sodium
Bicarbonate produced by TasteTech, a Bristol food technology
company. The ingredient...
Ajinomoto Co. announced last week that it has won damages in a
long-running lawsuit against the U.S. agribusiness giant Archer
Daniels Midland Co. for...
London-based Cadbury Schweppes plc recently announced strong growth
results for Dr Pepper, from its Texas-based division 'Dr Pepper /
Seven Up Inc.'....
Consumer goods group Unilever PLC has almost completed its $21.3
billion buyout of U.S. food company Bestfoods. Shareholders in both
companies voted Monday...
Wheat germ, bran and other whole grains may reduce a woman's risk
of a stroke by nearly 50 per cent, according to a recent study.
Researchers at Brigham...
A new variety of sweet potato selected by scientists at the
International Potato Centre (CIP) in Peru could help to prevent
millions of cases of blindness...