Synergy Flavours, part of the Carbery Group, is growing its regional presence in Europe through the acquisition of Janoušek, an Italian company that supplies natural flavouring throughout Italy and Eastern Europe.
With grass-fed steaks growing in popularity, could this be the year that the grass-fed steak sizzles its way to its first overall winner accolade at the World Steak Challenge competition?
Growing volume sales across its Brazilian, Turkish and Chinese units has helped BRF increase its net revenue by 5.7% to R$8.2 billion in its first quarter results.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Germany and Austria.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has advised local traders to temporarily halt poultry imports from the Danish region Holstebro following an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5 avian influenza.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has admitted costs associated with EID (electronic identification) tagging are a major issue for sheep farmers and must be resolved following the decision to impose mandatory electronic tagging...
Netherlands-based antibacterial development company Micreos has revealed it has two treatments in the pipeline to eliminate bacteria in meat and poultry products.
Big business needs to “step up” and develop value-led strategies in order to fill the void left by governments who are “having difficulty taking care of their citizens”, Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz argues.
Polish meat processor Tarczyński has reported improved financial results for last year, with revenues of PLN732.8 million (€172m), an increase of 13% compared with 2016.
Fermentation is making a ‘comeback’ in western markets, with growing demand supported by consumer perceptions of it as a ‘natural’ and ‘healthy’ food preservation method.
The Polish Government’s decision to build a 1,200-kilometre-long fence along the country’s eastern border, as a tool to fight African Swine Fever (ASF) by blocking the migration of infected wild boars, has been condemned as too little, too late by Poland’s...
With a new European Union (EU)/New Zealand (NZ) customs agreement coming into force last week (1 May), EU farm body Copa-Cogeca secretary-general Pekka Pesonen has warned that anticipated follow-up trade talks should not boost NZ access to EU meat markets....
Russia’s minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev has supported a new bill that would authorise the federal government to end all Russia-US trade in agriculture.
New York-based flavors and fragrances giant IFF is to acquire Israeli flavors and natural ingredients firm Frutarom in a $7.1bn deal that will propel it into the #2 spot in the global flavors market behind Givaudan.
Nestlé has secured the global rights to market Starbucks consumer and foodservice products in a €6bn (US$7.15bn) tie-up that the company said will expand its presence in the premium coffee space.
Reducing portion sizes can recalibrate the perception of what is a 'normal' amount to eat, and could be one approach to tackling obesity, according to a study.
More than one in seven egg and chicken samples submitted by member states to EFSA contained fipronil residues exceeding legal limits, according to a report.
Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever will start to add the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) to products in some EU countries, they announced yesterday.
A leading palm oil exporter in Latin America, Ecuador, is chasing the green dollar with a palm oil sector that is RSPO-certified on a national scale and a USD$1.2 billion investment to make it happen.
Recalls and alerts were made by England, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Germany and Austria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the outbreak of Listeria in South Africa is showing a downward trend but has warned more cases are expected.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced this week that electronic identification for Irish sheep would become mandatory, producing a divided opinion among the Republic’s farming sector.
A fundraising initiative, Veg Power, has been launched in the UK with the aim of increasing vegetable consumption through marketing that makes vegetables “inspiring”, “fun” and “contemporary”.
CAOBISCO – which represents the Chocolate, Biscuits and Confectionery Industries in Europe – has rebuffed a study’s suggestion that placing a tax on sweets snacks could be an effective tool in fighting obesity.
The president of the World Cocoa Foundation and Mondelēz’s Cocoa Life director discuss how the chocolate industry will tackle calls to guarantee cocoa farmers a living income.
Many certification schemes are blocking true sustainability by watering down standards in order to get stakeholders on board and even providing 'green cover' for firms that are destroying the environment, according to a report.
Finnish processor HKScan’s first-quarter performance has been labelled as “not acceptable” by its CEO, as the company reported a drop in group net sales.
Israeli start-up Aleph Farms' proprietary "three dimensional" process holistically grows all parts of meat - muscle, fat, blood vessels and connective tissue - together, yielding a 'free-range' taste and texture.
