US drinks giant, the Coca-Cola Company and Swiss group Nestle S.A.
announced on Tuesday the further development of their existing
joint venture partnership,...
Danone, the French foods group, on Tuesday reported a 5.7 per cent
rise in 2000 net profits, helped by a higher revenue from its
drinks and dairy products...
Stressed thirty year olds show rise in type 2 diabetes, researchers
suggested this week at the American Medical Association's diabetes
briefing in New...
Allied Domecq, the UK wine and spirits group that includes the
Kahlua and Courvoisier brands , said onMonday that it was on track
to achieve its annual...
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Chilean Foreign Minister
Soledad Alvear have agreed to bring to an end a 20 year old dispute
on spirits, and reached...
Leading banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc.,
currently facing financial difficulties, has filed a lawsuit
seeking 564 million euros ($525)...
Interbrew, the Belgian brewer, on Friday effectively accepted that
it would be forced to sell Bass Brewers - but in order to limit
damage it stated that...
Swiss crop protection and seeds group Syngenta International AG
announced on Friday that with collaborative partner Myriad Genetics
Inc it had completed...
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints
dating from 1997 about the claims made for the "energy" drink Red
Bull, the BBC reports....
Scientists have produced evidence that the food supplement
glucosamine sulphate can help to reduce the long-term suffering
associated with osteoarthritis,...
The World Health Organisation executive board approved a resolution
in Geneva this week urging governments to tighten their controls on
the marketing...
Confectionery producer Mars Inc., keen to promote the possible
health benefits of flavonoids, has introduced theCocoapro logo on
confectionery packaging...
US fast food giant, McDonald's Corp. said on Wednesday that its
fourth-quarter net income fell 7 per cent, slightly missing Wall
Street's expectations,...
Creatine, the dietary supplement popular among athletes to increase
their muscle bulk, may cause cancer, experts warned this week. The
French Agency...
Chemicals in soybeans may help prevent oral cancer, a new study
suggests. Researchers at the University of California said their
study is believed to...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week
announced an amendent to the regulations surrounding Swiss cheese.
The changes will increase...
Milk is being made to stay fresher for longer thanks to technology
first pioneered by the creators of ice beer, the BBC reports.
Scandanavian dairy giant...
Brand battered Japanese Snow Brand Milk Products Co. is join up
with Swiss food giant Nestle in a bid to strengthen its knocked
business. The image of...
Switzerland has banned Austrian pork as the growing scandal over
the supply of illegal drugs to Austrian pig farmers claimed its
first ministerial resignation,...
Merck KgaA, the 300-year old German pharmaceutical company, said on
Sunday it was considering listing several of its US businesses in
the medium-to-long...
GM solution to Vitamin A problem rejected in IndiaA proposal in
India to combat widespread vitamin A deficiency among children by
growing geneticallymodified...
The American Heart Association (AHA) has advised US doctors not to
tell their patients that drinking red wine is an effective way to
reduce the possibility...
At a meeting last week of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to discuss threats to the US blood supply, the FDA announced that
it will be considering...
UK company, TasteTech have developed a new method for processing
paprika and turmeric spices. The method is a controlled release
encapsulation, whereby...
Venezuela's Grupo Polar, the brewing company privately held by the
Mendoza family, on Monday offered to buy Mavesa, a local food and
consumer productsmanufacturer,...
The European Union will raise tariffs on U.S. corn gluten imports
next week in response to U.S. tariffs on wheat gluten, a spokesman
said Friday, Associated...
Makers of unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices must take new
safety steps to ensure products are not contaminated with
salmonella or other germs,...
US snack and natural food company Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
announced on Thursday that it had acquired privately held Fruit
Chips B.V., a Dutch manufacturer...
The need to feed the world's starving is more important than
concerns about the vague risks of side-effects from genetically
modified crops in developing...
Researchers at US Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre are currently
enrolling patients in a large multi-centre clinical trial to
determine whether two popular...
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products group, is likely to
collect more than $2bn from the sales of its USbakery business and
some of its European...
Japan is to ask the United States to explain how genetically
modified corn banned in Japan has again been discovered in imports
from America, a Health...
A herbal remedy made from the dried extract of an exotic fruit can
ease premenstrual tension in women, a new study suggests. German
researchers tested...
UK drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes plc announced
on Thursday the acquisition of the confectionery brand, Mantecol,
in Argentina, for...
Fyffes, Europe's second-biggest banana importer, announced on
Thursday that it would freeze investmentin WorldofFruit.com - a
web-based exchange for...
The Ocean Spray cranberry co-operative owners and growers voted on
Tuesday to reject the possible sale of the organisation, Associated
Press reports....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued a
proposed rule and a draft guidance document concerning food
developed through biotechnology....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week warned pregnant
women and women of childbearing age about the hazards of consuming
certain kinds of...
Farm trials have begun for the world's first genetically modified
wheat. The GM wheat is under development by the American
agricultural biotechnology...
Chiquita International, the US banana producer, saw its share price
halve on Tuesday after admitting it would not be able to meet
payments on $862m of...
Australia's largest food company Goodman Fielder refused to comment
on Tuesday morning about speculation that the group was in
negotiations to sell its...
Italy's first suspected case of BSE has been found in an animal
destined for the McDonald's restaurant chain, The Independent
newspaper reports. Traces...
Traditionally high cholesterol is known to be harmful, now a recent
study has found that too low cholesterol is associated with adverse
behavioural effects...
A French magistrate is to seek documentary evidence from the UK
government in the next few weeks to substantiate claims that the
Thatcher government ...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman proposes to expand
nutrition labelling for meat and poultry to include fat, calorie,
and cholesterol information,...
After four years reviewing scientific research into vitamins and
minerals the US Institute of Medicine last week issued a report
determining the proper...
An independent report in Australia into the deregulation of the
dairy industry must be made public as a matter of urgency,
Australian Opposition agriculture...
