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...
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....
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...
A French magistrate is to seek documentary evidence from the UK
government in the next few weeks to substantiate claims that the
Thatcher government ...
An independent report in Australia into the deregulation of the
dairy industry must be made public as a matter of urgency,
Australian Opposition agriculture...
Japanese dairy goods producer Snow Brand Milk Products Co Ltd said
on Monday it will close a total of five domestic milk plants as it
tries to rebuild...
Mott's Inc., a subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes Plc, announced on
Thursday that it had agreedto acquire New Jersey-based Carteret
Packaging, Inc. for...
Ajinomoto, the Japanese food seasoning giant, apologised to the
Muslims of Indonesia this week in several major newspapers over the
use of pig enzymes...
Unions at the LU biscuit arm of French food group, Danone were up
in arms on Thursday following leaked reports in the press that 12
European factories...
Britain's milk supply is running at historically low levels and may
fall short of the quota set by the European Commission, the
National Farmers Union...
China's food industry is expected to maintain rapid growth over the
next five years to eventually become China's largest industry by
2020, according to...
UK consumers once again trust British beef the results of a poll
showed on Tuesday. . The IGD, a leading research and education body
for the UK food and...
Geest, the UK prepared foods group, said on Wednesday that it had
completed the acquisition of Cinquieme Saison, a French prepared
salads business ahead...
Transora.com, the eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods
industry, and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), the business-to-business
online marketplace for the...
US soup and snacks company Campbell Soup ended its nine-month
search for a chief executive on Monday. Douglas Conant of Nabisco
was named as the new chief...
Amid increasing BSE fears in Germany, fast food giant McDonalds has
launched a new burger made entirely from pork. In a bid to protect
sales the fast...
US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced this week a new
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirement intended
to improve the safety...
Imports of all beef and beef products from Europe into Australia
and New Zealand will be suspended from today amid growing fears of
Bovine Spongiform...
The Belgian government has sought an explanation from Stephen
Byers, UK tradeand industry secretary, for his decision to order
Interbrew, the Belgianbrewer...
The multi-billion dollar bid battle for IBP came to a head over the
New Yearweekend, with the biggest beef processing group in the US
finally agreeing...
Amid stagnating sales of carbonated beverages, Coca-Cola Co. is
working on developing a line of milk-based beverages for children
under 12, according...
The Health and Welfare Ministry in Japan confirmed on Wednesday
that U.S.-grown genetically modified corn banned for consumption in
Japan has been mixed...
New Zealand Dairy Group and Kiwi Co-operative Dairies, New
Zealand's two dominant dairy manufacturing companies, announced
plans to merge with the international...
Nestle SA, the Swiss foodmaker, announced this week that it is in
talks to buy the50 per cent stake that it does not own in an
ice-cream joint venture...
French drinks firm Pernod Ricard is preparing to sell at least E1bn
($890m) worth of assets to offset some of the debt it will take on
following its joint...
US food group, H.J. Heinz Co. announced Wednesday that it has begun
talks to acquire a major European food company that sells soups,
packaged vegetables,...
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group, Unilever, announced on
Wednesday that it expected a healthy earnings growth this year. The
company forecast accelerating...
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced this week that
it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Swiss food group
Nestle to develop...
US dairy and grocery manufacturer Saputo Inc announced this week
that it hasenteredinto an agreement to acquire the fluid-milk and
cheese operations,...
Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket group, has found a joint
venture partnerin Malaysia, announcing plans on Friday to invest
£215m in its fourth Asianmarket,...
BASF, the German chemicals giant, announced recently that it will
build newvitamins capacity in Europe and expand its plants,
providing it withfacilities...
New Zealand?s dairy industry reported record exports during
November, strongdemand abroad and thriving milk production are
likely reasons for such healthyfigures....
US food giant, General Mills Inc., reported a 4.6 per cent increase
in netincome for its fiscal second quarter and said integration
plans for itspending...
A new report has found the incidence of mad cow disease in France
is moreprevalent than previously thought. France's Food Safety
Board said in apreliminary...
Three groups were understood to have submitted offers for the
Seagram spiritsbusiness on Monday, on the first trading day of the
group's new parent,Vivendi...
Activists of the Greenpeace environmentalist group prevented a ship
on Mondayfrom unloading a cargo of soybeans which they said were
genetically modified,Reuters...
U.S. beverage marketer Tropicana Products Inc. is to use the
Internet topromote the new health claim that potassium-rich foods,
such as Tropicana PurePremium...
Henkel KGaA, the German-based industrial and consumer products
group,announced recently that it will combine its 50 per cent stake
in theHenkel-Ecolab...
Kraft Foods, Inc., the US food group, recently announced its plans
forintegrating operations of Nabisco with its Kraft Foods North
America and KraftFoods...
The UK government's Department for International Development has
launched anew policy document outlining its strategy to tackle
health problems indeveloping...
Coca-Cola on Thursday said earnings for fiscal 2001 are likely to
fall belowexpectations and could be further weakened by the weak
European currency,...
French supermarket giant Carrefour unveiled this week its first
hypermarket inJapan, the South China Morning Post reports. The
company plans to open...
Diageo, the global spirits company, and Pernod Ricard of France
announced yesterday that they had signed a joint venture agreement
covering their bidding...
