News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Ireland has launched a public consultation on the extension of mandatory country-of-origin labelling rules to non-prepacked meat, the minister for agriculture, food and the marine Simon Coveney has announced.
There has been an improvement in quality and quantity of food safety training since last year, according to an industry survey.
UK food retailers could face stiff fines and court action after the nation's competition regulator found evidence that supermarkets were misleading customers with confusing pricing promotions.
The water crisis affecting the food industry is set to get worse – but food companies are finding ways to overcome it, say experts.
Ongoing consumer concern about sugar consumption means some consumers are turning away from sweet tastes altogether, according to market research organisation Mintel.
The management of Netherlands-based ingredients firm Vaessen-Schoemaker has acquired the majority holding of the Schoemaker family.
Over 70% of the global burden of type 2 diabetes will fall on individuals from developing countries by 2030, according to new research warning that ancestral malnutrition could mean a higher risk of obesity and diabetes in those consuming a ‘normal diet’...
New Zealand sheep and beef exports have reaped NZ$161 million in 2014 tariff savings from free trade agreements (FTAs), analysis by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+NLZ) indicates.
Abattoirs and meat producers have a safer way to test swine carcases for the potentially dangerous Trichinella at meat inspection.
The European Commission is investigating Hungary's food chain inspection fee to see if it is in line with state aid rules.
Lindt & Sprüngli has reported strong sales growth in the first half of the year driven by its North American business and recent Russell Stover acquisition as global chocolate markets slow or decline.