Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food & Marine, Michael Creed TD, has undertaken a series of engagements as part of the first Irish Ministerial agri-food trade mission to Mexico.
The European Commission has confirmed it has entered into negotiations with Mexico over a bilateral agreement on the trade of organic produce, which may include meat.
All the evidence shows that sugar taxes decrease purchases and curb obesity– but restricting price promotions and junkfood advertising could have an even bigger impact, concludes Public Health England's report to the UK government.
By Steve Osborn, Principal Consultant, Food and Beverage, The Aurora Ceres Partnership, Banamex Mexico City, Mexico
What are the hottest trends in food and beverage in Latin America? Steve Osborn, principal consultant, food and beverage, at The Aurora Ceres Partnership, headed to the Food Tech Expo and Summit in Mexico City to find out...
The price of fruit and vegetables in the UK has tripled in the past 30 years, while the price of ice cream has halved – a pattern being repeated across the developing world which is fuelling the global obesity crisis.
Mexican inspectors have visited 15 meat businesses in Spain as trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Mexico raise the prospect of greater exports to the Latin American country.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased surveillance sampling on cilantro imported from Puebla, Mexico after it was linked to 133 cases of Cyclospora in Texas.
There are tremendous opportunities for Hispanic snacks that target non-Hispanic consumers, but products must be spicy and authentic, according to a marketing expert.
US meat exports volumes remained sluggish in September, but an increase in value meant that revenues for the third quarter remained ahead of last year’s record figures, according to USDA statistics.
The swine flu virus first identified in Mexico cannot be contained, warns Dr Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), as the economic impact of the outbreak continues to spread.
Natural food group SunOpta is to increase its supply of
strawberries to the food industry, following the acquisition of
certain assets from a South American frozen strawberry processor.
Food ingredients and syrups manufacturer Corn Products
International said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 41
percent as a result of restructuring in Mexico and South America.
Polar views and mixed messages on genetically modified foodstuffs
continue across the globe. Furthering the debate this week, a new
report contends that GM corn will not threaten indigenous species
in Mexico, opening the way for an...
Despite higher raw material prices Corn Products International, a
US maker of corn syrups sweeteners, saw profits and sales rise for
the year, citing sales in North America and a better price-product
mix as key factors responsible...
Although the alcoholic drinks market as a whole is growing strongly
in Mexico, the country's consumption of spirits continued to
decline in 2002, according to a new report from industry analysts
Canadean.
Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, the world's number three bread-maker, said on
Monday it had completed a previously announced acquisition of the
US baking unit of Canada's George Weston for $610 million
(E702.5m), Reuters reports.
The world's biggest bottled water companies are pouring into Mexico
where notoriously polluted and unhealthy tap water has created one
of the world's most vibrant markets for H2O in bottles.
Leading Mexican beer brewer Grupo Modelo will likely show moderate
earnings growth for the second quarter of this year, with U.S.
sales offsetting a flat domestic market.
On July 12, Mexico's Federal Comptroller said that sugar giant
Consorcio Azucarero Escorpion (CAZE) made false statements to
receive about $11.1 million in export subsidies between 1997 and
1999.
Mexico will shortly decide whether to appeal a World Trade
Organization ruling that found its anti-dumping duties on imports
of U.S. corn-based sweetener...
