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The current system for monitoring and tracing Irish pork is inadequate and should be overhauled urgently, a highly critical report from the country’s Parliament has said.
Northern Foods is closing its factory in Hull after losing the contract to make ready meals for its main customer, Morrisons.
Diana Naturals has developed a new vegetable concentrate blend which it says can reduce sodium and enhance flavor in savory applications, including soups, sauces and seasonings.
There are too few federal inspectors to guarantee the safety of meat in Canada, warns the agriculture union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada.
Advanced Food Systems (AFS) has expanded its line of food stabilizers for use in fillings for hand-held bakery items, sauces, glazes and retorted vegetables.
Developing an official ‘label’ for organic conversion-grade produce would let farmers secure price premiums while they are going through the organic conversion process, claims a new European study.
When is a breakfast cereal not a breakfast cereal? Well, when it’s a drug.
Reusable food shopping bags and packages can contain a high level of bacteria, yeast, mold and coliform counts which pose a significant food safety risk, warns a new study from Sporometrics, an environmental microbiology lab based in Toronto, Canada.
FoodNavigator-USA.com asked readers for their views on US country-of-origin labeling (COOL) in light of Canada’s World Trade Organization complaint.
A new internet portal dedicated to providing information on animal welfare legislation, research and standards, practices and policies has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
A seven-year-old Cleveland girl has died from an E. coli infection that health officials say could be linked to contaminated ground beef from an Illinois-based meatpacker.
The world’s first vaccination against the food poisoning bug salmonella could result from new research at the Institute of Food Research (IFR), Norwich, UK.
You can try your best to avoid it, but when it comes to measuring carbon footprint, almost everything we do these days, either as a business or individuals, is likely to have a negative impact on the environment.
The European food and beverage industry could benefit from joint business opportunities in China, says Commissioner, especially for products that have already gained recognition on that market.
“Bacteria eating” viruses, known as bacteriophages, could be an effective way of eliminating specific food pathogens, according to a recent report from the European Food Safety Authority’s BIOHAZ Panel.
US demand for food containers is forecast to rise by 2.5 per cent a year to reach more than 300bn units valued at $25bn within four years, according to a new study from the Cleveland-based research firm The Freedonia Group.
Chr Hansen has developed a new culture for sausages and cooked, cured or fermented meats, which is said to provide improved taste and colour and to work faster.
Open trade in food products between the EU and US is on its way following the agreement over the beef hormone dispute this week, industry believes – even though the stand off is not fully resolved.
Latin America presents growing opportunities for investment for food manufacturers, even as the economic crisis takes its toll on American and European markets, according to a new market report.
A third of the world's population could succumb to swine flu infection, warn researchers at Imperial College London, UK.
Retail chicken has been identified as the as the single largest source of food poisoning in Scotland, according to a report published by Food Standards Agency Scotland.
What do companies like Vitamin Shoppe, Johnson & Johnson, DSM, Whole Foods, NBTY and even Pfizer have in common?
A Tennessee flock of 15,000 breeder hens has been culled after tests revealed a mild strain of avian influenza. The birds, which were being raised under contract for Tyson Foods, showed no signs of illness and there was no threat to human health, said the company.
Fieldale Farms Further Processing Division in Baldwin, Georgia, US has won the prestigious Food Quality award, sponsored by DuPont Qualicon.
The first fully-licensed mobile livestock slaughter unit in California will improve animal welfare by eliminating long journeys to slaughter houses and improve meat quality, claims its operator Central Coast Agricultural Cooperative.
A group of meat industry representatives has sent a letter to President Obama urging a rethink of legislation banning imported cooked poultry from China, saying it breaches US trade obligations.
Most Americans support cutting farm subsidies to large farming businesses, according to a new survey from www.worldpublicopinion.org .
It would be 'premature' to assume the swine flu virus is a mild strain simply because none of the British victims has so far died, warns Sir Liam Donaldson, the UK’s chief medical officer.
The outbreak of swine flu may have peaked but countries should not lower their guard against the virus which has claimed more than 100 lives and affected nearly 1000 people in 20 countries, warns the World Health Organisation.
On a summer’s day in 1906 Theodore Roosevelt pushed through new food safety regulation. The Food and Drugs Act passed that day over 100 years ago was the last time the US food safety system was modernized.
New sodium reduction technology allows meat processors to cut the sodium content of their products by up to 50 per cent, according to its developer Nu-Tek.
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