News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The success of PulseNet for tracing the source of foodborne illness outbreaks has become the industry’s own worst enemy as more news coverage has eroded consumer trust, according to an ex-USDA food safety expert.
Developments in eye tracking research could offer industry important insights in how to improve nutrition labels, say researchers.
Pharmalink has resolved its patent infringement action against Aroma NZ over the processing and usage rights of its green-lipped mussel oil and will discontinue legal proceedings, in an out of court settlement.
The Russian government is due to embark on a large-scale development in beef production, which will enable the country to increase its beef export potential within the next 10 years.
Food and drink manufacturers should do more to help young and unemployed people into work, said Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive IGD.
Unilever has begun a voluntary recall of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Nougat Crunch Ice Cream in the US, after discovering that allergen advice was missing from the packaging.
Biotec firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient for chocolate and other fat-based foods that it claims can help consumers to manage their weight and reduce blood cholesterol.
A shift towards premium indulgent food products in Norway could create opportunities for manufacturers, according to an analyst.
R&R Ice Cream is recalling three flavours of a ChokaBlok ice cream products in the UK over fears they are contaminated with fragments of broken lolly stick.
Canada’s meat and livestock industries have welcomed the Canadian government’s proposal to overhaul the country’s food safety regime.
Penford Food Ingredients has introduced a new casein replacer for imitation cheese that it claims is a breakthrough for the industry, allowing for larger reductions of casein than ever before, thereby protecting manufacturers from fluctuating casein prices.
DuPont Qualicon has received a letter of no objection from the USDA for a device used to detect non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E.coli, in the same month that the regulatory authority began enforcing testing on imported beef manufacturing trimmings for...
The Chinese are drinking more beer and buying more expensive varieties, but multinational brewers need to innovate to seize growth opportunities presented by groups such as female drinkers, says Mintel.
Pernod Ricard tells BeverageDaily.com it will ‘continue to fight’ for its alleged US trademark rights to the Havana Club name, but bitter rival Bacardi USA expects its pending federal application claiming the name to be granted and plans nationwide sales...
Hershey has come under pressure from human rights groups to source all its cocoa from certified farms that avoid child labor.