News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
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The investigation into Salmonella illnesses from a variety of serotypes linked to papayas from Mexico has been closed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Danish authorities are investigating a foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by chilled sliced salami from Spain.
Romanian poultry meat producer Safir is aiming to report higher revenues and export sales this year, owing to its acquisition of two poultry farms in Botosani, in the country’s eastern region.
US beef exports “jumped substantially” in value in September despite hurricanes impacting Caribbean demand, latest figures compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have revealed.
French consumers are being urged to adopt flexitarian diets in order to eat more healthily, reduce their impact on the environment and save money.
Food and beverage industry boardrooms are increasingly engaging in water sustainability and investing in water security, says not-for-profit CDP. So which companies made CDP’s annual water A-list?
Ferrero has been accused of secretly changing the recipe of Nutella to replace expensive cocoa with cheaper milk powder, but it says it has merely "fine-tuned" the recipe.
Redrawing the global map of crop distribution on existing farmland could boost food production and “significantly” reduce water stress in agricultural areas, according to a new study.
Detecting bone has become a “daily challenge” for the poultry industry, with demand for white meat set to race past beef and pork.
Nordic meat processor HKScan has been cleared to sell pork to China, the world’s largest pig meat market.
One of China’s state-owned and largest food processors and manufacturers, COFCO, has sold its Nidera Seeds business to Syngenta AG.
Almost 10,000 food processing jobs are to be created in Andhra Pradesh after 23 firms signed a $131.8m deal to grow the industry.
Japanese trade chiefs are calling on Taiwan to ease the ban on food imports that has been enforced since 2011 due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Researchers are hoping that increasing the protein content in wheat crops will improve the nutritional benefits of noodles and help slash the risk of diabetes
Several species of medicinal plants can be used in developing anti-diabetes drugs with limited side effects, according to Iranian researchers.
Southern and Eastern Asia has the world's lowest average calcium intakes - often less than 400 mg a day, a new systematic review has revealed.