Campbell Soup Company announced overnight that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas Conant, was injured in an automobile accident in New Jersey last Thursday. Mr Conant, the head of the world’s...

Food manufacturers around the world have faced difficulty as supermarkets reduce inventory levels in the wake of a global recession, with volumes falling as a result. Sales, have, however, remained robust...

Planet Ark and the Carbon Trust recently announced the launch of the Carbon Reduction Label in Australia, inviting CPG businesses to join the scheme. The label is coming to Australia two and a half years...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which develops international food standards, has adopted more than 30 new international standards, codes of practice and guidelines to improve worldwide food safety...

Food retailers would be “foolish” to cut spending on their supermarket chains even as they navigate an economy in recession, analysts BMI have claimed in a German-based report. In recent months,...

A new agreement between the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) and the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (UKFSA) will see the two nations forge closer ties in regards to food safety. The two...

Australian premium food producer, Buderim Ginger, has advised that trading results for the half year just completed will come in below expectations. Accounts for the half-year to 30 June 2009 are not yet...

Patties Foods, the maker of the iconic Australian Four’N Twenty meat pie, has selected their new Chairman – eight months after the resignation of Peter Kempen as “unforseen delays”...

PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, has announced plans for a US$1 billion (A$1.25b) investment in Russia over three years, together with its partner The Pepsi Bottling...

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Australia’s largest business representative, has described today’s decision by the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) to maintain...