The UK Food Standards Agency is reminding people of its advice not to eat a type of seaweed called hijiki because it contains high levels of inorganic arsenic. Inorganic arsenic is known to increase people’s...

The UK Food Standards Agency last week traced animals born in the UK from eight embryos produced by a cloned cow in the US. Four of these embryos were male calves and four were female. All were Holstein...

Production of rice – the world’s most important crop for ensuring food security and addressing poverty – will be thwarted as temperatures increase in rice-growing areas with continued...

Whole Foods Market, the leading natural and organic foods supermarket in the U.S., its shoppers and Chef Ann Cooper, the nation’s “Renegade Lunch Lady,” have joined forces for a second...

Dairy giant Fonterra has appointed Alex Stevens as managing director of its Australian brands division.Stevens was previously managing director of Carlton and United Breweries at drinks giant Fosters Group....

Danone has refuted claims from Russian grocery retailer Seventh Continent that it has increased its wholesale prices in the country by up to 31%.The French food giant confirmed there had been an increase...

The World Trade Organisation has publicly released its final ruling, vetoing stringent Australian quarantine rules and allowing the widespread importation of New Zealand apples into Australia. The 598-page...

A New Zealand judge has ruled that shechita kosher slaughter practices in New Zealand can resume until a lawsuit filed against Agriculture Minister David Carter comes to trial, most likely next year. Justice...

UK grocery retailer Sainsbury’s will roll out their “eco-friendly” milk bags and jugs across their milk range, after a successful trial of 2% fat milk bags, which sold at double the expected...

Due to the success of this year’s Coles Bag Drive, held in June, Coles has announced a second drive in September to collect unwanted reusable polypropylene ‘green bags’, to be recycled...