Federal District Judge Jeffrey S. White has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of hundreds of acres of genetically engineered (GE) sugar beet seedlings planted in September...

Social networking is exploding at a rapid rate and now in a world first, Pizza Hut Australia is rewarding customers and their friends on Facebook with free pizza in the new Pizza Hut ‘Feed a Friend’...

The Food Regulation Ministerial Council will receive the Blewett report on national Food Labelling Law and Policy in Adelaide today but will not release it. Gene Ethics has called for immediate publication...

Australian owned beverage company Bickford’s Australia has signed a long term manufacturing and distribution agreement with one of the UK’s largest soft drink companies, Britvic to launch the...

PepsiCo is planning further acquisitions as part of its bid to treble sales of “nutritious” food and beverages, the company said yesterday (2 December), after announcing its move to buy Russia...

All lamb, pork and poultry sold in the EU will have to carry country-of-origin labels, according to an “informal” deal struck by member states. Health ministers from the EU member states will...

An American man has just eaten his 1200th potato as part of a bizarre 60 day challenge to promote potatoes.Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington Potato Commission ate nothing but 20 potatoes...

CHOICE toasts the first birthday and success of unit pricing in supermarkets but says the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) should come down harder on those who fail to comply with...

Snowy Mountains Cookies, Pudding Lane and Coles have been recognised nationally as ‘good eggs,’ by the RSPCA.  The RSPCA Good Egg Awards acknowledge major companies that make the switch to cage-free...

Australia’s half billion dollar lobster industry is reeling after hearing that China will no longer accept Australian lobsters, pending further trade negotiations.Up to 80 per cent of our catch is...