Wesfarmers today announced their retail sales results for 2010’s third quarter, with ‘solid’ sales growth in the Coles division. Coles’ total food and liquor sales cam in at $5.465,...

New studies have shown that over a third of mercury in the US diet comes from tuna, and that not all tuna are equal in mercury content. A study by Edward Groth in the journal Environmental Research analysed...

A new study by the US Agricultural Research Service and the University of Georgia has attempted to track sources of Listeria contamination in a commercial chicken cooking plant. The study followed a brand-new...

The US House of Representatives was called upon on Tuesday to reform dairy policy and pricing mechanisms to assure a viable future for the country’s dairy industry. Addressing the House, Pennsylvania...

CSR has denied that there is interest from a Japanese consortium in its sugar business, Sucrogen, after a report in the Australian Financial Review yesterday suggested that a group including Mitsubishi...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has authorised a further five years of collective bargaining between Victorian chicken growers and processors Baiada Poultry, Inghams Enterprises, Hazeldene...

The UK’s Food & Drink Federation (FDF) has launched a “manifesto” to highlight what it claims is “the strategic importance of the food and drink manufacturing sector to the...

Three European grain traders, AgroTrace, Holtermann and Eurograin, have sent a letter to WA Premier Colin Barnett stating that they will not buy Western Australian grain if GM canola is grown. The letter,...

Eagle Boys Pizza has announced three new pizzas – Garlic Prawn, Steak & Prawn and Prawn & Avocado – as part of a “mission to restore Australians’ love of seafood on pizza”,...

The human impact of airspace closure across northern Europe due to the volcanic ash cloud extends beyond stranded holidaymakers, to include the imports of fresh fruit and vegetables into the UK, according...