The UK’s Food Standards Agency has said that milk and meat from cloned cattle and their progeny is “hypothetically” safe. A meeting of the UK food watchdog’s Advisory Committee...

Italy has broken EU regulations on labelling chocolate, a court in Luxembourg ruled yesterday (25 November).The European Court of Justice has ruled that consumers in Italy are being misled by local legislation...

UK food manufacturers and retailers yesterday published guidelines on country-of-origin labelling to encourage consistent information on food labels. The “principles on country-of-origin information”,...

US conglomerate ConAgra Foods has joined forces with Mars Inc to launch a range of confectionery for the Christmas season. ConAgra’s Peter Pan peanut butter brand and Mars’ M&M’s...

The review process being used by the Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety of a faster-growing transgenic salmon fails to weigh the full effects of the fish’s widespread production, according...

The head of Europe’s leading consumer watchdog has said mandatory EU labelling information has become so complex and detailed even she cannot understand it.Speaking at the CIAA Congress in Brussels...

Effective immediately, Solae will increase prices of its high quality soy ingredients by 7-9 percent across the globe. Solae state that like many food companies, they have been affected by general inflationary...

Regulations in New Zealand, requiring Fonterra to supply up to 600 million litres of milk annually to independent processors, are costing the NZ economy up to $450 million by driving down farmgate prices,...

UK retailer Sainsbury’s has launched its Christmas campaign featuring Jamie Oliver. Launched on Monday (15 November), the 60-second ‘perfect Christmas’ advert, aims to highlight the...

Global consumer goods company Unilever today announced plans to decouple future growth from environmental impact. At the London launch of Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan, CEO Paul Polman explained:...