A new agreement, aiming to reduce New Zealanders’ salt intake, was signed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority and the Heart Foundation yesterday. The Memorandum of Understandin formalises the...

Sales of premium ready meals for in-home consumption in the UK and the US are forecast to increase by almost 68% between 2009 and 2014, reaching a value of US$2.21 billion, according to a report by just-food. The...

Retailer brands have done very well during the recession in the US. But the growth and the concomitant weakening of affiliation between US shoppers and established household brands was an ongoing trend...

It sounds like the punchline to a joke, but glowing eyes may be the key to a noninvasive test allowing scientists to identify animals suffering from prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy...

The UK’s Food Standards Agency today issued a warning to parents not to feed honey to children under 1 year old, after a confirmed case of infant botulism last month. While there have only been 11...

On 28 May 2010, New Zealand became the fourth country in the world to outlaw shechita, the slaughtering of animals according to Jewish law to produce kosher meat and poultry. New Zealand’s ban on...

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has warned that energy drinks and energy shots containing caffeine are not suitable for children and young teenagers. The food body has completed a risk profile on...

A three-year study at Newcastle University in the UK has found that wild birds prefer conventional birdseed over organic. Lead researcher Dr Ailsa McKenzie said the results might be of “considerable...

New Zealand’s Prime Foods has announced plans to expand its joint venture with Phillipines-based Alliance Tuna International, including plans for a new seafood smoke-house in General Santos City...

A UK chocolate atelier is cashing in on its customers’ sweet tooth by offering high-interest bonds where dividends are paid in chocolate instead of money. “It’s an alternative way of...