Two people were killed at a US Kraft Foods plant in Philadelphia on Thursday, and one wounded, after a suspended employee opened fire inside the facility in a targeted shooting spree. 43-year-old Yvonne...

EU ministers have formally approved negotiations with the Chinese government to strike a wide-ranging bilateral agreement protecting traditional food manufacturers in Europe and China from illicit copies...

* Kraft Foods to Donate Five Meals to World Food Programme for Every Photo of Play Uploaded to the Company’s New Corporate Facebook Site * 14,000 Employees in 50 Countries to Volunteer during Delicious...

New Zealand’s Regal King Salmon will be on the lips of 250 London VIPs tonight at high profile Air New Zealand event at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in central London. The specially prepared King...

Fonterra is eyeing growing UHT milk markets in Asia-Pacific New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra plans to export UHT milk to Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam after boosting capacity at a processing plant in...

NGOs and human rights groups have accused Hershey of sourcing cocoa from African farms that use forced and child labour in wide-ranging criticism of the US chocolate giant’s record on corporate and...

Cargill has announced a three-year US$5 million commitment to support sustainable cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, including a partnership with CARE to sponsor a new program of activities to improve...

A University of Missouri research team has developed a soybean which produces oil that is naturally low in saturated and trans fats. The food manufacturing industry has long sought answers to the question...

Associated British Foods said yesterday (13 September) that it had seen a “substantial increase” in adjusted operating profit in the second half of its fiscal year after a “strong”...

US food giant Kraft Foods is reportedly planning to double the number of Chinese cities in which Cadbury products are sold in just two years. Lorna Davis, president and chairman of Kraft’s business...