Chinese infant formula maker Synutra International has hit back at “irresponsible” reports that allege a link between hormone levels in its milk powder to premature development and sexual precocity. The...

Kraft Foods has said it will increase advertising in the second half of the year in a bid to restore sales growth in North America. Speaking on the firm’s earnings call last week, chairman and CEO...

McDonalds Corporation have released figures showing a worldwide rise in comparable sales of 7% in July over last year’s figures, including an increase of 10.1% in the Asia/Pacific region. US business...

Mars, together with SwissContact will supply technical input and train the trainer support for the new PEKA program in the Indonesian region of Aceh. SwissContact is a development organization of the...

Fonterra this week launched a major new initiative designed to bring about a substantial reduction in non-compliance with regional council dairy effluent rules.The nationwide rollout of the “every...

It’s a case of Junior Masterchef meets Ready Steady Cook in Sainsbury’s new taste of summer online campaign. Except there’s a twist: Contestants’ summer themed recipes will be judged...

Around one million people in Siyang County, China, are now benefiting from the capacity of poplar forests to restore marginal flood plains and stabilize the banks of the Yellow, Huai and Yangtze rivers....

The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led the UN Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from...

France’s main dairy farmers unions have given industrial groups until 12 August to respect a price agreement they claim makes provision for increases over the whole of 2010 of more than 10% on the...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has imposed a temporary ban on exports of grain and other agricultural products derived from corn from the country due to the worst drought in a century. He added...