The Federal Government has announced successful trade negotiations with India will enhance the export of macadamia nuts to the sub-continent. Concluded negotiations with India’s quarantine authorities...

After 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. U.S. cherries from California have been...

Queensland Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies Tim Mulherin today launched a food policy for Queensland to further build the state’s multi-billion dollar food industry. “As part of...

The EU is pushing ahead with changes to sugar quotas in order to combat current high sugar prices and short supplies. The EU’s agriculture management committee has backed opening duty free import...

UK food manufacturers have been warned that new EU legislation changes could have a major impact on egg availability in 2012.  The EU Welfare of Laying Hens Directive takes effect on 1 January next year...

The EU has issued data it claims will play down fears that the abolition of milk production quotas in 2015 could flood markets with cheap milk and drive some producers to the wall.In a food commodity forecast...

All lamb, pork and poultry sold in the EU will have to carry country-of-origin labels, according to an “informal” deal struck by member states. Health ministers from the EU member states will...

The US senate has passed a food safety bill yesterday (30 November) that will give the government new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted...

International community must be aware of possibility of even higher food prices in 2011 International food import bills could pass the one trillion dollar mark in 2010 with prices in most commodities up...

The EU is to lift import duties for 666,000 tonnes of sugar from any exporting non-EU country to counteract the effect of high sugar prices. EU member state representatives have backed a European Commission...