The US Department of Agriculture has proposed a new “test and hold” procedure for meat and poultry products that aims to reduce the amount of “unsafe food” reaching the shelves. Under...

by Joe Lederman Australian Food News At a breakfast presentation to the Rural Press Club of Victoria in Melbourne on 3 March 2011, John Durkan, the national merchandising director of Coles Supermarkets,...

World food prices surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, according to the updated FAO Food Price Index, a commodity basket that regularly tracks monthly changes in...

US grocery operator Safeway Inc has launched a range of 100% natural foods called Open Nature.The retailer announced on Wednesday (26 January) that the line comprises more than 100 products, launching...

The ACCC revealed on Tuesday that it has begun monitoring press speculation regarding a possible merger between Cargill and Teys Bros. James Packer’s 51% stake in Australia’s second-largest...

The lockout of workers at the Swift meatworks in Brooklyn, Victoria, has entered its second month, after NUW members again voted to reject the company’s 2% annual pay offer. One hundred and forty...

US food group Sara Lee is reportedly considering splitting its processed meats and coffee operations into two companies.According to reports in the US, Sara Lee is weighing up whether to break up the business...

Coles Supermarkets have switched their fresh beef offerings entirely to beef produced without the use of Hormone Growth Promotants, or HGPs, as of January 1st. Hormone Growth Promotants are small implants...

CSIRO is researching ways to improve the welfare of livestock by developing scientific methods for assessing how animals ‘feel’ in response to common management practices, with the aim of reducing...

New Zealand meat processor Silver Fern Farms is to increase capacity at three plants after a fire wrecked a facility in Te Aroha on Friday. A blaze late on Friday night “significantly damaged”...