Published: Nov 30, 2012

The Food Standards Agency has today removed all remaining Chernobyl sheep control legislation in Wales. The controls had been put in place due to raised levels of radioactivity, following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Philippines has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of poultry and other poultry from Taiwan after global animal health authorities confirmed that the country is free of the bird flu virus.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

The Dairy Council has denied claims from the pressure group Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) that food manufacturers add too much salt to cheese.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Agropur is investing more than $100 million in its Luxemburg plant in order to significantly increase its production capacity. This investment also improves the technology of the whey processing facility and wastewater treatment system, bringing it up to

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Russia meat producer Cherkizovo has booked an increase in nine-months earnings but warned of a "risk of pressure on pork prices" going into the fourth quarter.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Dean Best

An increase in fourth-quarter sales did not stop US cereal group Post Holdings reported a fall in underlying annual profits as costs ate into its bottom line.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Dutch food giant Vion’s plans to sell its UK food businesses − throwing into doubt the future of its 13,000 UK employees − was “almost an inevitability,” according to leading City analysts.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

A 3% to 5% fall is perceived in each Autumn and Spring harvest, but supply will be adequate in volume and quality.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

This year, the number of endorsements of the Comptroller General regarding the import of goods free of taxes, incentives to non-traditional exports and tax credits has decreased. This has saved the government $6.4 million.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

The first new-season Central Otago cherries are already on the shelves, although growers have mixed opinions of how the season is shaping up.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Farmers, fruit packers, haulers and others involved in Tulare County’s citrus industry will hear today how a planned quarantine on movement of commercial citrus will affect them.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The United Fresh Produce Association will honor Frieda Rapoport Caplan with its Lifetime Achievement Award during its 2013 Winter Leadership Meetings this January in Tucson, AZ. The award recognizes individuals for a lifetime of achievement and for lastin

Published: Nov 30, 2012

During the public account of his activities, the Chilean minister of Agriculture, Luis Mayol, highlighted the strength of the trade ties with China; a country which made 100% of its blueberry imports from Chile during the first semester of the year.

Published: Nov 30, 2012 By: Carlos Nunez

Shipments of Washington pears have gotten off to a good start this year due to good demand. Although volume is slightly down, there are enough supplies to make this a good year for the state's pear industry.

Published: Nov 30, 2012

Indonesia's fresh fruit industry has succeeded in sending product to the Australian market for the first time, with boxes of mangosteens arriving on Thursday.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Companies in the eight Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have been urged to follow Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) principles for its skipjack tuna fishery by a Dutch seafood supplier, writes Lucy Towers.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations announced plans to invest $3 million to develop poultry farming in Equatorial Guinea.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Jeff Gelski

Glanbia Nutritionals Ingredient Technologies plans to build a 40,000-square-foot cereal ingredient processing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., that will replace a plant in Angusville, Man., that was destroyed by fire in March.

Published: Nov 29, 2012 By: Laura Lloyd

U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists as part of an international team have completed a “shotgun sequencing” of the wheat genome for the first time, according to a paper published Nov. 28 in the journal Nature.

Published: Nov 29, 2012

Butter, turkey, fruit, vegetable and red meat stocks on Oct. 31, 2012, were higher than year-earlier levels, but chicken and cheese stocks were lower, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report.