Published: May 16, 2012

Philadelphia, the cheese brand owned by Kraft Foods, is launching new limited edition lenticular lid designs for three of its products – Philadelphia Light, Philadelphia Original and Philadelphia Garlic & Herb.

Published: May 15, 2012

Vadilal, one of the leading ice cream and frozen dessert brands, has launched five products under the umbrella brand of Ice Trooper, the mascot for this new segment. It is targeted at kids aged between seven and 13.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The American meat industry has hit back at claims that TG, dubbed as ‘meat glue’, was used to form fake premium cuts from low-quality cuts, in an attempt to avoid a media scandal similar to the ‘pink slime’ controversy.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

The global pork trade is returning to a more normal situation after months of increased disease-related imports from Asia, according to a Rabobank report.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

Brazil and Argentina will face increased competition on the international poultry market now that the EU has announced it would lift its bird flu-related ban on raw chicken from Thailand on 1 July 2012, a report has said.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Australian dairy processor Murray Goulburn Cooperative (MG) is facing legal action over plans to reduce its workforce by over 300 in an effort to reduce costs and improve competitiveness.

Published: May 15, 2012

Footballer turned Hollywood hardman Vinnie Jones has been unveiled as the latest face of the UK ‘Make Mine Milk’ campaign.

Published: May 15, 2012 By: Shane Starling

Peptide extracts from the Arctic prawn Pandalus Borealis have demonstrated blood pressure benefits via the, “most potent ACE inhibiting peptide concentrate that is reported in scientific literature.”

Published: May 15, 2012

Harvesting of Brazil's 2011-12 soybean crop was all but finished last week while high prices for the oilseed continued to encourage early sales, the local Celeres consultancy said in a weekly report.

Published: May 15, 2012

Though the outside markets -- namely the stock market, which has been tanking over the last few days -- are doing a lot to push grain prices lower, there's still a lot of fundamental support for soybeans out there, says one ag economist.

Published: May 15, 2012

Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed two new applications to change the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

Published: May 15, 2012

Production of organic food is rising in India over the last few years, according to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

Published: May 14, 2012

IFA Aquaculture executive, Richie Flynn, said the rules established by Minister Coveney’s department on potential applicants effectively rules out 95 per cent of the industry from availing of the limited funds available.

Published: May 14, 2012

A team of environmental specialists are on the case to discover why more than a dozen eels were found dead in a Gisborne stream.

Published: May 14, 2012

Exports of US poultry for the first quarter of 2012 set year-on-year records in both quantity and value, according to trade data released by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) May 11.

Published: May 14, 2012

US pork exports in the first quarter of 2012 registered 8 percent growth in volume and 20 percent growth in value compared to the comparable period in 2011, according to data compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Published: May 14, 2012

Danish Crown’s Pork Producer Committee recommended the closure of a slaughter facility in Esbjerg, Denmark, by the end of August.

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Melodie Michel

US pork exports rose 8% in volume and 20% in value in the first quarter of 2012, reaching 598,058 tonnes (t) and US$1.66bn, according to the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Published: May 14, 2012

Russian agricultural giant Rusagro registered a 53% drop in net profits in 2011, to RUB2.42bn (US$81.2m).

Published: May 14, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

When discussing meat's environmental impact, there is a tendency to focus on greenhouse gas emissions. But the production of soy for feed is also of major concern. Carina Perkins looks at the issues.