Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

Consumption of a commercially available acai berry product has been found to triple the lifespan of fruit flies by new research that suggests supplementation with the berry could also protect flies against oxidative stress.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Questions about whether food manufacturers fully exploit consumers’ preference for UK sourced meat and poultry have been raised by the latest YouGov survey.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) has warned that it expects to lose €55m due on its 2012 EBIT due to adverse currency movements, specifically the weakness of the euro against the US dollar.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said it will implement mandatory wholesale pork reporting from 7 January 2013.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

US officials have shut down a slaughterhouse that supplied government food programmes after an undercover video allegedly revealed “sickening” animal cruelty.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Arla Foods has announced plans to close one of its two US dairy plants, as part of a drive to streamline its US business and refocus on speciality cheese.

Published: Aug 23, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Recent months have seen images of protesting farmers, tractors blockading dairy plants and retailer boycotts – all as a result of UK processor plans to reduce the price they pay to dairy farmers for their raw milk.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

There was an urgent need to increase efficiency in agriculture, according to Prof. Abhijit Sen, member (agriculture), Planning Commission.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Milk Mantra, the newest entrant in the dairy market space of Odisha, has created a remarkable impact in the minds of the British lawmakers with its 'Ethical Milk Sourcing' programme for their 'Network Farmers.'

Published: Aug 23, 2012

A new study from researchers at Cornell University has found that branding of food, such as putting a sticker on fruits, may improve the attractiveness of healthier food.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Modern livestock production faces the challenge of having to achieve higher levels of productivity and delivering high-quality products at the same time.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has criticised a report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) and OCEAN2012 for containing misleading information on the state of UK and European fish fisheries.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

NOAA Fisheries Service will hold public workshops to discuss administrative changes to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) programme.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today warned locals and holidaymakers visiting the West and South West Coast of Ireland of the dangers of gathering and consuming wild shellfish growing on the seashore.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Consolidated Fisheries Ltd is pleased to announce that the Falkland Islands longline Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) fishery entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

A rice grower with a passion for aquaculture is on a mission to prove eels can be commercially grown on his farm in the New South Wales Riverina.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

A Melbourne man has had his boat and trailer forfeited after pleading guilty to trying to flee Fisheries Officers and driving dangerously on Port Phillip Bay earlier this year.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has announced a temporary lowering of the import tax on frozen sardines from 10 to two per cent.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Boosting the fishing industry economy in Jaffna, the historical Point Pedro (PPD) jetty which remained a restricted area for many years, was vested to fishermen by the Army.

Published: Aug 23, 2012

Mozambique may this year produce around 200,000 tons of a variety of fish as compared to production of 120,000 tons in 2010, Mozambique’s Fisheries Minister said in Maputo during a visit to the Mozambican capital’s fishing port.