Nearly all food samples tested by European Union officials in 2013 contained legally acceptable amounts of pesticide residue, according to a recent report. The European Food Safety Authority's latest analysis examined nearly 81,000 ...
Tags: Pesticide Standards, pesticide violations, Manufacturing
Artisan Bistro, part of Artisan Bistro Foods, has debuted a new sustainable line of seafood bowls that is certified by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), becoming the first entrée frozen food line in North America. Bearing the blue ...
Tags: Frozen Food, seafood bowls
North America based plastic packaging designer and manufacturer Placon has launched the completely recyclable Selectables packaging range with a custom packaging look. The sustainable food packaging range also features inserts that ...
Tags: Placon, Recyclable Selectables Food Packaging, Food Packaging
Removing parallel import restrictions would “promote competition and potentially lower prices for consumers”, according to one of the recommendations from the Harper Competition Review Final Report, released last week. ...
World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
Tags: food safety, Food production, Food
Kraft Foods Group brand Kool-Aid has introduced a new liquid concentrate beverage mix in three varieties. The three varieties include Tropical Punch, Cherry and Grape. They are available in 18.2 fl. oz. bottles at grocery stores across ...
Georgia based Southeastern Mills has acquired the original Louisiana brand hot sauce and related assets from Bruce Foods in New Iberia. This new development will see the purchase of all of the brands and intellectual property related ...
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Green Grass Foods has received Non-GMO Project Verification for its first product, nutpods, a dairy-free creamer made from almonds and coconuts. The new clean-label dairy-free creamer, which is expected to launch in late spring this year, ...
Tags: milk alternatives, products, Food
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 6 that two more flocks of commercial Minnesota turkey have been infected with the lethal avian flu, out of which one flock is already in an quarantine zone. According to the USDA, ...
Day-Lee Foods’ Crazy Cuizine has added two new items to its line-up of frozen Asian entrees and appetizers, Sriracha. The new additions to the line of premium frozen meals include Honey Sriracha Chicken Bites and Sriracha Chicken ...
Tags: chicken, new products, Food
Flavour firm McCormick & Company Inc. is launching 21 bold new flavours, which include burger sauce mix-ins, chilli peppers and flavoured sea salts. Kevan Vetter, executive chef for McCormick, said: "Our new products enable consumers to ...
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Colborne based food processing facility Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre has received $225,000 to support the advancement of small batch food products grown in eastern Ontario, Canada. This funding will enable the firm to accommodate ...
Tags: vegetables, fruits, Food
America’s pork producer and processor Smithfield Foods is planning to set up a new $12m bacon slicing plant at its Cudahy facility in Wisconsin. The new 17,000ft2 plant will comprise four slicing lines that will help the company ...
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Barcodes look mysterious. And every now and then an urban myth grows and develops about one or other of their numbers and/or stripes. The most enduring is that barcodes hold insider information about a product’s country of origin. ...
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In an announcement on March 31, Montana-based Daily’s Premium Meats disclosed plans of setting up a new pork factory in St. Joseph, Missouri, with operations to start in May 2016. With construction to commence in summer, the $41.5m ...
Tags: food system, pork bellies, Food