As the second major food recall in the US within a year continues to expand, food industry bodies and consumer groups are calling for change. The current peanut butter Salmonella scandal in America has...

The CEO of the UK’s largest retailer has told of the need for food retailers to adapt and update to ensure they can relate to the ever-changing consumer. Sir Terry Leahy, the boss of Tesco, noted...

Fonterra, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, has temporarily shelved plans to spend $10 million upgrading its Wynyard cheese factory in northern Tasmania. The decision has come in response to concerns...

Warren Truss, the Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Trade Minister, has called on Trade Minister Simon Crean to step in amid claims the threat of a full-blown trade war between the European Union and...

Australia’s Sunny Queen Farms is set to launch an industry-first product into the egg market. The Australian egg brand, which last year recorded the third greatest value growth of any of the Top...

Norwegian chef, Geir Skeie, has claimed the top prize at the biennial Bocuse d’Or – commonly referred to as the Olympics of cooking. For more than twenty years the Bocuse d’Or has been...

New Zealand’s competition watchdog has granted approval for Coca-Cola Amatil to purchase Baker Halls, New Zealand’s leading fruit juice syrup producer, from Old Fashioned Foods. Commerce Commission...

The Australian dairy industry has been shaken by the global financial downturn, according to Dairy Australia’s latest Situation and Outlook report. Dairy Australia’s Manager of Strategy and...

Despite a quarterly deflation figure and disinflation for the year to December, food price inflation gathered pace in the closing months of 2008, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics...

The biggest things on 2008 menus were small, with mini food, low prices and lighter options. Looking back at menus in the US from 2008, Mintel Menu Insights reveals that three of the year’s top trends...