Focus:
Perth Food and Drink Park, a project to boost industry growth in Scotland, is now ready for start-ups and established businesses to move their operatations into it.
Two genetically modified varieties of non-browning apples, Arctic Golden and Arctic Granny Smith, may soon be commercially available following approval from the US Agriculture Department.
Scottish seafood processor Pinneys is now using a natural ammonia cooling system from Star Refrigeration, replacing the majority of its systems for chilling, freezing and cold storage, operated with synthetic...
The UK Government is to create several food enterprise zones (FEZs), which it hopes will boost economic activity for food producers and the countryside.
US-based Hormel Foods is reportedly in the process of acquiring Applegate Farms, a producer of organic hot dogs, bacon and sausages.
The European Parliament has backed a resolution that mandates the labelling of meat used as an ingredient in processed foods by country of origin in the same way as bovine...
Barry Callebaut Group is to buy the industrial chocolate manufacturing assets of World's Finest Chocolate for an undisclosed amount.
Ireland's Lakeland Dairies is set to invest €36m in a bid to expand its milk powder processing operations at Bailieboro in Cavan County, creating 81 full-time food industry jobs, as...
American Food Company J M Smucker has agreed to acquire Big Heart Pet Brands in a deal worth $5.8bn.
Perth based Hot Chips Company has developed a hot chip vending machine, believed to be a world-first design, which will be rolled-out commercially across Australia by the end of this...
