news
Sleeman Breweries is Canada’s first brewery to achieve 3RCertified Gold
Sleeman Breweries' Guelph facility is to become Canada’s first brewery to achieve 3RCertified status for its waste initiatives.
List view / Grid view
North America
news
Canada’s Halal Monitoring Authority to simplify certification
Canada's Halal Monitoring Authority (HMA) is a halal monitoring and certifying body that aims to simplify certification by integrating directly into existing supply chains for suppliers, brands and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs).
news
New report finds that the ready-to-eat soup market is expected to grow
A new research report predicts that the global ready-to-eat soup market will grow at an estimated CAGR of 5.9% during the period 2017-2022 and exceed a value of US$ 750 million by the end of 2019.
news
Edibles are tied to more severe health issues than smoking marijuana
People who ingest the drug are more likely to have psychiatric or heart problems than those who inhale it.
news
Kellogg sells food assets to Ferrero for $1.3bn
Kellogg has agreed a $1.3bn (£1bn) sale of a number of non-cereal food assets to Italian confectionery giant Ferrero.
news
Recall roundup: bacterial contamination, gluten and metal pieces
Food containing bacterial contamination, metal, as well as mislabelled products have all been recalled recently,
news
Report suggests that food banks are the ‘green’ hunger-relief solution
Networks prevent approximately 2.68 million tons of safe, edible surplus food being wasted, according to GFN.
news
Canadian food and beverage companies get mixed grades on nutrition goals
Study is first to evaluate Canada’s biggest food and beverage companies based on their policies and commitments to sell healthier products.
news
Food waste campaigns have limited impact, but point towards right direction
Passive education alone unlikely to be an effective intervention strategy in reducing dining-hall plate waste.
news
Recall roundup: Graze crunchers and malted barley flour
This week's recall roundup consists of contamination with salmonella, listeria and clostridium, and food ingredients labelled in different languages.
news
FDA lifts import alert on GE salmon
AquAdvantage Salmon eggs can now be imported to the company’s contained grow-out facility in Indiana to be raised into salmon for food.
news
Fears over US chlorinated chicken entering the UK post-Brexit reexamined
UK government seeks to reassure: "we will not lower our food standards as part of a future trading agreement".
news
FDA strategy to advance food safety and modernise the overseeing of imported food announced
The FDA has issued a statement outlining steps it looks to take in order to advance food safety and the implementation of the FSMA.
news
Boiled peanut oral immunotherapy continues to show promise as allergy treatment
Research from an Imperial College, UK, clinical trial finds a new oral immunotherapy option provides sustained unresponsiveness one year after treatment.
news
Recall roundup: sharp metal and bacterial contamination
Bacterial contamination, sharp metal objects in soup and many mislabelled products have caused problems recently.
