Study finds arsenic in many American red wines
9 October 2015 | By Victoria White
A study that tested 65 wines from America's top four wine-producing states has found all but one have arsenic levels that exceed what's allowed in drinking water...
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Detectamet opens its first international base in the US
9 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The company’s new facility in Richmond, Virginia, will provide the company’s American customers with a more efficient distribution service...
EFSA issues scientific opinion of insects as food
8 October 2015 | By Victoria White
EFSA has created a risk profile that identifies the potential hazards as well as allergenicity and environmental hazards associated with the use of farmed insects...
Welch’s Concord grape juice coming to Europe
8 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Under an exclusive distribution agreement with Wild Juice, Concord grape juice concentrate will now be available for companies across the EMEA region...
Animal-free meat company raises $108 million in financing
8 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The company, which creates animal-free meat and dairy using plants, expects to release their first product, the Impossible Burger, in 2016...
SABMiller rejects £65 billion takeover offer from AB InBev
7 October 2015 | By Victoria White
SABMiller has rejected a £65 billion takeover offer from Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), saying that it still "very substantially" undervalues the company...
First coffee exported from South Sudan launched
7 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Suluja ti South Sudan is the country’s first significant non-oil export in a generation and represents a positive step towards rebuilding the economy...
GLORIOUS! Foods adds new flavours to its soup range
7 October 2015 | By Victoria White
GLORIOUS! Foods has strengthened its range of fresh soup pots with the launch of three new limited edition global flavours...
Innovate UK launches competition to make food healthier
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The competition will fund up to £10 million in projects aimed at reducing sugar, salt and fat and increasing dietary fibre in food and drink...
General Mills recalls 1.8m boxes of Cheerios cereal in the US
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The company issued the recall following an isolated incident which resulted in wheat flour being inadvertently introduced into the gluten free oat flour system at its Lodi facility...
Intertek launches expert Campylobacter testing facility
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Intertek has launched the testing facility for all poultry processors and manufacturers, to support the supermarket industry and help reduce cases of Campylobacter food poisoning...
Adelie Foods acquires Irish Food to Go company The Bite Group
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The acquisition will Adelie Foods with access to the growing Irish Food to Go market...
Mars to acquire Mexican chocolate company Grupo Turin
6 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Grupo Turin has been manufacturing high-quality chocolates in Mexico since 1928 and is the owner of iconic brands such as Conejos and Turin...
Arla rolls out food assurance programme, Arlagården, in the UK
5 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The farm assurance programme focuses on milk quality, food safety and animal welfare, and ensures all 12,700 Arla farmers are assessed to the same standards...
Nestlé and R&R in talks for joint ice cream venture
5 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Nestlé would contribute its ice cream businesses in Europe, Egypt, the Philippines, Brazil and Argentina to the new joint venture. R&R Group would join the new joint venture in its entirety...
