The Kellogg Company and more than 1,300 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) union at Kelloggs’ four ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) plants announced the ratification of a new 5-year contract.

Colorado-based Ball Corporation, famous for its glass canning jars, said it will close one of its oldest North American beverage packaging plants by the second quarter of 2016.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced this week the company will no longer use cans with Bisphenol (BPA) liners. The transition affects all of the company’s facilities in the US and Canada.

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) expressed its support of the Cuba Trade Act of 2015 this week.

A California federal judge dismissed a lawsuit this week against Maker’s Mark distillery that alleged the bourbon manufacturer mislead its customers by marketing and promoting its products as handmade.

FDA initiated a ban on fresh cilantro originating from the state of Puebla, Mexico this week after an investigators looking into illnesses caused by the herb observed human waste and toilet paper in the plants growing fields.

Blue Moon, a division of the Molson Coors Brewing Company, is headed north where it will be available in Canada at select restaurants and bars on Aug. 15 and for retail purchase beginning in January 2016.

An increasing amount of consumers prefer foods without artificial ingredients or long ingredient lists, but one thing American consumers clearly want less of is gluten, according to a new study from Packaged Facts.

OSHA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to clarify an employer’s obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness throughout the five-year period during which the employer is required to keep the records.

A new variety of peanut, boasting longer shelf life and increased disease resistance, was unveiled by a team of researchers from USDA and Oklahoma State University.