Food manufacturers were dealt a setback in December when Congress adjourned without taking action on legislation to set a national standard for labels on food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Approved in December, Congress’s end-of-the-year spending bill included a suspension of the country-of-origin labeling law (COOL).

Brown-Forman Corporation will sell liqueur brands Sothern Comfort and Tuaca to Louisiana-based rival Sazerac for $543.5 million.

The European Union’s competition regulator approved the deal on the condition Ball divest 10 can body manufacturing plants and two can end plants.

FDA has completed its food and feed safety assessment and approved the J.R. Simplot Company’s second generation Innate potato.

The company will stop operations at its Nashville, TN plant and sell its Albany, OR facility in order to consolidate production and increase growth.

New “Appley Ever After” contains half the sugar of the leading children’s juice drink 

When possible, consumers want and seek out healthier or ‘better for you’ versions of their favorite treats.