As the discussion grows on the use of antibiotics in food producing animals, the White House said President Barack Obama will sign a memorandum directing Federal departments and agencies to create a preference for serving meat and poultry produced with responsible antibiotic use.
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Market6 have announced the Collaboration 2.0 project, an initiative to help growers and manufacturers improve how they work together when it comes to the shared goals of growing sales, profits, customer satisfaction and loyalty.
In an effort to increase awareness of celiac disease, the Canadian government has approved “gluten-free” claims on specialty produced oats and foods containing these oats. This labeling change marks new opportunities for food processors and oat growers.
Recent information released by Blue Bell Creameries relating to the cause of the Listeria contamination in some of its ice cream products has a familiar ring to it—improperly maintained equipment contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Global trade streams and prices will remain under pressure for the remainder of 2015 and perhaps longer due to trade bans on poultry breeding stock in importing countries, according to the recently released poultry quarterly report from Rabobank.
In a search for the most innovative advancements in the dairy industry, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) announced it has brought back the IDFA Innovations Awards to the International Dairy Show this September, and they are looking for entries.