Raspberry Rhubarb Goat Milk Caramels from Fat Toad Farm in Vermont was named the most outstanding new specialty food product of 2015 at the recent Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. The product was one of 33 sofi—specialty outstanding food innovation—Award winners who were honored at the annual competition that recognizes excellence in all specialty food categories. 

ConAgra Foods Inc. announced plans to sell its store-brand food business. The news comes just two years after the company invested $5 billion to purchase private-label food manufacturer Ralcorp, the Associated Press reported.

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has amended its regulations to allow chilled or frozen beef to be imported from two regions in South America under specific conditions that mitigate the risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

US President Barack Obama on Monday signed H.R. 2146 which renews the trade promotion authority (TPA) and H.R. 1295, the “Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015,” into law.

Food, fireworks, family and fun—a few words that describe a typical Independence Day celebration in the US. As Americans begin to scrape off their grills and flock to grocery stores in preparation for the holiday this weekend, food and beverage manufacturers might be wondering which products consumers prefer to celebrate with.

Chobani was selected as by USDA as the main provided of Greek yogurt to K-12 school meal programs across the country.

Texas-based H-E-B issued a voluntary recall of H-E-B brand hamburger and hotdog buns and Hill County Fare Hotdog buns because of a possible presence of foreign material, according to FDA.

Following last week’s US District Court decision, Sysco Corporation said Monday it has terminated its merger agreement with US Foods.

North American Meat Institute President and CEO Barry Carpenter Thursday told Senate Agriculture Committee members that mandatory country of origin labeling must be repealed to avoid a possible $3 billion in annual penalties. Carpenter was one of six witnesses to testify in the hearing.

Milk producers are applauding bipartisan legislation they say would help reverse the decline of milk consumed in schools. Rep. G. T. Thompson (R-PA) and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) are co-sponsoring the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015, aimed at preserving milk’s place on the school lunch menu.