Ahead of the effective date for those new, long-awaited menu labeling regulations, which is May 7, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is out with some non-binding “guidance” to help with implementation. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb rolled out the guidance this week, using ...

Canada’s best known raw milk crusader, Ottawa’s Michael Schmidt, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail after being found guilty of obstructing a peace officer.

His conviction last month stemmed from an Oct. 2, 2015, incident at his Durham area farm when Schmidt and others...

The owners of Pride & Joy Dairy have voluntarily surrendered their raw milk license because DNA testing showed that Salmonella infections in people who drank it matched bacteria in the dairy’s unpasteurized milk.

The move by Cheryl and Allen Voortman is a reversal of their plan ...

French consumers are being urged to adopt flexitarian diets in order to eat more healthily, reduce their impact on the environment and save money.

A new study from campaign groups WWF France and the ECO2 Initiative compared a “standard” weekly shopping basket for a French fami...

Food and beverage industry boardrooms are increasingly engaging in water sustainability and investing in water security, says not-for-profit CDP. So which companies made CDP’s annual water A-list?

Non-profit environmental disclosure platform CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclos...

German confectionery group Haribo has launched an independent investigation into allegations of slave labour in its carnauba wax supply chain.

Carnauba wax is used as a coating agent to stop some of Haribo’s confections sticking together. The company sources wax primarily harvested ...

Chr. Hansen is pushing back the boundaries of ‘natural’ ingredients and expanding its range of colouring foodstuffs to help food and beverage manufacturers take clean labels to the next level.

Consumer demand for so-called clean labels continues to rise globally. People are pa...

Seed breeding firm Equinom has developed pea, chickpea and cowpea varieties with 50% more protein than commercially available alternatives, and it's looking for food manufacturers to use the pulse flour and give feedback.

The Israeli firm, which recently received a $4 million investment f...

The European Commission says it will begin the process of establishing a legal definition of vegetarian and vegan food in 2019, an announcement that has been welcomed by food manufacturers.

Preparatory work for an implementing act on labelling vegan and vegetarian food will begin in 2019,...