Japanese seasonings giant Ajinomoto said it is “accelerating” expansion in the Turkish market when it announced it is acquiring the shares it does not already hold in local manufacturer Kükre.

Ajinomoto said it is paying €44m (TRY181m) for 50% Kükre’s shar...

Students at the University of Udine in Italy have developed a product with the appearance and characteristics of a hard-boiled hen egg that is made entirely from plant-based ingredients.

The vegan egg comes in the form of a ready-to-eat product. It is made from a combination of flours fro...

The original fipronil notification has led to nearly 600 follow-up alerts in RASFF, according to the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

Vytenis Andriukaitis said the situation continues to evolve during a plenary debate.

“In November 2016 the Dutch food author...

Diets that are low in whole grains, fruit, nuts and seeds and high in salt are now linked to one in five deaths around the world, according to a Lancet study. 

Published today (15 September) in The Lancet, The Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) evaluates data on global trends in he...

Anyone hoping to grab a late supper or snack tonight in Atlantic Beach, NC, is out of luck. Same goes for this weekend, possibly.

Thirty restaurants in the barrier island community voluntarily closed today at the request of local officials because E. coli has been found in the town’...

FDA is laying the foundation for the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) to protect consumers from foodborne illness in countries all over the world.

We recently traveled to Geneva to join a meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, an international organization that works to protect...

Although it is against federal law to sell unpasteurized milk across state lines, the CDC and state health departments are investigating illnesses in at least seven states in relation to Brucella bacteria found in raw milk from a Texas dairy.

One woman in Texas has been in the hospital fo...

Bunge Ltd., White Plains, N.Y., announced on Sept. 12 it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 70-percent ownership interest in IOI Loders Croklaan from IOI Corp. Berhad for $946 million, comprising €297 million and $595 million in cash. The transaction expands Bunge’s v...

At least two people in Rhode Island have developed infections from Listeria monocytogenes, causing public health officials to warn against eating soft cheese referred to as queso fresco.

An alert posted Wednesday by the Rhode Island Department of Health did not include any details about t...