Trade association Scottish Bakers is capitalising on global demand for high quality bakery products, including shortbreads, oatcakes, gingerbread and speciality cakes.

International manager Roddy Wilde has been appointed to work to identify business opportunities in existing and new marke...

Failure of cold-chain results in ready-to-cook meal kits with 'microbial loads off the charts'

CHICAGO — A Rutgers University professor Thursday poured some cold water on those trendy ready-to-cook dinner packages being delivered to homes across America, especially those with meat i...

Almost 1,500 pounds of whole, young chickens are being recalled from restaurants and retailers in New York because government testing found residue of the antibiotic nitrofurazone.

Brooklyn-based NY Livestock Market Inc. produced and packaged the chickens on April 10, according to the rec...

China’s diverse bakery industry – encompassing bakers of traditional ‘pinyin’ (literally translated as ‘Chinese style cakes and snacks’) and producers of modern items like croissants and waffles – is growing at a rate that far exceeds most other segments....

Cricket farming can be a sustainable means of producing foods for human consumption, a study suggests, as its environmental impact compares favourably to broiler chicken production.

Those were the conclusions put forward by a Danish team, who whilst heralding edible insect species as a po...

Brits are completely baffled by the country’s planned new levy on sugar-sweetened drinks, with many believing it covers food as well.

Nearly eight in 10 people are aware there’s a tax on sugar but there’s a “huge misunderstanding” about the products it will a...

The Government of Canada will invest an additional $120,000 in the Canadian Food Innovators (CFI) science cluster to consult with food and beverage processors on the research and innovation priorities they want to see in order to advance the sector, according to a report from Yahoo! Finance.

Stone steps winding down a narrow lane lead to Misfah Old House, a small inn located in the mountainous village of Misfat Al Abryeen, Oman. To welcome his guests, Haitham Al-Abri offers sweet, sticky dates and a tiny cup of cardamom-scented coffee.

At Misfah, as in all Omani homes, dates ...

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