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Kamala Harris has pledged to ban what the presidential candidate called 'price gouging' in food. Speaking in North Carolina on Friday (16 August), Harris proposed introducing a law to prohibit [...]

Byline: Simon Harvey Kamala Harris has pledged to ban what the presidential candidate called 'price gouging' in food. Speaking in North Carolina on Friday (16 August), Harris proposed introducing a [...]

Byline: Maria Goncalves British households have forked out an extra PS600 for their food bills over the past two years due to the climate crisis and soaring energy prices, a [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne The European Union (EU) has banned products linked to deforestation in a move that could impact meat producers and cocoa and palm-oil suppliers. However, it has faced [...]

Food is a necessity. From snacks to bigger ticket items like steak and fish, food labels and packaging are all around us. A walk through the local grocery store could [...]

Byline: Dan Crossley Chickens, cows and octopuses should never be treated as 'units of production'. They have feelings too and are capable of experiencing pain, joy and other emotions. Understanding [...]

Allergens must be clearly labeled in any food product One of the mandates that came with the enactment of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) in 2004 [...]

The FWD is calling for a central database of allergen information before Natasha's Law is introduced in 2021. It is urging the government to mandate a database, maintained by suppliers, [...]

Byline: Jens Kastner South Korea has released new guidelines designed to enable food companies selling into the country to more easily comply with national nutrition labelling regulations. The guideline include [...]

The latest in sustainable shopping brings carbon labeling. Companies are labeling food items the carbon emissions to each item produced in an effort to increase transparency in the supply chain, [...]

Midwest Food Products Association (MWFPA) joined 900 U.S. food, agricultural and agribusiness organizations urging members of Congress to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). According to MWFPA, the U.S food and [...]

Byline: Hannah Abdulla The President of France, Edouard Philippe, is mulling legislation that will prevent retailers from destroying or disposing of unsold clothing. Currently, under French law, producers and retailers [...]

FDA ISSUES DRAFT GUIDANCE ON LABELING OF POTASSIUM CHLORIDE: FDA published a draft guidance regarding the use of an alternate name for potassium chloride in food products. The document explains [...]

Byline: Hannah Abdulla German retailer Tchibo is calling on European governments to regulate the textile industry, particularly when it comes to payment of living wages, adding that legislation is necessary [...]

Byline: Raghavendra Verma Proposed regulations to introduce traffic light health labelling for food products in Indian schools have infuriated the leader of the country's processed food industry association. Subod Jindal, [...]

A study examines whether dominant or partial consumer offsetting behavior in vegetable preparation and consumption is present if a food safety policy such as the Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) is made mandatory in the vegetable sector. Results reveal the presence of dominant consumer offsetting behavior in vegetable preparation and consumption if a food safety policy is mandated.

Forecasts on the United States food industry are discussed. New dietary guidelines in 2010 are seen to further impact consumer food preference. Regulatory changes, on the other hand, are expected to focus on food safety.

SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP of recent food-contamination incidences including the Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) tragedy that claimed nine lives and sickened hundreds more people, Congress recently passed HR 2749--the [...]

FDA ISSUES INFORMATION COLLECTION ON 'PROHIBITED CATTLE MATERIALS': FDA issued an information collection on certain 'prohibited cattle materials,' including specified risk materials. The information collection is intended to inform rule [...]

Byline: John Shepherd Food manufacturers are considering a proposed EU law to introduce mandatory measures aimed at reducing acrylamide in food products. A spokesperson for FoodDrinkEurope, the organisation representing food [...]

Byline: John Shepherd The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Hungary saying new national legislation on retail of agricultural and food products are contrary to EU law. According to [...]

Hazard analysis and critical control point and ISO 2200 are effective food safety management systems. The preliminary steps, seven principles and prerequisite programs of HACCP, as well as the general structure of ISO 2200, are discussed.

Get fresh WITH HEALTH AND FRESHNESS TWO OF THE MAJOR FORCES DRIVING MENUS TODAY, produce is top on operators' purchase orders. Indeed, restaurants have been making a big effort to [...]

'Salmonella' contamination in the US is found to be highest in processed turkey whose value in US production was over US$ 2.72 billion in 2003. The implementation of hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) intervention reduces food safety losses in turkey processing significantly and demonstrates appreciable economic incentives for an augmented HACCP plan.

Effectiveness of neo-managerialist philosophy is examined with reference to US' promotional campaign on genetically modified foods in Europe.

The level of food safety performance in one accession country, Hungary, in one food sector (the fresh produce importing chain) is assessed and the capacity of the system to demonstrate quality assurance of the satisfaction of private customers and public regulators is evaluated. The analysis of food safety performance is undertaken through gap analysis using a novel application of a benchmarking methodology taking the United Kingdom fresh produce importing chain as the benchmark.

The managerial performance at the U.S. meat and poultry plants in discovering food safety problems and facilitating product recalls are investigated. The results with respect to scale and scope of the firms are alarming and prompts further examination of the balance between regulatory oversight and private incentives in the food system.

Werner and Irene Etzinger, proprietors of the Elmville Bakery in Elmville, Ontario, are famous for their butter tarts, a uniquely Canadian treat. Not long ago they packed a couple of [...]