The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued rules allowing manufacturers to swap salt for “safe” alternatives in everyday staples. Announced yesterday (13 October), the regulation covers 139 ...

B&G Foods has pulled the sale of its Green Giant and Le Sieur vegetable businesses in Canada to Nortera Foods due to regulatory opposition. The deal for the frozen and shelf-stable lines, agreed in ...

Pilgrim’s Pride board is reviewing whether to accept the latest takeover offer from Brazilian meat giant JBS. The US poultry business, which is already majority-owned by JBS, is setting up a “special ...

Major French supermarket chains have been hit by a cyberattack that has affected their refrigeration systems. Dominique Schelcher, the CEO of Coopérative U, confirmed in a post on X this morning (12 ...

Credit: Alesia.Bierliezova/ Shutterstock.com. Italmobiliare has agreed to sell its controlling stake in Italian cured-meats producer Capitelli Fratelli to European agri-food group CA Animation. In a ...

Credit: PJ McDonnell / Shutterstock.com. Amy’s Kitchen has confirmed plans to close a manufacturing plant in California, as the US food group seeks to simplify a “complex” production network. The ...

Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller has confirmed it is in talks to acquire local dairy peer Vogtlandmilch. A spokesperson for the German dairy group told Just Food discussions are under way with ...

Saudi Arabia poultry company Tanmiah Food has signed a halal partnership agreement with Malaysian food and palm oil business Tradewinds. The memorandum of understanding will see the two companies ...

Lerøy Seafood Group is to end production at one of its domestic factories by the end of the year. The Norway-based business is to shut its processing plant in Hestvika amid “structural market changes ...

Unite claims a strike by Hovis drivers planned for this week in south-west England will lead to bread “shortages” in affected areas of the UK. The industrial action is scheduled for this Thursday 24 ...

Credit: Nok Lek Travel Lifestyle/Shutterstock.com. New Zealand fresh-produce supplier Speirs Foods has been placed into voluntary administration. In a statement today (22 September), the company’s ...

Saputo is creating a dedicated ingredients division on the back of an agreement to sell its UK dairy business to French peer Lactalis. In a statement yesterday (23 September), the Toronto-listed ...