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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Huel has been rapped by the UK advertising watchdog after an online video was ruled “irresponsible” and found to feature unauthorised health claims. The meal-replacement brand, acquired by Danone in ...

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 ...

Tandem Foods, the US snacks co-manufacturer, is expanding a production facility in Pennsylvania. The company is investing $42m in its site in O’Hara Township, close to Pittsburgh. Tandem Foods leases ...

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 ...

Crosta Mollica has merged with the European pizza business spun-off by Nestlé three years ago into a venture with private-equity firm PAI Partners. London-headquartered Crosta Mollica, which is ...

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 ...

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 ...