USDA has released a new report detailing the progress of the US biobased industry which the government agency says is generating substantial economic activity and jobs in the US.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its final rule on menu labeling, requiring food establishments with 20 or more locations to provide consumers with calorie and other nutrition information for standard menu items.

Heinz has issued an apology after a promotional QR code scanned from the back of one of its ketchup bottles linked to a porn website.

BRC Global Standards will publish the fifth issue of its Global Standard for Packaging and Packing Materials on July 1.

Morton Salt, Inc. announced this week it has signed a lease agreement to relocate from its Chicago headquarters to the new River Point tower under construction in the West Loop neighborhood.

Arkansas-based Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC has issued a recall for approximately 668,316 pounds of poultry products due to misbranding because the product contains monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is not declared on the label, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Ecolab, Inc.—global water, energy and hygiene technology provider—has acquired controlling interest in Jianghai Environmental Protection Co. Ltd., an industrial water treatment company headquartered in Changzhou, China.

Poultry producer Foster Farms has launched a comprehensive investigation into its Fresno, CA facilities after an animal rights group published an online video depicted workers ripping out feathers of live birds, throwing birds and slamming chickens into metal shackles.

The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Beverage Corporation have closed on the previously announced agreement which gives Coca-Cola a minority ownership in the popular energy drink company.

Nestlé India says the company will destroy its popular MAGGI Noodles products worth about $50 million it removed from shelves this month after India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority enacted a sales ban on the products for unsafe levels of lead.