The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) announced speakers for its upcoming Meat Industry Management Conference held from April 15-18 in Carlsbad, California. The conference will feature sessions on food safety, government regulations, economics, communications and workforce issues.
When it comes to snack and nutrition bars, convenience and taste rank high among what consumers crave, according to a recent article published in Food Technology magazine by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
A number of food processors and industry innovators were tapped as nominees for the 2015 Edison Awards in the categories of Food Processing & Preparation and Food Packaging & Beverages.
Diet soda drinkers may want to watch how much of the artificially sweetened beverages they are sucking down these days after a recent study linked calorie-free colas to greater waist size in seniors.
Kraft Foods Group has issued a massive recall of approximately 242,000 cases of original flavor Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner because of the possibility that some boxes may contain small pieces of metal.
The Tennessee whiskey war waged on as Popcorn Sutton Distilling announced John R. Lunn will take over the position of Master Distiller, leaving his position at the George Dickel Distillery.
Frontier Natural Products Co-op issued a voluntary recall of 38 products manufactured with organic garlic powder sold under its Frontier and Simply Organic brands, and one product sold under the Whole Foods Market brand because of a potential Salmonella contamination, FDA announced.
PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, awarded nearly $100,000 last year through its foundation to advance the education of students with majors involving packaging, package design and package engineering at select colleges and technical schools across North America.
The Obama Administration announced a plan of action to end illegal fishing and fraud by launching a fish tracking program that would make more information—like point of origin and means of production—available to consumers.