Scientists from IBM Research and Mars, Inc. established the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain to advance food safety by using genetic data to better understand the supply chain.
The recent dramatic drop in the price of oil will have implications for the global food supply chain, contributing to lower food prices if the cost of oil remains low throughout the year, according to Rabobank.
The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) has released its slate of meat sessions that will be part of the PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY educational program held during PROCESS EXPO in Chicago, Sept. 15-18.
The newly merged North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has announced the eight officers who will guide the organization over the next year at the organization’s first board of directors meeting held at the 2015 International Production and Processing Expo in Atlanta this week.
With the big game only a few days away, millions of Americans will load up on food in anticipation of the Super Bowl-sized appetites needing to be satisfied as they gather with friends and family to watch the big game.
In her keynote speech delivered this week at the Dairy Forum 2015, Connie Tipton, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, shared her vision of the dairy landscape through 2020 and called for an industry-wide collaboration on policy and regulatory changes that are needed to spur innovation and meet growing demand across global markets.
USDA has kicked off its Organic Survey in an attempt to gather detailed data on the current state of US organic agriculture production. According to USDA, the survey is a complete inventory of all known organic producers that are certified, exempt from certification, and transitioning to certified organic production.
Pennsylvania-based chocolate giant The Hershey Company announced plans to acquire KRAVE Pure Foods, Inc., a manufacturer of KRAVE jerky, in a transaction that will allow the company to break into the growing meat snacks category.
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