Pathogens that contaminate food supply and cause food borne illness such as Salmonella and E. coli may soon meet their match as new technological advancements are making food safer at each step in the custody chain from farm to consumer.

Perhaps blazing the trail for other companies to follow, British alcoholic beverage giant Diageo announced it will put nutrition information and alcohol content on the labels of its products, a first for any alcohol company.

As the world prepares to the sustainability of our natural resources on world water day Sunday, a new report from the United Nations suggests there is an urgent need to better manage the world’s water supply or the planet could suffer a 40 percent shortfall in water in just 15 years.

While consumers continue to wage battles on both sides of the genetically modified organisms (GMO) debate, officials at FDA have concluded a variety of genetically engineered apples and potatoes are just as safe and nutritionally valuable as their traditional counterparts.

The Acme Smoked Fish Corporation—manufacturer of Acme, Blue Hill Bay, Ruby Bay and Great American smoked and cured seafood—has opened the doors to its new 100,000-sq.-ft. facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, the largest cold smoked salmon facility in the US.

Bizerba, a provider of weighing, slicing and labeling technologies for the food industry, has acquired the food sector of French company Luceo SAS to allow its customers to benefit from a high degree of safety and quality control provided by the transaction.

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.