Foods / beverages

UK advertising watchdog launches consultation on restrictions on advertising junk food to children

13 May 2016

McDonald’s tests fresh beef hamburger patties

13 May 2016

Human, rat DNA detected in burger products

12 May 2016

JAB Holding to buy Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for $1.35 bn

09 May 2016

HC allows eating beef in Maharashtra, but slaughter ban stays

06 May 2016

The Bombay High Court ruled that prohibiting possession of beef brought from other states violated the right to privacy and the right to choice of food and was therefore unconstitutional

Quaker Oats sued in US for using carcinogenic weed killer

02 May 2016

Increasing scientific studies point to glyphosate residues being ubiquitous in the environment raises fears that it could be common in foods as well

Study links rice cereal fed to babies to high levels of inorganic arsenic in urine

27 Apr 2016

Mondelez opens its largest plant in Asia Pacific at AP’s Sri City

26 Apr 2016

The maker of Cadbury brand chocolates has invested $190-million in the multi-category food campus, which is expected to reach an annual production capacity of 2.5 lakh tonnes by 2020

Maggi regains over 50% noodle market share, launches new variants

19 Apr 2016

Mars Food advises limited use of high-salt products

15 Apr 2016

High-calorie package images mislead eaters

15 Apr 2016

Nestle 3-month sales up at $21.6 bn despite global slowdown

14 Apr 2016

Spice giant McCormick abandons $2.1-bn takeover bid for UK's Premier Foods

14 Apr 2016

People eating large amounts of fast food risk exposure to phthalates: Study

13 Apr 2016

CFTRI tests find Maggi noodles safe, results submitted to SC

12 Apr 2016

Investor group urges restaurant groups to act to curb antibiotics use in meat and poultry

11 Apr 2016

Wal-Mart to switch 100 per cent cage-free eggs in US by 2025

06 Apr 2016

Government releases Rs25,834 crore to FCI as food subsidy

06 Apr 2016

Direct selling industry cheers FSSAI directive on nutraceuticals

04 Apr 2016

US crane maker Terex says China's Zoomlion tables revised $31 per share bid

26 Mar 2016

Yum Brands in talks with PE firms to sell minority stake in China operations

26 Mar 2016

ConAgra joins Campbell Soup, General Mills to comply with GMO labeling law

23 Mar 2016

Starbucks to donate all leftover food to needy

23 Mar 2016

M&M enters branded dairy products

22 Mar 2016

General Mills to start labeling food products with GMO ingredients

19 Mar 2016