Food Safety Consortium research at the University of Arkansas shows that Campylobacter jejuni in poultry is becoming resistant to ciprofloxacin, a synthetic antibiotic used by humans to fight bacterial infections.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has announced the appointment of Kate Carnell to the position of chief executive.

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is considering acquiring Australia’s Dairy Farmers.

Around 2500 international food and health experts will gather in Geneva this week for Europe's premier obesity conference, the 16th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2008), to assess the latest research from basic science to practical prevention programs and medical treatment.

New Zealand's decades-old food law is due to be updated when the new Food Bill comes into force. In anticipation, 38 councils have agreed to take part in the voluntary release of a key part of the new food regime.

As Wrigley throws off the shackles of being a public listed company via its merger with Mars, Cadbury is now the main bidder for Hershey.

Australia’s latest official inflation figures show food prices continued to rise strongly in the March quarter, as consumers felt the sting of rising supply chain costs, local product shortages and a global shortfall of critical food staples, according to international food and agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

NZFA's risk management policy has been found to be aligned with international best practice.

IP Australia has created a searchable database of the Australian patents lodged and granted since 1979.

The NSW Food Authority inaugural issues and crisis management conference for the food industry will be held in Sydney in June 2008.

According to a report by Global Industry Analysts, the world instant noodle market will reach 158.7 billion packs a year by 2010.

Food companies took six of the top 10 positions in the Food, Beverages and Tobacco Patent Scorecard during the last quarter.

The European Food Safety Authority BIOHAZ Panel has launched a public consultation and a call for additional scientific data on the extent of how food serves as a vehicle for antimicrobial resistance.

The truffles industry in Australia could expand following a successful research project.

A global initiative to provide the beverage industry with a quick, accurate and flexible tool for measuring carbon footprints, the Carbon Action Plan, was launched at the InnoBev Global Soft Drinks Congress in Moscow.