Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Food and beverage trends that showed up or accelerated in recent months have eaten into some packaging companies’ earnings. Packaging company executives called out certain economic and geopolitical factors, such as beef industry struggles and federal administration actions,...

When it comes to finding gifts for people who love to cook, I stand by a simple gift shopping mantra: Know what your giftee likes, and then expand upon (or improve) their area of interest. Meaning, if they’re always tracking down rare spices, gift them a pirate’s hoard of blends from one of our favorite...

A trade union in New Zealand has criticized planned changes to meat export inspection requirements.   The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing inspection and examination requirements for exported meat from cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. The goal is to ensure requirements are effective while safeguarding food safety and supporting market access for exports. The...

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Monster Beverage Corporation is planning to launch a female-focused energy drink line as rivals such as Celsius find success with products that specifically appeal to women. Flrt is set to launch in the select channels...

A record number of issues were discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety. Attendees at the November meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed 71 trade concerns related to food safety and animal and plant health. In June, 56 trade concerns were covered. In November,...

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Rising beef prices have pushed meat companies to diversify their portfolios and find other ways to feed into Americans’ appetite for protein. In January, JBS acquired a 50% stake in Mantiqueira Brasil, one...

Grilling at Carnal. | Carnal From Barcelona’s towering churches and bustling avenues to the sun-drenched beaches and idyllic plazas, it’s obvious why this city captures visitors’ hearts. You can also eat incredibly well here, and often for not very much money — though Barcelona loves a tasting menu and the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list...

The 7-Hydroxy Outreach for Public Education, known as the 7-HOPE Alliance, has sued the state of Florida in an effort to overturn the state’s emergency ban on 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH).  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced in July that an emergency rule had been filed to classify isolated and/or concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) from kratom as a...

The latest data on food irradiation in Europe shows use of the technique is continuing to go down. Every year, member states forward results to the European Commission of checks carried out in ionizing irradiation facilities, including the categories and quantities of foodstuff treated and the doses used, as well as findings from checks at the...

A new way to inhibit bacteria that causes foodborne illnesses has been discovered by researchers at The Ohio State University. The researchers found that antimicrobial peptides derived from probiotic bacteria can inhibit the most common bacteria found in chicken. The experiments showed that the peptides could be used in commercial feed. Peptides are short chains of...