As a result of softer same-store sales and customer traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) registered a moderate decline in December. IFT Daily News
Nestlé has sold its premium sports nutrition business under the PowerBar and Musashi brands to a U.S.-based consumer packaged goods holding company, Post Holdings. IFT Daily News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to … Continue Reading →
A study published in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics shows that there may be an association between a parent’s insecure attachment and their child’s consumption of unhealthy foods. IFT … Continue Reading →
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule “Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for … Continue Reading →
The Hershey Co. has announced that 18% of all the cocoa the company sourced globally in 2013 was certified, nearly double the company’s original 2013 goal of 10%. IFT Daily … Continue Reading →
Unilever, its supplier Symrise, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have announced a partnership to improve the livelihoods of 4,000 vanilla farmers in the Sava region, Madagascar. … Continue Reading →
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to ARO Pistachios Inc. stating that agency investigators found violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) regulations … Continue Reading →
According to USA Today, the U.S. House passed a five-year farm bill on Jan. 29 that will end direct payments and expand popular crop insurance programs while cutting funding for … Continue Reading →
According to the National Chicken Council’s 2014 Wing Report, 1.25 billion wings will be devoured during Super Bowl XLVIII, as fans watch the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos battle for … Continue Reading →
