Food Industry News

A massive US tariff refund plan may return billions to importers, but the process is far from settled.

The closure of Hormuz is turning a shipping crisis into a direct threat for seafood logistics and pricing.

Airspace closures in the Middle East are already pushing up fresh seafood costs in China.

The EU approval shows GMO crop policy remains cautious, but not completely closed.

w based in Switzerland, is moving its cellulose-based whitening ingredient SilvaAlba from pilot validation toward industrial, procurement-ready supply.

The FDA added another noteworthy nutrition-related development on March 16, when it posted the agenda and memo for a March 27 public meeting titled “Exploring the Scope of Dietary Supplement Ingredients.”

A quieter but potentially important nutrition story emerged in mid-March when the FDA published a memorandum of understanding with the National Institutes of Health to coordinate the NIH-FDA Nutrition Regulatory Science Program.

The agency said the assessment evaluated how pathogens such as Salmonella, STEC O157:H7, and STEC non-O157 can survive, move through the farm environment, and ultimately reach consumers through contaminated produce.

USDA said it is awarding more than $26.8 million through the Local Agriculture Market Program, with the goal of helping food businesses, producers, and market organizations expand producer-to-consumer and local supply-chain activity.

FDA loosens “no artificial colors” claims while green-lighting new natural dyes—sparking a fierce debate over what “clean” really means.

FDA reopens BHA safety review, signaling a global shift toward tighter oversight of legacy food additives.

Laboratoire PYC is showcasing three new beauty-from-within solutions designed to meet the fast-evolving European demand for science-backed, clean label and sensorial collagen formats.

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In a landmark decision that bridges synthetic biology and infant health, Australia has become the latest global regulator to embrace next-generation human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs).

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has unveiled a nuanced revision to its food additive standards—one that simultaneously restricts one ingredient while expanding another’s use in everyday beverages.

In a move that blends sustainability, innovation, and food science, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given the green light to a novel food additive born from what was once considered coffee industry waste.

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has officially declared 6′-sialyllactose (6’-SL) sodium salt—a cutting-edge human milk oligosaccharide (HMO)—safe for consumption under proposed use conditions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to establish a new maximum residue limit for perchlorate in drinking water, proposing a national standard of 0.02 milligrams per liter.

Singapore’s food safety authorities have moved swiftly to halt the sale of five batches of Nestlé infant formula after the products were found to potentially contain toxins associated with Bacillus cereus.

The World Health Organization has issued a renewed global call for governments to sharply raise taxes on sugary drinks and alcoholic beverages, warning that weak fiscal policies are quietly fueling a worldwide surge in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular di

Nestlé’s global headquarters sits in Vevey, Switzerland, beside placid lake waters—a picture of calm that outsiders often mistake for an unshakable consumer empire, “too stable to ever capsize.” Yet it was precisely within this company, which prizes equil