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Unilever has taken a pioneering stance on its palm oil supply chain by being the first consumer goods company to publish in full a dossier of all the suppliers and mills that it sources from. The rare industry move is designed to show the company’s commitment to transparency.
In a move meant to appeal to consumers who want fresher fare, Kraft Heinz is investing in foods that are sold in the refrigerated perimeter section of the grocery store.
This year’s FRUIT LOGISTICA trade fair in Berlin (Feb 7-9) was once again a global hub for the fresh produce sector. As always, there was innovation aplenty on show - in a sector that's finding ever more ways to serve and profit from the health and wellness revolution....
The latest update (Feb 14) from the NICD (Nat Inst for Communicable Diseases) confirms that all nine provinces are affected; that cases have jumped from 852 on February 6 to 872 (20 more), BUT that there has been a huge jump from 107 deaths to 164! This update from expert food safety consultant, Lucia Anelich.
There is a high likelihood that South Africans may be unwittingly eating ‘natural honey’ that in fact has been mixed with syrup, says Agbiz (Agricultural Business Chamber - South Africa) agricultural economist, Wandile Sihlobo.
South African scientist, Prof Tim Noakes, will know within 30 days if his regulatory body will fail in a last-ditch attempt to find him guilty. He will also know if it will have to pay dearly for doing so.
Amid its ongoing chicken crisis, which has closed many of its UK restaurants, KFC took out a full-page ad in two tabloid papers featuring a KFC bucket adorned with the letters "FCK".
Once a very small-volume crop in the Western Cape, cherries have more than quadrupled their export market share over the last four years and continue to show excellent potential as an alternative crop.
The ever-innovative and irrepressible Charles Back of Fairview Estate in Paarl has survived a brutal attack at his farm in which he suffered a number of broken bones, making it into work the next day to demonstrate what “real work commitment looks like”.
As the death count in South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak rises, Canadian researchers are isolating bacteria from the microbiome of exotic foods to try to develop a solution.
The Swiss multinational Nestlé has been accused of violating ethical marketing codes and manipulating customers with misleading nutritional claims about its baby milk formulas, including in this country.
With kids consuming half their sugar quota first thing, it’s no wonder they’re getting diabetes and liver disease, writes the world's most vocal anti-sugar advocate, US paediatrician, Robert Lustig.
"Clean label" is arguably the biggest trend in processed food today. This brilliant article unpacks this trend and its inherent contradictions — and concludes that while it has a long way to go, clean label has the opportunity to become what it purports to be right now: a shift towards transparency, increased corporate responsibility, and better values.
Pick n Pay promises innovation in its convenience and ready-made meals range in 2018, noting that South Africans' dining preferences may be shifting as many seek to entertain at home as a more affordable option to eating out.
Salt and pepper shakers are so omnipresent on tabletops that adding a dash of the white or black stuff, or both, is almost a dining rite. But these two culinary staples have not always occupied such a place of prominence.
Lactalis, one of the world’s largest dairy groups, may have been producing Salmonella-conaminated baby milk for more than a decade, its CEO has been quoted as saying on this unfolding food safety saga.
Macular degeneration is the primary cause of blindness in many countries today. Could it be, as asserted by a growing number of opthalmologists, that the likely cause of the disease is the Western trend to high consumption of vegetable oils? [This is fascinating! Ed]
This stylish transparent cube fits on a countertop – and it can do double duty washing clothes and cooking food.
In the light of Listeria outbreak, it is the right time to reflect on the status of food safety management systems in South Africa. Have we made the progress we should have?
Vital Health Foods has issued an immediate recall of its Mini Corn Cakes and Mini Rice Cakes as a precautionary measure following an investigation into two consumer complaints regarding metal fragments found within the products.