EU imposes tariffs on US peanuts, motorcycles and whiskey

25-Jun-2018 - The European Union started enforcing tariffs Friday on American imports like bourbon, peanut butter and orange juice, part of a growing global trade rift that's likely to intensify over the next few weeks. The EU tariffs on $3.4 billion worth of U.S. products are in retaliation for duties the ...

Coffee farming adapts in the face of climate change

25-Jun-2018 - If Felix Monge looked at his coffee farm solely as a business, he might be tempted to switch careers. With temperatures increasing and rainfall unpredictable, it’s much more difficult than it used to be to coax coffee from the rolling green hills of his farm, Finca Guadalupe, south of the Costa ...

US food company Conagra focuses on Pinnacle Foods

25-Jun-2018 - There could be a billion-euro merger in the food industry in the USA. Conagra Brands recently spoke to its slightly smaller competitor Pinnacle Foods about a takeover, the Bloomberg news agency reported on Thursday, citing persons familiar with the case. The talks are still at an early stage and ...

Delivery Hero sells Swiss operations

25-Jun-2018 - Delivery Hero Group ("Delivery Hero"), one of the leading global online food ordering and delivery marketplaces, announced today that it has sold its operations in Switzerland under the Foodarena brand to Takeaway.com. The transaction price was not disclosed. Duncan McIntyre, SVP Corporate ...

“Best Beers in America” 2018

Bell’s Two Hearted Ale Takes #1 Spot for Second Consecutive Year

22-Jun-2018 - The results are in! For the second year in a row, Bell’s Two Hearted Ale was named number one in the annual Best Beers in America survey conducted by Zymurgy magazine. Now running in its 16th year, the survey asks members of theAmerican Homebrewers Association (AHA), which publishes Zymurgy, to ...

Biosecurity has bigger role to play in livestock production

21-Jun-2018 - As concern about antibiotic resistance in humans grows, LANXESS – a leading specialty chemicals company for livestock production cleaning and disinfection products – have emphasized the key role that biosecurity must play in the industry’s future. “Disease prevention must always be the prime ...

New edition of ISO 22000 just out

21-Jun-2018 - With over two hundred diseases spread through the food chain, it’s clear that safe, sustainable food production is one of our greatest challenges. Globalization of the food trade further complicates food safety and the new edition of ISO22000 on food safety management systems presents a timely ...

Meat 2.0? Clean meat? Spat shows the power of food wording

21-Jun-2018 - If meat is grown in a lab without slaughtering animals, what should it be called? That question has yet to be decided by regulators, but for the moment it's pitting animal rights advocates and others against cattle ranchers in a war of words. Supporters of the science are embracing "clean meat" ...

Digital agriculture in dialogue

20-Jun-2018 - Johann Schneider-Ammann, Head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, visited ETH Zurich on Friday. At an event on smart farming, he explained his perspective on digitalisation in Swiss agriculture. The idea for this event came about during a conversation with Lino Guzzella ...

New three-year cycle kicks off with BrauBeviale 2018

20-Jun-2018 - How time flies! The scheduled break in the BrauBeviale cycle is already over and preparations for the next three-year programme, specifically the first event in Nuremberg on 13 to 15 November 2018, are already in full swing. Visitors will follow a new route along the process chain for beverage ...