Trend watching, just like your personal resolutions, takes on new significance at the end of one year and the start of another to make sure your company ship is headed in the right direction. Read on...

The Canadian food safety system is a fragmented patchwork of regional structures that has failed to keep pace with advances in knowledge, according to research published this week. Read on...

President Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary for Food Safety. Hagen will serve with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Read on...

The food at my favorite meat-and-three restaurant is long on flavor and comfort. For all the nutritious possibilities of sharing a small portion of meat with three sides (chosen from fresh vegetables and starches), the end result is often overindulgence in sodium and fat. Read on...

Food and drink may be essential whatever the economic situation but in 2009 the recession was deep enough to dissuade many companies from putting new products on the market. Read on...

The past year's fiscal fiasco sent many a good company reeling. But the good news is a number of industries -- not just food & beverage makers -- are starting to stagger back to their feet and focus on ways to improve their positions. Read on...