Supply Chain

UK Food Watchdog Admits Factory Broke Hygiene Regulations

In the UK, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confessed that it was wrong in clearing the 2 Sisters poultry plant in Scunthorpe as having acceptable stand...

Russian Retail Stocks Slide on Putin Import Ban as Ruble Weakens

Most Russian stocks dropped as OAO Magnit slid the most in three months on concern food-import bans imposed in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions...

Russian Food-Embargo To Hurt Europe

The Russian embargo on the importation of foreign foodstuffs is, from a European perspective, to be tough on the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, and Poland...

Uganda’s Coffee Crop Seen By Union Benefiting From Rainfall

Uganda’s coffee flowering, an indicator of crop size, was enhanced in July, owing to rains in the nation’s southern and south-western regions,...

Russia Eyes Banning US Chicken And Some European Fruit

Facing tougher sanctions over Ukraine, Russia said that it may ban imports of chicken from the US and fruit from Europe, and is investigating McDo...

The Horse Has Bolted: New FSAI DNA Tests Indicate No Presence Of Horse Meat

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published the findings of a study into the authenticity of beef and lamb products, which has found no trace...

Wheat Extends Decline As US Seen Adding To Ample Global Supply

Wheat dropped for a third day as concerns eased that trade in the Black Sea region will be disrupted and on speculation that US farmers may harvest a large...

Coffee Farmers in Vietnam Selling Reserves After Rally

Coffee growers in Vietnam, the top producer of robusta beans used by Nestlé, probably have smaller stockpiles than a year earlier after rising price...