Food Industry

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2022 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of approximately $50 million in grants to support seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program (SPRS). This grant funding, to be distributed through state…

The group called "Letzte Generation" (Last Generation) is demanding cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and a law against food waste similar to the one in France, where in February 2016, a law on fighting food waste was adopted. Supermarkets in France are forbidden to destroy unsold food products and are…

FriesDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) committed to democratizing access to the fast food industry today announced that Kory Spiroff, a former president of Domino’s Pizza, had joined its advisory board. Kory Spiroff Bolsters FriesDAO’s Advisory Board As the latest member of its advisory board, Spiroff will aid FriesDAO in…

The average US household wastes an estimated 32% of purchased food, translating to $240bn in economic losses. And for the first time last year, the USDA and EPA set a national food waste reduction goal of cutting food waste by 50% by 2030. Other pieces of legislation​​ such as the Food…

Cryptocurrencies and the food industry might not seem like the most intuitive pairing — one based in the digital realm and the other firmly rooted in the physical. But going back to the earliest days of crypto, the very first real-world use case for Bitcoin (BTC) was food-related. On May…

As the United States enters its third pandemic year, the influences of the virus on the food industry will continue, even as supply chain partners embrace new trends and discard old ones this year not just to survive, but thrive. John Rowley, vice president of NSF International’s Global Food Division,…

Last year, the UN reported a dramatic worsening of world hunger, much of it exacerbated by COVID-19. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in 2020, hunger shot up in both absolute and proportional terms, outpacing population growth. In fact, a multi-agency report published in July 2021 estimated…

Upcycling in the spotlight​As consumers demand their food and beverages to be more sustainable, the area of upcycling is also rapidly gaining in popularity for brands to boost their sustainability credentials, with various companies opting to utilise their food waste to make value-added products. The upcycling trend is growing steadily…

A quarter of retail stores have been forced to close for a period of time in recent weeks as a result of Covid-related staff shortages, a survey by Retail Excellence has found. The recent surge of Covid cases as a result of the highly-transmissible Omicron variant is having a huge…

Scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), explained that their plant-based waterproof packaging made from a corn protein called zein is designed to release "necessary miniscule amounts of antimicrobial compounds"​ only in response to the presence of additional humidity or bacteria ensuring that…