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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University found people who consumed diets high in trans fats were more likely to have brain shrinkage and scored lower on thinking and memory tests, compared to people who followed a healthy diet, low in trans fats and high in vitamins.

U.S. inflation for food at home may have peaked after crop prices fell for the first time in three years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) top economist said.

Food maker Sara Lee Corp. has purchased Tea Forte in order to enhance its foothold in the fast-growing tea business.

Food prices may ease in 2012 due to a slowing global economy, though no drastic drop from high levels is expected, the new director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

Steak 'n Shake has pledged to freeze its menu prices through 2012.

Seaboard Corp. named Terry Holton as president and chief executive officer of its Seaboard Foods pork products company.

Chinese authorities have detected a cancer-causing toxin in peanuts and cooking oil that was only recently discovered in milk, in the nation's latest food safety scandal.

Fuchs North America announced three corporate appointments at its headquarters location in Owings Mills in suburban Baltimore.

Heineken USA announced the appointment of Jeffrey Colbert as region vice president sales, Central Region, effective immediately.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is delaying the effective date of the final regulations that require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products and ground or chopped meat and poultry products.