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Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging may have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe.

Natural has been quite the hallmark of salty snack introductions of late, and Kettle’s Krinkle Cut Organic Roasted Tomato Potato Chips fall right in line.

Nielsen-Massey Vanillas said it recently achieved certification to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 scheme.

Sales of products with Fair Trade USA's seal of approval for ethics and sustainability rose 75% in the fourth quarter of last year over the first quarter of 2011.

Anyone with a Twitter account can now be among the first to know about food recalls with a new service the Department of Agriculture is rolling out.

Inspections in meat and poultry establishments are to verify that all single-ingredient ground or chopped meat and poultry products that do not qualify for an exemption under the final regulation, bear “Nutrition Facts” panels on their labels.

Food safety is top of mind for consumers, and regulations are striving to assuage those concerns.

There’s no doubt regulatory agencies have ramped up the level of scrutiny given to food and beverage companies in the U.S. over the last several years. In 2011, the number of inspections by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increased dramatically as the agency sought to determine whether industry companies were in compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) has released new nutritional standards for school meals.

A California woman is suing the maker of Tropicana claiming it is squeezing consumers by touting the best-selling U.S. orange juice as "100% pure and natural" when it is not.