As consumer preferences differ and the demand for low fat meat and meat products increases, the European Union (EU) has implemented a unique system to guarantee high quality of meat that is brought to South Africa.

The backlog in issuing Letters of Authorisation (LoAs) for compliant energy efficient appliances was raised at a stakeholder meeting earlier this month as a key concern for the manufacturing and retail industry.

Nestlé launched a recently revamped coffee-producing factory in KwaZulu-Natal that will export the product to the rest of the continent.

A new report has revealed the extent to which British supermarkets have been charging shoppers more for shrinking items.

Boksburg-based edible fats and oil refinery operator, Sime Darby Hudson Knight (SDH&K), has agreed to pay a fine of R35-million and invest R135m in a new packaging and warehousing facility as part of the remedy for colluding with FMCG maker, Unilever.

Mars Food is to offer consumers advice on how regularly they should eat its products, warning that some lines that are higher in fat, sugar and salt should only be eaten “occasionally”. 

On Thursday April 14, Dutch daily paper Trouw published an opinion article by Eosta's founding director Volkert Engelsman. In the article, Engelsman claims that organic citrus growers in South Africa are being used as a scape goat in an attempt to get rid of European import restrictions imposed on South Africa. EU-protectionism is thus victimizing the most sustainable growers in South Africa:

US Chicken has landed on South African shores after a 15-year absence, but mystery surrounds which retailers will stock it.

Pick n Pay says it will be a customer of GWK Farm Foods, the newest subsidiary of one of SA’s largest agro-processing groups, which launched a R400m wheat flour mill and pasta and biscuit factory in Modderrivier, near Kimberley.