Industry News

Consumer spendings on organic food in the Netherlands have risen by 11,8% in the first half of 2012, compared to the previous year. Sales...

The European Food Safety Authority says that the recent study linking genetically modified maize and a glyphosate herbicide with cancer in rats is of “insufficient...

Chris Kilham, 'The Medicine Hunter', will join a panel of industry and regulatory experts at a conference on the future of Botanicals in London...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an organic industry advertisement did not mislead consumers about pesticide exposure. An unnamed complainant had challenged statements...

Children who grow up on a diet of fast food meals will have a lower IQ in  adulthood than those who regularly eat freshly-cooked...

The ‘Organic. Naturally different.’ campaign just got fruitier. The 2012 poster and ad campaign features a variety of ‘talking fruit’ and the latest ads feature...

Several prominent scientists have signed an Open Letter warning of “grave threats” to open scientific discussion on GM technologies. The scientists say that the widespread...

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The editor of food industry weekly The Grocer says that its coverage of the recent French GM tumour study was its “biggest story ever”. The...

The omnipresent phrase ‘may contain’ is one of ‘those deeply annoying facts of life” says the Anaphylaxis Campaign, the charity for people with severe...

A leading figure from the organic sector has warned that parts of the British media are engaged in a conspiracy of silence over GM...

A major new series of reports from Euromonitor International offer detailed and unique insights into health and wellness trends in Scandinavia. The reports portray a...

Thousands of health food product packs will need to be “comprehensively re-engineered to absurdly short deadlines,” the executive director of the Health Food Manufacturers...

The potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan African between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn (£56bn), reports The Guardian. The astonishing figure are contained...

Health store owners could face serious restric- tions on their ability to communicate the health benefits of the products they sell. That's the warning from...

Following controversial new advice that Echinacea should not be used in children under 12, a leading expert on herbal medicine from New Zealand has...

French scientists say that rats fed a lifelong diet of the world’s leading strain of genetically modified corn suffered tumours and multiple organic damage. The...

To celebrate Organic September, the Soil Association has collaborated with animation students from the University of West England to create a set of five...

Next month (14-15 October) thousands of natural products professionals from across the Scandinavia will converge on the Malmö in Sweden for the inaugural Natural...

Organic industry leaders on both sides of the Atlantic believe that younger consumers – so-called ‘millennials’ – could hold the key to future growth...