News in Numbers

Food and drink recalls in the US reached a nine-year high in 2025, with FDA alerts up 15%.

Smithfield Foods is spending $1.3bn to replace a plant in South Dakota that’s more than a century old.

The “uptake” of Australia’s voluntary Health Star Rating nutrition labels (it stands at 36% in New Zealand). The governments have been targeting 70% and are now pushing for mandatory labels.

Tyson Foods and Cargill have settled a 20-year-long legal dispute with Oklahoma over the alleged pollution of the Illinois River Watershed.

Hain Celestial booked a $116m quarterly loss amid falling sales and the recording of impairment charges in the US and the UK.