Perdue Farms is growing over 50% of its chickens without using antibiotics of any kind, including human or animal, a move that comes after the company stopped using human antibiotics in chicken production. The human antibiotics are either ...
Designed for small portion deli items, including cheeses and smoked and processed meats, Sealed Air 's new Cryovac Grip & Tear Small Tab easy-open vacuum bagg features a tab that opens packages in one quick motion once pulled. As a result, ...
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Swedish chicken producer Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Lagerbergs in a SEK105m ($12.7m) deal. The company has signed an agreement to this effect which is subject to Swedish competition authority approval. Said to be the third ...
More than 73% of chickens tested positive for the presence of food poisoning bug campylobacter in the UK, according to the Food Standards Agency. As part of the year-long study, over 4,000 samples of fresh whole chilled chickens from ...
Brazilian food company BRF is set to establish a joint venture with UK-based Invicta Food Group to distribute processed foods in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Reuters reported citing a securities filing that the company's ...
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Northern Ireland's Poultry giant Moy Park has invested in its 18,500ft2 poultry development house in Colorado to bring together best farming practices, leading technology and science under one roof. As reported in The Poultry Site, Moy ...
Twenty five innovative projects in the British food sector will receive £16m funding from government and industry as part of an initiative to develop business ideas and boost UK agriculture. Within this £16m, £9.8m ...
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Arkansas-based poultry producer Tyson Foods Inc. has cut out gentamicin, a key human antibiotic, from its hatcheries. The US' largest chicken producer told Reuters that gentamicin and other similar antibiotics had been removed from its 35 ...
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McDonald’s USA is planning to source chicken raised without antibiotics to serve in its restaurants, which are important to human medicine, as part of its new menu sourcing initiatives. The company's US restaurants will also ...
China has imposed a ban on all imports of poultry, poultry products and eggs from the US, following detection of avian influenza in noncommercial flocks in the Pacific Northwest late last year, according to US Department of Agriculture. ...
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Art this year, became something everyone talks about, not just highbrows any more. From the chicken cup to Van Gogh's painting, rich Chinese rich are showing a robust purchasing power on the art market at home and abroad. Let's have a ...
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF is planning to further expand its operations to Asian markets with partnerships or potential acquisitions. The company mentioned India, Malaysia and Indonesia as ...
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The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the cumulative results from the first two quarters of its year-long survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens, which showed that 70 per cent of chicken sold in UK supermarkets were ...
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More than 70% of chicken being sold in UK supermarkets are contaminated with campylobacter, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) statistics. The FSA has announced cumulative results from the first two quarters of its year-long ...
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Scandi Standard, through its subsidiary Kronfagel, has acquired Bosarpskyckling, a producer of organic broiler chickens under the Bosarp brand. The transaction will enable Kronfagel to expand its offerings, helping to meet strong demand ...
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