French food giant, Danone, has acquired US organic food leader, WhiteWave, for approximately US $10.4 billion. Danone owns numerous dairy, water, infant nutrition and medical nutrition brands including Apatamil and Karicare infant ...
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Perrigo Company has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its US vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business to International Vitamin Corporation (IVC) for undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to be completed by ...
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Danish dairy products producer Arla Foods has opened its €40m facility located in Nr. Vium, Denmark to strengthen its position in the global dairy protein hydrolysates sector. The facility has a capacity to produce nearly 4,000 ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Heinz over nutritional claims made on its Little Kids Shredz infant food range. Little Shredz have been sold in major Australian ...
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Perrigo has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to launch three milk-based, store brand non-GMO infant formulas. The company has already started shipments to its retail customers. Several branded, non-GMO formula ...
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The A2 Milk Company has revised its expected profits for the 12 months ended 30 June 2016. It now expects its revenue to be between NZ $350 million – $360 million. It also expects its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation ...
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The recall involved three models, including the Sweet Surroundings Cradle 'n Swing, the Soothing Savanna Cradle 'n Swing and the Sweet Surroundings Butterfly Friends Cradle 'n Swing. Fisher-Price is recalling around 34,000 of its infant ...
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Almarai Company has evinced interest in acquiring a controlling stake in UAE-based National Food Products Company (NFPC). NFPC has initiated the competitive sale process for part of its share capital and has informed Almarai to progress ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration has given green signal for folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval will allow manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, making ...
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Supermarkets and corner stores around Britain can now offer customers a new brand called Kendamil, which is not only the sole infant formula to be manufactured to a whole milk recipe, rather than skimmed, but also the only infant formula in ...
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After a strong 2015 in pre-school , the company has debuted its new baby line spanning plush and ride-ons. Clementoni is putting a strong focus on the infant and pre-school market with new additions to its Baby Clementoni line. With a ...
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The company has billed the launch of its Newborn range as "he final piece of the Little Tikes puzzle" and believes the range of pram and tummy-time toys will secure its place in the burgeoning pre-school market. Little Tikes has ...
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China is introducing a new tax which will impact Australian food companies that rely on selling their products online. Details of the tax are not yet clear however it is expected that online purchases from outside of China will be ...
Tags: Tax, Australian Products, Online Sales, Online Sales Tax
A New Zealand man will serve eight and a half years in prison for sending letters saying he would poison Fonterra and Federated Farmers infant formula unless they complied with his demands. The man, Jeremy Kerr, had business interests ...
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Cronobacter, also known as Enterobacter, is an opportunistic pathogenic bacteria responsible for food borne illness. Cronobacter is able to survive in desiccated states for extended periods of time, which means that it can be a problem in ...
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