American food giant Tyson Foods has made a commitment to use only chicken with “no antibiotics ever” (NAE) in its consumer branded products. The commitment was announced by Tyson Foods president and CEO Tom Hayes while ...
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Lundberg Family Farms has partnered with a trusted network of Thai rice farmers to launch Thai Hom Mali Jasmine Rice in the US. As a leader in sustainable farming practices, Lundberg Family Farms is proud to work with Thai Organic & ...
Mississippi-based poultry processor Sanderson Farms has established a new processing plant and wastewater treatment facility with an investment of $155m in North Carolina. The new 180,000ft2 poultry plant located in St. Pauls will ...
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Metal packaging products supplier Crown has developed new temperature sensitive inks to help brands improve consumer engagement. The company’s interactive technology, Reveal, uses temperature sensitive inks to engage consumers ...
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China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire China Modern Dairy (CMD) for HK$6.4bn ($826m) to consolidate its position in the high-end dairy products sector. As part of the deal, China Mengniu will buy 965.47 million shares in CMD from a ...
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Post Holdings has agreed to settle the egg antitrust class action claims against its subsidiary Michael Foods in the US, with a $75m payment. A class action lawsuit, In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, was lodged in 2008 in ...
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Chain organisation ZuivelNL has unveiled its plan for reducing phosphate production by the Dutch dairy sector in 2017. Comprising the Dutch Dairy Association, the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture as well as Dutch dairy ...
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Inocucor Technologies announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has registered its first two specialty ag biological products for use by Canadian farmers and greenhouse growers. Synergro is a live-cell formulation for ...
Crown Food Packaging North America has developed a large diameter easy-open end for McCall Farms. The new end enables McCall Farms’ food service customers to better access its 6lb cans of boiled peanuts by removing the need for the ...
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Barry Callebaut has published its new sustainability strategy “Forever Chocolate” with the ambition to move sustainable chocolate from niche to norm in less than a decade. Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique said: ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and contact lens manufacturer Menicon Co., Ltd. (Menicon) have jointly developed a new liquid livestock manure composting product that will join the resQ45 series of TMC-Menicon jointly developed manure ...
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Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) has announced that Korin Agropecuária will export Earth and Barrow frozen chicken pieces with the Certified Humane label to Hong Kong. The products will be exported to more than 80 PARKnSHOP ...
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Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has formed a joint venture with California-based beef producer Pasture One to expand its product line. The joint venture which features a production and sales relationship between the companies will help ...
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The company has confirmed all of its staff in New Zealand are safe following the earthquake overnight and there is no major damage to any of its manufacturing sites. It does expect some milk collection disruption due to road closures and ...
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Sanderson Farms, an integrated poultry processing company, has been hit by a class action lawsuit filed in a US district court in New York for allegedly making misleading statements to its investors. Pomerantz, a law firm with presence in ...