Following a global commitment to sustainable fishing practices, McDonald's Spain will be the first restaurant chain to include Pacifical skipjack tuna certified by the Marine Stewardship Council on their national menu. January 2016, more ...
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Poultry processor Moy Park is planning to invest £10m to expand its processing facility and hatchery in Derbyshire. The move is expected to create 100 jobs. The investment will go towards the installation of a new cutting line, ...
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SunOpta ,a leading global company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, celebrates the grand opening of its newly expanded dual purpose consumer products facility in Allentown, Penn. The company recently ...
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Plessey today announced the release of its range of MaGIC™ LED die, manufactured on the company’s patented GaN-on-Silicon technology. The blue die, sometimes referred to as blue pump for their ability to pump phosphor to a white ...
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Canadian fruit and vegetable processor Pride Pak is building a new fresh fruit and vegetable processing facility in Orleans County in Medina, New York. Located in the 13 acre Medina Business Park, the new 68,000 ft2 facility will be a ...
UK-based food company Petrow Food Group has opened an 80,000ft2 factory and warehouse facility in Haverhill, Sufflok. The company has invested more than £4m to build the facility in a 7.2 acre site which was originally built for ...
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When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
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Reinforcing a long-standing relationship that spans some 20 years, Joseph Robertson has recently installed two further CW3 combination checkweigher and metal detection units and a standalone IQ3 metal detector from Loma Systems. This high ...
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Food manufacturer Cargill is planning to introduce SonoSteam technology in its main chicken processing facility in the UK, as part of the farm-to-fork strategy to tackle campylobacter. SonoSteam is an innovative technology developed by ...
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative will build a $62m turkey processing facility in Hinton, a move that creates new jobs. The expansion will increase the company's poultry production by over 45% to cater to the increasing consumer demand ...
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Lamb producer Superior Farms has opened a new processing facility in Dixon, in the US state of California. Located adjacent to the current facility, the new plant will become completely operational by the end of August this year. The ...
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New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has inaugurated its new facility at Heerenveen in Netherlands, which is its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe. The firm has formed a partnership with Dutch cheese ...
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Huon Aquaculture has opened a new Smokehouse and Product Innovation Centre in Parramatta Creek, in the north of Tasmania, creating 70 new jobs. The move is in line with the company's controlled growth strategy to invest close to $160m in ...
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Northwest Iowa has become the epicenter of the bird flu story that's developed over the last few weeks, with continued culls ordered as more birds -- now more than 20 million -- become exposed to the virus. Yet, now there's news that the ...
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The New York City administration has begun implementing ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foams used for making cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers, and trays for being non-recyclable. Announced by the New York administration in ...
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