Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved an application from dairy giant Fonterra to use hydrogen peroxide as a processing aid to control lactic acid-producing micro-organisms during the manufacture of certain dairy ...
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TreeHouse Foods has named Dean Foods executive Chris Sliva as COO of its Bay Valley Foods unit. Sliva's appointment to the newly-created role reflects the "new alignment" of its senior management, TreeHouse said. This is a reflection of ...
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UK milk supplier Robert Wiseman Dairies has insisted it will look to bring more transparency to how it determines the price it pays farmers after a tense summer in the sector. The company has launched plans to work with representatives ...
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Arla Foods has announced a deal to supply Chinese infant formula company Biosteme. The Nordic dairy giant will supply powder to Biosteme from a facility in Denmark for ten years. The deal could also see both companies finance upgrade work ...
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The former CEO of Fonterra has joined the board of directors of US agribusiness giant Bunge. Ferrier, who left New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra in July last year, will join the Bunge board with immediate effect, the group said today (5 ...
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra aims to increase its presence in the Indian dairy market through the establishment of"on the ground"leadership in the country. Fonterra has appointed Hamish Gowans as general manager in India and announced ...
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One-off items have hit Parmalat's third-quarter net profit although the Italian dairy group did see its EBITDA increase. Parmalat, which is controlled by French dairy giant Lactalis, booked net profit of EUR58m (US$73.8m), against ...
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US dairy giant Dean Foods raised its full-year earnings outlook after booking better than expected third-quarter profits. Dean Foods said third-quarter net income rose to US$36.4m,up from a loss of$1.5bn last year when the company booked ...
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New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has announced plans to open two more large-scale dairy farms in China,increasing milk production and completing the groups first"farm hub"in Hebei Procince. The two additional farms bring the number of ...
US dairy giant Dean Foods has said it is considering the sale of its Morningstar business,a producer of creams and cultured dairy products for foodservice and own-label firms. Dean Foods issued a statement yesterday(26 September)after a ...
Swiss food and dairy giant Nestle has opened two production plants in South Africa. The facilities, based in the town of Babelegi in Gauteng province, will manufacture Milo and Cheerios breakfast cereals and Maggi noodles. This will be ...
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Dean Foods has announced plans to list part of the business that runs its soy and organics operations,including the Alpro brand. The US dairy giant will sell shares in up to 20%of The WhiteWave Foods Co.in an IPO in New York. WhiteWave ...
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Shareholders of New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra have voted in favour of implementing the firm's controversial Trading Among Farmers scheme. The resolution for the scheme received a 66.45%vote in support at Fonterra's Special Meeting ...
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Chinese dairy giant Mengniu has admitted the existence of safety irregularities at the plant of its ice cream supplier Tianfu Dairy,in response to a safety report which was posted online. Recently,a student from Xi'an university had ...