British Safety Council has introduced new food safety qualifications for food manufacturers, caterers and retailers to ensure that they maintain food standards. The new regulated food safety qualifications are brought into effect to ...
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Cargill has entered into an agreement with Altor Fund III and Bain Capital Europe III in order to acquire EWOS, a global leader in salmon nutrition for 1.35 Euro bn. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected ...
SVZ, fruit and vegetable ingredient supplier has announced that its puree concentrate processing activity in Karczmiska will close on 31 December 2015. A review of the company's operational footprint determined that centralising the ...
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Kellogg India is planning to establish a new R&D facility at Taloja, near Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra. The move is in line with the company's strategy to increase its contribution to parent Kellogg's Asia-Pacific revenues from the ...
US-based food company Beyond Meat has made a plant-based sausage pizza, under a partnership with Daiya Foods. The new Supreme Pizza is made with Beyond Meat's gourmet meatless sausage made out of pea protein and Daiya's dairy-free ...
Chilean food processing company Lake Blue Spa will employ EnWave's Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) dehydration technology to produce dried cheese products in the country. The companies have signed a royalty-bearing commercial license ...
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Canned vegetable products manufacturer McCall Farms is planning to open a new production facility in Effingham, South Carolina. When operational this month, the facility will expand the company's existing Florence County operations, while ...
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set 12,000 standards for food additives and ingredients, in a move to ease food products approval process in the country. The move, which follows the recent Maggi food scare, ...
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Mexico-based producer and processor of poultry and other food products Industrias Bachoco will acquire the breeding assets in the State of Georgia of Morris Hatchery, a US company. In 2013, Bachoco acquired the breeding assets in the ...
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Renaissance BioScience, a subsidiary of Renaissance Ingredients, has filed a provisional application for patent of its non-GMO acrylamide-reducing (AR) baker’s yeast. The move follows over 20 years of company's research in the ...
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American food and spice company Zatarain has opened its new manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gretna, in the US state of Louisiana. Spread over an area of around 80,000ft2, the $26m facility comprises 10 production lines and ...
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PureCircle has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new range of stevia ingredients at the 2015 Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting & Food Expo. The PureCircle Matrix Solutions include new stevia ingredient ...
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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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Researchers have showcased their solutions for easier detection of salmonella in food, as part of the US Food and Drug Administration's first Food Safety Challenge. The winning solution will get cash reward of $400,000. The Purdue ...
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McCain Foods is planning to invest $10m in the expansion of its Smithton potato processing plant in Tasmania, Australia. Work under the expansion includes the installation of a new $1.6m packing line at the facility, which produces french ...
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