First Milk has agreed to sell its Manchester-based CNP Professional business to The Protein Partners. The company took the decision after a full strategy review. First Milk said the move will allow it to focus more on its core product ...
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Synutra International, which owns subsidiaries in China that produce, distribute and sell nutritional products for infants, children and adults, has opened a new operating facility in Carhaix, France. Synutra has received all required ...
The European Union is set to provide an emergency aid of €500m to compensate for falling milk and meat prices, as thousands of protesting farmers blocked the streets near the EU neighbourhood in Brussels. The Commission is set to ...
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The European Commission will extend the safety net measures for dairy, fruit and vegetables sectors into 2016, in order to support farmers most affected by the Russian ban. The measures for fruit and vegetables, including peaches and ...
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The European Commission will extend safety net measures for the dairy, fruit and vegetables sectors till next year to support farmers most affected by the Russian ban. The ban by Russia on agricultural imports including fruit, vegetables, ...
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Global dairy product prices fell again at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction, due to a seasonal lift in New Zealand supply and the recent Russian sanctions on European Union dairy exports. Prices are now 42.2% as against the ...
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Rigid packaging manufacturer Coveris Rigid (Mansfield) UK has developed a completely recyclable thin wall in-mould labelled packaging for the products of First Milk. The new packaging is meant for First Milk's new, low fat Lake District ...
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First Milk's partnership with cheese supplier Adams Foods could create up to 100 new jobs and would represent at least an extra 50,000t of first-year sales for Adams Foods. Kerrygold is one of Adams Foods brands Adams Foods ceo Ian Toal ...
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The Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (MilkFed), the marketer of the Verka brand of dairy products, is set to establish four milk processing facilities in Punjab, India, with an investment of INR10bn ($179.5m). ...
London-listed Ukrainian dairy firm Ukrproduct said it is expecting an "encouraging" improvement in performance year-on-year when it releases its full-year earnings figures in April. The company said today (31 January) it expects sales and ...
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London-listed Ukrainian dairy firm Ukrproduct has forecast "improved" half-year profits. Ukrproduct said lower prices for raw milk, higher sales of cheese and the decision to start selling traditional fermented beverage kvass helped the ...
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The government of India has eased the export ban on milk products, especially on milk powder and dairy whitener, due to the surplus availability of milk powder in the country. The ban was imposed earlier in February 2011. The ban included ...
Multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to close its century-old Cororooke facility,near Colac in south-west Victoria,Australia,by June 2013 as it is too expensive to be upgraded. The closure will be carried out in a phased manner ...
Tags: upgrade, closure, phased manner, jobs
UK-listed Ukrainian dairy firm Ukrproduct reported higher first-half profits thanks to its branded products and its production of fermented beverage kvass. Net profit more than doubled to GBP636,000 (US$1m) in the six months to the end of ...
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