However, Co-op Food posted a fall in operating profits – from £119m to £117.4m. The division also reported a 0.4% in total sales to £3.6bn in the first half to 6 July. Like-for-like sales fell 1.1%. In the first ...
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has found that Fonterra’s whey protein concentrate ingredient and the products made using it, including infant formula, were free from Clostridium botulinum. MPI has carried ...
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At One Angel Square, Manchester, stands the landmark building that houses the Co-operative Group’s new headquarters. Striking in its architecture, it is an expression of the Co-op’s values and commitment to the environment: it ...
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Fonterra has temporarily suspended its consumer operations in Sri Lanka after it faced allegations that some of its milk products were contaminated. The protests comes after claims by the Sri Lankan authorities that some of Fonterra's ...
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India-based private cReliance Life is looking to ink a bancassurance pact to distribute its array of insurance products and services in the country as well as offer a minority 5%stake in the company. The underwriter is seeking a suitable ...
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Lloyds Banking Group is looking for 30 IT apprentices to take up specialist roles that it says cannot be filled by graduates. The group, which is the parent company of high street bank Lloyds TSB, is looking for school leavers with a ...
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Dairy giant Fonterra has temporarily closed its operations in Sri Lanka, including its plants and office, due to the unstable situation in the country. This move of the company is to protect its people and farmer shareholders' assets from ...
Rare Consulting, a division of infrastructure consultancy pitt&sherry, is working with the NSW government's Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) agency to build an evidence bank demonstrating the performance of environmental technologies. ...
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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) of New Zealand has announced that it has revoked export certificates for four consignments of lactoferrin manufactured by Westland Milk Products after it found high levels of nitrate in the product. ...
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Upstate Niagara Cooperative, a US-based dairy co-operative with 360 family-owned dairy farms, has chosen JunctionFB and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 software of Junction Solutions to support its growth and improve operational efficiency. ...
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The New Zealand government will conduct a top level inquiry into how Fonterra’s whey product, which was potentially contaminated with botulism causing bacteria, was distributed globally. Prime Minister John Key said that Fonterra's ...
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China, Vietnam and Russia have imposed an import ban on milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand-based Fonterra after the dairy co-operative warned that a batch of whey powder produced in 2012 may be contaminated with bacteria that ...
The state government of the Indian state of Kerala plans to establish two dairy plants with an investment of INR800m ($13.42m). This announcement was made by the Minister of Rural Development KC Joseph at the opening of a new ice cream ...
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Westland Milk Products, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has entered into infant formula market in China with the launch of its Westpro Nutrition infant nutrition range in Shanghai. The move forms part of the company's strategy to ...
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Devondale/Murray Goulburn (MG), an Australia-based farmer-owned dairy co-operative, is seeking milk supplies from the dairy farmers in the NSW-Sydney market region from 1 October 2013. The co-operative asked dairy farmers to submit their ...
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