Russian meat producer Cherkizovo Group has started construction of a new $90m meat processing plant in the Moscow region. Expected to be the largest in the meat processing category in Europe once completed, the plant is located in Kashira ...
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Humane Farm Animal Care (HFAC) has announced that Korin Agropecuária will export Earth and Barrow frozen chicken pieces with the Certified Humane label to Hong Kong. The products will be exported to more than 80 PARKnSHOP ...
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Brazilian meat processor JBS has cancelled its plans to move some of its operations outside the country after a government agency BNDESPar vetoed a proposed reorganization. BNDESPar, Brazil's state development bank BNDES’ investment ...
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Loma Systems is exhibiting a range of metal detection, checkweighing and X-ray inspection systems at the All4Pack packaging exhibition in Paris, Germany. The company will focus on its compact X5c X-ray inspection system and CW3 ...
White Castle has introduced Turkey Sliders, featuring all-natural white meat Butterball turkey burgers, just in time for the holiday season. Highlighting the exclusive Holiday Menu are decadent sides with classic ingredients, including ...
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Frutarom has agreed to acquire 75% stake in savory solutions provider Piasa Group for approximately MXN405m ($20.5m) to foray into the Mexican market. Piasa is Frutarom’s first acquisition in Mexico, while being the fifth in the ...
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Paper packaging manufacturer Linpac, in collaboration with print partner Parkside Flexibles, has developed a variety of designs for its Rfresh Evolve rigid Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) trays to enhance shelf appeal. Manufactured from up to ...
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Denmark’s food processing firm Danish Crown is planning to setup a processing and retail product facility in Shanghai, China as part of its 2021 strategy. The company plans to invest about DKK300m ($43.9m) for the plant, which will ...
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St Merryn Foods, a subsidiary of The 2 Sisters Food Group, is mulling to shut down its retail packing operations at its Merthyr Tydfil meat processing site in the UK. The closure is expected to affect around 350 out of a total workforce ...
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US-based food processing technology firm Provisur Technologies has acquired select assets of AMFE and BFD Corporation for undisclosed sum. The acquisitions are aimed at expanding its meat separation portfolio. AMFE, based in the ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Winter, the 19th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov 7 and ends on Nov 21. Start of Winter is the first solar term of winter, which means ...
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Global packaging company Coveris has developed new packaging solutions, Nextrus boneless shrink bags. The Nextrus line is designed to allow for vacuum tightness with less packaging and is said to be eco-friendly alternative to current ...
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Ossid, powered by Pro Mach, will introduce the OTS-32 tray sealer, a rugged mid-range machine designed for markets that require a robust, affordable, and flexible solution for tray sealing, at the Pack Expo 2016 event scheduled to be held ...
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Adventurous new food brand, Outlanddish, is bringing its meat range to UK supermarket shelves this month. The Outlanddish range is the brainchild of Dundee-based entrepreneur Christian Nissen who made venison mainstream with the launch of ...
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Food prices in China edged down last week, on the back of cheaper vegetables and fish, with inflation running below the government target. The average price of 30 types of vegetable between Oct. 17 and 23 decreased 0.3 percent from a week ...
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