US President Barack Obama has proposed the establishment of a single food safety agency that will consolidate the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety Inspection Service, and other related agencies. Proposed ...
Tags: Food Safety, FDA
Australian vegetable canning business Edgell has launched limited edition packaging for some of its most popular products, which features an Australian flag. Edgell, which is a subsidiary of food manufacturer Simplot Australia, said the ...
Tags: vegetable, Agriculture
Bord Bia today launched its Export Performance and Prospects Report which reflects a 4% increase in exports for 2014 to reach a record high of almost €10.5bn. Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive, Bord Bia outlined the background to the ...
Tags: milk, drink industry, Agriculture
Australia’s green-and-gold kangaroo, the Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo, has become a registered certification trade mark in Singapore. Every year for the past three years the logo has made its mark in another Asian ...
Frozen seafood company High Liner Foods will halt operations at its leased manufacturing facility in Malden, Massachusetts, in the second quarter of 2015. The move is in line with the company's strategy to reduce excess capacity across ...
Tags: Frozen seafood, Agriculture
A new fish wrap, known as Sira-Flex Sea-Fresh Fish Wrap, has been added to Sirane’s range of seafood packaging solutions. Sira-Flex Sea-Fresh Fish Wraps is ideal for protecting large fish loins and whole fish during transportation ...
Tags: fish oils, fish loins, seafood, Agriculture
Nestlé Spain has agreed to divest its La Cocinera frozen ready to eat meals business to British frozen food and seafood supplier Findus Spain for an undisclosed amount. The company has signed an agreement to this effect which is ...
Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Amidst restricting food imports from various European countries, Russia is set to import food from Iran, starting January 2015. Citing Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor representative Alexey Alexeyenko, Russian news agency ...
Tags: fish, seafood, vegetables, fruits, Agriculture
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has agreed to acquire Bumble Bee Seafoods from pan-Atlantic private equity firm Lion Capital for $1.51bn. An agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Bumble Bee Foods has been reached by TUF. Bumble ...
Tags: Seafoods, Agriculture
Thai Union Frozen Products, along with the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, opened its first Global Innovation Incubator (GII) for Thai Union group. The move forms a part of the company's strategy to grow its business and develop ...
Tags: Frozen Products, Seafood
Prices have risen to about $115 per kilogram in some retail outlets, making the average cray between $75 and $85, according to reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This is an increase of around $30 per kilo on last ...
Ardagh has given Norwegian seafood company, King Oscar a very merry Christmas. First, the standout can’s King Oscar Easy Peel lid won Silver in Ends, Caps & Closures at the Canmaker Summit in Hong Kong. Then, the piece de ...
US-based frozen fish and seafood processor High Liner Foods has opened new facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The 38,000ft2 facility, which is the company's new headquarters, features advanced communications technology, culinary ...
Tags: frozen fish, seafood, Agriculture
Linpac calls the UK home. But it has had a manufacturing site in Bunbury, Perth since 2013 and in 2015 it will have a new one in Melbourne. With a site on both the east and west sides of Australia, Linpac intends to supply the latest design ...
Tags: manufacturing site, technology, Packaging