Packaging system manufacturer, Sealed Air will be launching its new vacuum packaging solution – Simple Steps? Gourmet Plates – at Melbourne's foodpro 2014, Australasia's largest food processing exhibition. Simple Steps? ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Stem cells could be future source for 'eco-friendly' meat, a study has found The scientific progress that has made it possible to dream of a future in which faulty organs could be regrown from stem cells also holds potential as an ethical ...
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The Australian food, beverage and grocery manufacturing industry has an annual turnover of approximately $111 billion, directly employs almost 300,000 people, with half of those in rural and regional areas, and generates $24 billion in ...
Tags: food, food packaging, Packaging
The weather's taken a major turn for the better since the slow, cool, wet start to the planting and growing season earlier this spring. But, there are still pockets -- like parts of Indiana -- where the weather's not been consistently ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybean Planting
The weather's taken a major turn for the better since the slow, cool, wet start to the planting and growing season earlier this spring. But, there are still pockets -- like parts of Indiana -- where the weather's not been consistently ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybean Planting
Food and drink researchers have found a new way to produce sparkling wine using magnetised yeast – a process that they said reduced the time taken to remove waste yeast from weeks to minutes. The research will be published in the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, wine
Australia and China to increase co-operation on mergers regulation The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) have signed a memorandum of understanding ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Business
Australian rice may have ancient DNA that will be vital to food security As well as displaying important similarities with domesticated rice, Australia's wild rice offers tremendous potential for global food security, according to one of ...
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Leaders in water, waste and energy solutions across food processing and agriculture, CST Waterwaste Solutions, will showcase the latest in wastewater and green energy technologies at foodpro 2014, Australasia's largest food processing ...
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The cheese maker and brand design consultancy had already worked together on Shepherd's Purse branding and packaging, and with Le Tour De France coming up, they decided on a limited edition cheese pack to celebrate. The company's flagship ...
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GODIVA Chocolatier, a manufacturer of premium chocolates and related products, has launched new Soft Serve in three flavors across the US. The new Soft Serve is served in a premium Belgian waffle cone dipped in dark or milk Belgian ...
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B&G Foods (BGS) announced today that it has completed a refinancing of its senior secured credit facility by terminating the facility and replacing it with a new senior secured credit facility, consisting of $300 million of tranche A term ...
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Private equity firm KKR, along with three other investors, has agreed to invest $270m for 70% stake in integrated pork company COFCO Meat, a unit of China's state-run COFCO Group. While KKR is the lead investor, paying $150m, other ...
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American retailer Meijer has broken ground on a $100m dairy production plant in Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, a move which will create 100 new jobs. Spread across an area of 173,000ft2, the new plant will include 105,000ft2 dairy ...
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US-based egg producer Quality Egg has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a fine of $6.8m for selling substandard eggs with false labeling and tainted products that resulted in nationwide outbreak of salmonella in 2010. Back then, the ...
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