UK-based supermarket chain Morrisons has teamed up with its trading partner Global Pacific to acquire banana ripening site in Boston, Lincolnshire, from US-based Del Monte, a move which will create up to 80 new jobs. According to the ...
Researchers from the University of Canterbury (UC) are developing a new bio-film in a bid to address the problem of bio-fouling by milk proteins. The film can be used to coat stainless steel surfaces, which could save the food production ...
Tags: Dairy Industry, Bio-Film
United States agrochemicals firm Monsanto has terminated its plans to grow new types of genetically modified (GM) crops in the European Union over lack of prospects for cultivation in the region. The company said that it will drop all the ...
Tags: Monsanto, genetically modified
Rat meat passed off as lamb meat, dead pigs dumped in the Huangpu river, milk tainted with melamine and rice contaminated with cadmium – living in China, it sometimes seems like our food comes from the infamous factories of Upton ...
Tags: Domestic Firms, Food Safety
US-based food production and distribution company Del Monte is considering the sale of its canned food business as part of the plan to focus on pet food business. The canned food division manufactures canned vegetables, fruit cups and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Qatar-based Hassad Food, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500m in India for the production of rice, coffee, cardamom and ready-made foods. The proposed plans comes after the Hassad ...
Tags: Boost Food Production, Hassad Food
With suppliers of high grade components for conveying, the ultimate solution has been found where industries involved in pharmaceuticals, dairy manufacturing, bottling of beverages, bread manufacturing and others where manufacturing process ...
EXCLUSIVE – Ambitious plans for a unique £65m food production hub that would shorten food supply chains and create up to 2,500 jobs have been put into action by Oakland International The food park would comprise around ...
This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting
A new study has revealed that dietary exposure to phthalates that can leach from plastic packaging and mix with food is expected to result in metabolic and hormonal abnormalities in kids. The study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, ...
Food production and sales company Premia Foods has invested in a new cone ice cream packaging machine, which enables to double the speed of packaging of the ice creams marketed under the brand ‘Eriti Rammus’. According to the ...
May 2, 2013 - Hoping to meet the growing demand for sustainable lighting, Technology Foundation STW and Philips have taken the initiative to form the ‘Advanced Sustainable Lighting Solutions’ partnership. With eight recently ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED, Lighting
Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Good news for the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and other process industries. According to a recent survey conducted by the CHEM SHOW and Processing magazine, production and capital spending will increase this year, and next. The jointly ...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Belgium-based ingredients manufacturer Puratos have entered into a loan contract for €45m that will be used for Puratos European research and development program until 2015. Puratos is involved ...
Tags: Ingredient Research Program, Food