Wayne McNee, New Zealand Department of Primary Industry official said dicyandiamide fertilizer had been no longer used since last September. dairy products from New Zealand are unlikely to contain dicyandiamide residues and can be safe to ...
Tags: New Zealand, Dairy Products, Food Safety
The Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy-farmer cooperative that has been accused of conspiring with four other organizations to suppress milk prices paid to dairy farmers across 14 US states, has agreed to pay $158.6m to settle the ...
Tags: Dairy Farmers, milk price, Foods
Fonterra has launched a global search for a chief financial officer to replace Jonathan Mason, who plans to retire in the next six months. Commenting on the news, CEO Theo Spierings said that Mason had "strengthened" Fonterra's financial ...
Tags: dairy cooperative, CFO, Fonterra
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has settled a class action lawsuit accusing the cooperative of conspiring to control the raw milk market in the southeastern US. DFA will pay US$140m to the plaintiffs. An additional, refundable $9.3m per ...
Tags: DFA, raw milk market, class action lawsuit
US baby food producer Plum Organics has acquired London-based organic baby food firm Plum UK. The acquisition signals the start of international expansion for Plum Organics, it said today (24 January). It also positions the firm as a ...
Networking hardware giant Cisco is to acquire privately held network software provider Intucell for about $475m (£300m). Intucell, headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel, was founded in 2008 and provides self-optimising network (SON) ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a solar powered milk chilling center in Hanwella, Sri Lanka. The chilling facility features 32 solar panels with a 3.24 kW capacity and is expected to conserve about ...
Müller Wiseman is building a new butter plant in Shropshire that will create 100 jobs by the end of 2013. Müller Wiseman's new butter plant in Shropshire will create 100 jobs by the end of the year The dairy firm is ...
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Indian Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the marketer of the Amul brand of milk and dairy products, is set to open INR1.6bn ($29.7m) robotic dairy facility in Virar, Maharashtra, India. The Virar facility, which will ...
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Arla Foods Ingredients has introduced a protein solution which enables yogurt manufacturers to produce Greek-style yogurts on their existing plant with significantly reduced levels of wastage. Arla noted that its new range of Nutrilac ...
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened Sri Lanka's first solar powered milk chilling centre. The Hanwella-based facility, which officially opened this week, has been designed to conserve around 22,000 kW per year. The centre, which ...
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French dairy giant Danone has relaunched its Silhouette line of yoghurt, removing "hidden nasties" and adding a new Greek variant, Silhouette Greek. Aspartame, gelatine, artificial flavours and colours will be removed from the range, ...
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Costa Rica dairy firm Dos Pinos has acquired the milk and juice business of SABMiller's Panama subsidiary. SABMiller announced the sale of the business by Cervecería Nacional to La Cooperativa de Productores de Leche Dos Pinos for ...
Tags: Milk Business, SABMiller, milk, juice business
Earlier this month, local media reported that the demand of raw milk and dairy products would increase in 2013. Raw milk supply gap is expected to be 3-4 million tons. The output of raw milk in China was 38.5 million tons last year and ...
Tags: Raw Milk, Food, Supply Gap, dairy products
Thailand-based CP-Meiji announced that the company has been granted 'Carbon Footprint' label as the first dairy product manufacturer to have environmental guarantee on the products. CP-Meiji managing director Prasit Boonduangprasert said ...