The Center for Disease Prevention (CDC), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have issued a warning to food companies to be more proactive in preventing food-borne diseases after a new data shows ...
Tags: Food-Borne Diseases, Food Industry
“The machine vision industry in Germany will grow in 2014 by at least 10% minimum and overall industry turnover will exceed its sales forecast of about €1.8 billion by the end of this year,” stated Dr. Olaf Munkelt, ...
Tags: machine vision industry, Intelligent traffic systems, growth
British Virgin Islands-based packaged food company Nomad Foods has completed the acquisition of frozen food brand Findus Sverige AB for £500m from LionGem Sweden 1 AB. The acquisition includes Findus' European businesses in ...
Tags: Nomad Foods, frozen food, Findus
Tianjin and Beijing may be separated by a mere 30 minutes of rail, but the two cities have definitely maintained their own unique flavors of culture, dialect, and cuisine. Chopsticks & Beyond took to Tianjin last Friday, where the cooking ...
Tags: food industry, chefs, contestants
Self-made school canteen certification logos on food and beverage packaging are misleading parents, according to consumer advocacy organisation, Choice. Products such as Paddle Pops, Tiny Teddies and Shapes are displaying “school ...
Tags: Food Industry, packaging
Ecolean is expanding its footprint to Japan in a bid to cater to the increasing demand for lightweight and convenient packaging solutions with low environmental impact. As part of the expansion, the company opened a new office in the ...
Tags: Ecolean, convenient packaging
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
Tags: Wilkins Group, LEED certification
The national teleconference on foreign trade was held in Beijing on February 26, 2015. Vice Premier Wang Yang attended and addressed the meeting. Also attending and addressing the meeting was Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng. Gao said ...
Tags: high value-added products, corn processing products, textiles
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has this week been finalised after negotiations began in 2010. The TPP centers on a free trade zone between 12 countries located around the Pacific rim including Australia, the US, New Zealand, ...
Finnish food company Raisio Group is planning to streamline operations and cut down costs in the UK in view of the present operating environment, market conditions as well as changing consumer demands. The company's UK unit manufactures ...
Tags: Raisio, snack, breakfast cereals
Israel-based sodium reduction solution provider Salt of the Earth has presented its Umamix salt reduction solution across a variety of food and liquid applications. Umamix is a salt reduction ingredient that claims to lower sodium levels ...
Tags: Umamix salt, sauces
British Safety Council has introduced new food safety qualifications for food manufacturers, caterers and retailers to ensure that they maintain food standards. The new regulated food safety qualifications are brought into effect to ...
Tags: food safety, catering businesses
UK-based food company Petrow Food Group has opened an 80,000ft2 factory and warehouse facility in Haverhill, Sufflok. The company has invested more than £4m to build the facility in a 7.2 acre site which was originally built for ...
Tags: Petrow Food Group, nut products, dried fruit, coconut
Anuga in Cologne from 10 to 14 October 2015 records an excellent number of registrations for all 10 trade fairs. A few months before it begins, the world's biggest and most important business platform for the international food ...
Tags: Footprints
From Jan. to Dec. 2014, total exports of China Agriculture & Food industry was 69.37 billion US dollars, the highest was fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, export value was 14.08 billion US dollars, increased 12.4% ...
Tags: Crustaceans, Edible Vegetables, Edible Fruit, Nuts