US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
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China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ordered Hunan AVA Dairy to halt the production of infant formula products, as they were found to contain the carcinogen aflatoxin. AQSIQ ...
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New Zealand-based dairy company A2 has appointed an in-market Chinese distribution partner as a part of its strategy to launch its a2 brand milk powders in China. In April 2012,the company entered into a strategic agreement with New ...
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New Zealand-based milk company A2 has opened a new processing facility at Smeaton Grange,New South Wales,to cater to the increasing demand for its a2tm brand milk products in the region. The new facility will have the capacity of ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Pfizer Nutrition,a global infant nutrition business,from Pfizer Inc by NestléS.A,after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking.See ...
A2 Corporation (A2C) has appointed China State Farm Holding Shanghai Company (CSF) as the exclusive distributor of brand infant formula in the Peoples Republic of China. CSF is a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Agriculture ...
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Nestlé is extending its Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Konolfingen, as part of its commitment to increase its research and development (R&D) capabilities in Switzerland. Earlier this year, the company opened a Clinical ...
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The Nestlé Group has reported 11% increase in total sales to CHF67.6bn ($73.1bn) for the first nine months of 2012. Zone Americas has reported CHF20.9bn ($22.6bn) sales. In North America, both soluble coffee and coffee creamers: ...
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LycoRed, an Israel-based supplier to dietary supplement and functional food & beverage industries, has announced that its new premix plant in Changzhou, China is fully approved. The new plant will manufacture processors for infant ...
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Gerber Products, an operating unit of Nestle group, has introduced Gerber Good Start Soothe formula with probiotic L reuteri. The formula is designed to reduce excessive crying and colic in healthy infants. The Soothe variety contains ...
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Tritent Int'l Agriculture (TRIAGRA), a Pennsylvania-based company registered to conduct business in the states of Iowa and Illinois, has started the construction of an infant formula plant in Cascade, Iowa. TRIAGRA president Nathaniel ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it would not oppose Nestlé's $11.85bn deal to acquire Pfizer's infant nutrition business. However, the commission asked Nestlé to license its brand ...
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The Hong Kong government has issued a ban on the advertising on infant formula associated with kids aged between 6 months to 3 years. This move is aimed at ensuring adequate nutrition for infants and young children aged 36 months or ...
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Tritent Int'l Agriculture,a company based in Pennsylvania,US,has initiated the construction of an infant formula plant in Cascade,Iowa. The 20,000ft2 plant will have a daily milk processing capacity of 100 tons and will source milk from ...
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The Malaysian Health Ministry is amending the existing food regulations to include recommended minimum and maximum iodine levels in infant formula. Health Ministry Food Safety and Quality senior director for Noraini Othman said the ...