The Azerbaijani Technical Regulation and Standardisation Service has conducted check-ups of 47 food production facilities, as a part of its effort to ensure food safety in the country. The committee found that 32 sites were not complying ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific,a US based life sciences company,has introduced a range of machines for the Latin American market,which are designed to address weighing and product contamination issues in the food industry. The new machines ...
US-based Osprey has launched Activ-R, a product on the water bottle front for school students. Activ-R is made entirely from I'm Green Medium Density Polyethylene, which is said to be 100% biobased verified by ASTM D6866, which is derived ...
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Egypt-based Upper Egypt for Food Industries (UEFI) plans to invest EGP200m ($32.59m) to build two food production facilities in El Menia and Beni Suef governorates. The first plant, which will be built with an investment of EGP100m ...
A study conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's(CFIA)revealed that 94%of fruit spread samples tested did not contain undeclared sulphites. As part of the CFIA routine testing of various food products,about 48 fruit ...
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US Department of Agriculture(USDA)has announced that it will begin periodic testing of organic food in 2013,in order to ensure that producers are not using banned pesticides,genetically modified organisms and other substances. ...
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Pineland Farms Creamery,a dairy firm based in Maine,US,has announced that its natural cheese will be available at nearly 500 Kroger shops across the US. The product will be available in both Kroger Specialty Cheese shops and the Murray's ...
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Brazil plans to provide$96m loan facility to improve small-scale and rural farming in Ghana,in order to boost food production in the country,according to Brazilian Ambassador to Ghana,Irene Vida Gala. The loan facility will be used to ...
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UK-based food ingredients firm Tate&Lyle has announced the global launch of SODA-LO Salt Microspheres,a new salt reduction ingredient that is said to taste,label and function like salt. The company noted that by using SODA-LO,which has ...
Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to invest N200bn($1.25bn)in various projects,in order to boost food production in Nigeria. The plan was disclosed by the company's chairman George Coumantaros at its 52nd annual general meeting in Lagos. ...
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Siemens has decided to reorganize its activities in the water business. The company intends to focus in the future on automation and drive solutions for the control of water applications for municipalities and industry. The Business Unit ...
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Urban Barns Foods Inc. , which is specializing in "CUBIC FARMING" a revolutionary type of farming that dramatically increases yields of vegetables with radically diminished water consumption when compared to conventional farming, has signed ...
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The head of Deere & Company, the world's largest agricultural machinery manufacturer by revenue, says the US company is to invest further in China over the next few years, as the country strives to update and improve the agricultural sector ...
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Stainless steel cranes are a type of work station crane, a material handling machine designed to lift and lower, manipulate and maneuver materials. They are used to lift and move heavy items beyond the capacity of what the average human can ...
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BPF Director-General Peter Davis speaking yesterday at the Global Polymer Innovation Expo (GPIE) in Columbus, Ohio said the world has plentiful oil and gas reserves and global polyolefins capacity should be sufficient to meet demand growth ...
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