The French government has granted €15m in a bid to support the country’s poultry sector to overcome the effects of the abolition of the EU subsidies on the export of frozen chicken to third countries. The European Commission ...
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American establishment Simmons Foods has halted poultry processing operations at its plant in Delaware County, Jay, Oklahoma. The move comes in response to the inconsistent supply of hens to process and the subsequent underutilisation. ...
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Mosca Direct, a strapping systems supplier, has introduced two new machines into the UK market, which can be used in seafood applications. The new German manufactured side-seal strappers SoniXs MS-VA and SoniXs TRS-VA can be used in fish, ...
Tags: Mosca Direct, machines, Packaging
PURE Bioscience, a California-based developer of patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial, has submitted a Food Contact Notification (FCN) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to use silver dihydrogen ...
Tags: PURE Bioscience, raw poultry, Food
Canadian packaging products manufacturer Cascades has designed EVOK brand polystyrene foam food tray for poultry processing firm Exceldor. Designed for packaging meats, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, ...
Tags: packaging products, polystyrene foam food tray, Packaging
Producers looking to take advantage of the growing consumer demand for local foods but having difficulty in finding methods to process their poultry, rabbit and fish for retail sale may want to consider setting up their own processing ...
Tags: consumer demand, Mobile processing units, potential market
Although low temperature fuel cells powered by methanol or hydrogen have been well studied, existing low temperature fuel cell technologies cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system for ...
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Peco Foods, a US-based poultry processor, plans to establish a poultry plant in northeast Arkansas, with an investment of $165m. As part of the project, the company will develop a poultry processing plant, supporting hatchery and truck ...
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Battelle's unique software modeling program, PRIA, will soon be put to use in Australia to help manage the risk of salmonella and campylobacter outbreaks in poultry. Baiada Poultry is one of Australia's largest poultry companies, ...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended poultry processing at a Foster Farms plant in Livingston, CA, due to an infestation of cockroaches. Since then, some people have expressed confusion about why the agency closed the ...
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One of the largest Foster Farms plants in California was ordered to suspend poultry processing on Wednesday after U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors cited it for "egregious insanitary conditions." According to The Oregonian, the ...
Israel Chemicals (ICL) has signed an agreement to acquire Germany-based spice blends and food ingredients maker Hagesued Group, for an undisclosed amount. As part of acquisition, ICL will purchase Hagesued's existing business, modern ...
Tags: Spice Blends, Israel Chemicals
Adept Technology has announced packaging equipment and systems integrator Harpak-ULMA as a primary and secondary food packaging partner. According to Adept, Harpak-ULMA defines, configures, and delivers fully integrated solutions with the ...
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (Nasdaq:PPC) today announced several operational changes to improve efficiencies as part of its goal to generate approximately $200 million in savings in 2014. Effective January 24, 2014, Pilgrim's will expand ...
Tags: Pilgrims, Operational Streamlining
Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, is set to invest £35m to upgrade and enhance its poultry processing business in the UK. The three-year investment is a part of Cargill's strategy to focus the business on the retail sector ...