Newcastle University in the UK has opened a new sensory testing facility, which will be used to improve the quality, taste and texture of food for consumers. The £700,000 NU-Food facility will build on the University's expertise in ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is requesting a budget of $4.7bn in 2014, which includes about $295.8m to strengthen food safety. The agency noted that the user fees would fund 94% of the proposed budget ...
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Cranswick’s new venture with premium pastry product manufacturer Yorkshire Baker will start food production next month. The Cranswick Gourmet Pastry Company is expected to create 130 jobs The new business will see the creation ...
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Twin City Foods, a US-based food processing company, is set to expand its plant in the city of Pasco, Washington. As part of the 32,000ft2 expansion, the company will add a general warehouse for storage of packing materials, parts storage ...
The new 300,000 sq ft Diamond Pet Foods facility in Ripon, CA went online in May 2012 with more than 500 high efficiency, Class II Div 2 LED fixtures by Dialight, provider of industrial and hazardous location LED lighting. Through combined ...
A new food processing facility is set to be opened in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, with an initial investment of PHP165m ($4m). The operation and management of the food facility will be handled by the National Tobacco Administration ...
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Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk by ending one of its distribution contracts with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel. Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk The global logistics firm employs the 420 workers on lease to Waitrose at its centre ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has shuttered Sunland Inc.'s New Mexico plant after peanut butter made by the company was linked to an outbreak of Salmonella that sickened 41 people in 20 states. The FDA suspended Sunland's food ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration has reinstated the food facility registration of Sunland, the peanut products manufacturer linked to an outbreak of salmonella last year. The FDA had suspended the operations of Sunland, the New Mexico ...
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Global dairy and food giant Danone is to expand its baby food manufacturing facility in Wexford. Danone has secured EUR20m (US$25m) in funding from Enterprise Ireland for the investment, which is expected to create around 45 jobs. The ...
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Sunflower seed processing company SunGold Foods is set to open a snack manufacturing facility in Lubbock, Texas, US. The facility, expected to create more than 100 new jobs over the next five years, will buy sunflower seeds from local ...
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US food company Sugar Creek Packing plans to invest $28.5m to expand and upgrade a 77,000ft2 plant in Cambridge City, Indiana, which was formerly owned by Really Cool Foods. The plant, located in Indiana Gateway Industrial Park, Wayne ...
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Al Kabeer, a Dubai-based manufacturer of frozen foods, has plans to open a frozen food facility in Saudi Arabia with an investment of SAR50m ($13.3m). The plant will be based in Jeddah and will have a capacity to produce 2,000 tonnes of ...
White Oak Frozen Foods, a subsidiary of Cascade Specialities, plans to set up a new frozen food facility in Merced, California for an undisclosed amount. The new 70,000ft2 facility is expected to create 120 new job opportunities and buy ...
Dr.Schar USA has opened a$15m gluten-free food manufacturing facility in the US.The new site marks the company's first facility in the US. According to the company,the new facility expands its reach to the growing celiac and gluten-free ...
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