Packaging company International Paper's US corrugated packaging container plants servicing food product customers will soon become Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified. The certification will be measured against the ...
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Canadian food safety organisation Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) has received a $549,278 funding from Harper Government to purchase new equipment to expand and modernise its testing efficiency. This new financial support will help PDS ...
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As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
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Turkey products manufacturer Butterball has acquired a processing facility in Raeford, North Carolina, in a move to cater to increasing demand for Butterball turkey products. The facility, which is spread over an area of around ...
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Canadian establishment Sunrise Poultry Processors is recalling around 2,705 pounds of poultry products as they were imported without the benefit of full inspection, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety ...
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Canada’s Zinetti Foods has installed Mettler-Toledo Safeline’s new X33 x-ray inspection system to ensure food safety. This next-generation X33 features a new 20-watt x-ray generator compared to the 100-watt generator on ...
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Capitala Finance has recently invested $20m, with warrant participation, in Tender Greens Holdings, a grower, packer, and shipper of niche tender leaf salad greens to markets throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Headquartered ...
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US President Barack Obama has proposed the establishment of a single food safety agency that will consolidate the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety Inspection Service, and other related agencies. Proposed ...
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The Ministers who met last Friday at the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation have said they are “extremely concerned” about consumption of unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk that is sold as ...
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Norway recorded its first ever case of mad cow disease, but at the same time allayed public fears saying the incident was isolated and it is still safe to consume beef and drink milk. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority says that tests ...
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Scientists from IBM Research and Mars established the “Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain,” a collaborative food safety platform that will leverage advances in genomics to better understand and improve food safety. ...
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3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
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Seattle-based Darigold will shut its last milk processing plant in Medford on February 28, leading to 29 jobs at risk. Handling of waste water has become a problem at the ageing plant, reports Capital Press. Seattle based Darigold noted ...
American meat processor Tyson Foods is planning to invest around $110m in the expansion of its poultry plant in Vienna, Georgia. This investment is expected to create 500 jobs in the region. Commenting on the expansion, Georgia ...
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