The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eased restrictions on Canadian poultry imports as the industry is recovering from the recent bird flu outbreak. Imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario were banned in April after a ...
Tags: Poultry Imports, hatching eggs
Lifeway Foods has commenced production of probiotic fermented beverage kefir at its new plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The company acquired the former Golden Guernsey dairy plant in May 2013 to ramp up its manufacturing capacity. With ...
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) is considering divesting its stake in American tuna brand Chicken of the Sea, a move that could clear the way for its planned $1.5bn acquisition of Bumble Bee Foods. TUF CEO Thiraphong Chansiri was quoted ...
Tags: Frozen Products, Chicken
Egg and turkey prices in the US will surge more than expected this year as a result of the severe bird flu outbreak in the country. Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that over 48 million chickens and turkeys ...
Tags: poultry industry, chicken, Egg
NASA astronauts at the International Space Station became the first in the world to taste the first bite of lettuce grown in the microgravity environment of space. They cleaned the produce with citric acid-based, food safe sanitizing ...
Tags: fresh foods, tomatoes, blueberries
PKN spoke to Matilda's Frozen Fruit co-founder Ruth Gallace about transparency of on-pack information on the brand's soon-to-launch frozen berries range. The launch of frozen Australian-grown berries is now only weeks away, according to ...
Tags: Frozen Fruit, berries
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt has introduced Toasted Marshmallow frozen yogurt to its wide assortment of flavors. This new flavor will be featured in the more than 300 Orange Leaf locations from July 27 to August 30. Orange Leaf Frozen ...
Tags: Frozen Yogurt, Toasted Marshmallow
Refrigerated and frozen dairy food company Dannon has launched a new range of greek yogurts, under a partnership with Starbucks-owned Evolution Fresh. The new Evolution Fresh Fruit on the Bottom Greek Yogurts are available in different ...
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South African food firm RCL Foods will acquire 33.5% stake in poultry producer Hudani Manji Holdings (HMH) in a $4.66m deal as part of an agreement between both the companies. The acquisition will allow the company to make its entry into ...
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Plastics, latex and rubber firm Trinseo has received US Food and Drug Association’s (FDA) approval for considering several grades of its Magnum ABS resins as food contact compliant. The approval of Food Contact Substance ...
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Swiss food business Aryzta has acquired Irish-owned gourmet food products supplier La Rousse Foods. La Rousse Foods operates own butchery, cheese-maturing room and chocolate lab to cater to more than 1,300 corporate customers in Ireland. ...
Tags: food production, fresh food, seasonal food
Nestlé has opened a new $50m research & development (R&D) center in Solon, in the US state of Ohio. The new 144,000ft2 facility will focus on research in frozen and chilled foods. The Solon R&D center will also focus on ...
Tags: food production, frozen food, chilled food
The New Zealand Government has launched a new initiative to supply recycling bins at retail outlets to enable consumers to dump the used soft plastic bags for recycling. Initially put on a pilot mode at New World, PAK'nSAVE and The ...
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) is planning to raise close to $380m, which will fund its planned acquisition of Bumble Bee Seafoods. TUF will offer up to 795.3 million new shares to its existing shareholders at $0.4685 each, Reuters ...
Tags: food, Bumble Bee Seafoods
Consumer healthcare firm EM Pharma has deployed two TrakRap stretch wrapping packaging systems, capable of using 100% recyclable polymer film. The trays in the system, developed by secondary packaging firm TrakRap, deploy ReelVision ...