Canada-based Guelph Food Technology Center has merged with US-based certification services provider NSF International. GFTC stated that the move will benefit its customers from NSF food safety training, auditing and certification services ...
Tags: Food Technology, food safety, food
Panda Express, a US-based fast casual restaurant chain, has introduced Tangy Jumbo Shrimp, a new entree just in time for the Chinese New Year. The new Tangy Jumbo Shrimp is features extra-large shrimp, sugar peas and sweet red bell ...
With the introduction of its new Alkaline Saline Peptone Water (ISO), microbiology company Lab M now provides a complete media offering for the enrichment and detection of Vibrio spp. from food and water samples. Naturally present in warm ...
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Robert Mann Packaging (RMP) has announced the acquisition of the US-based Cypress Packaging & Supply, a supplier of corrugated packaging and allied items to the California central coast area. Corrugated carton and cardboard box ...
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Global Green USA released a video detailing the promising results of the 2012 pilots to test recyclable produce boxes that are designed to withstand wet cooling processes. For the pilots, Global Green USA teamed up with members of their ...
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Verlasso, a provider of harmoniously raised fish, is set to unveil Verlasso Smoked Salmon during the 2013 Fancy Food Show, to be held from 20 to 22 January in San Francisco. The new product will be available to retail and food industry ...
Tags: Verlasso, fish, Smoked Salmon, San Francisco
Findus Group has announced that Unilever's chairman for Italy, James Hill, will become its new CEO. Hill will take up the role at Findus on 1 April, the company said today (17 January). At Findus, Hill will be asked to use his experience ...
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Facebook today took the wraps off a new search tool that could be a game changer for social networking, according to one analyst. Basically, Facebook is unleashing the collective knowledge and opinions of its one billion users around the ...
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High Liner Foods,a prepared frozen seafood products manufacturer in North America,has announced the addition of two new products to its Viking Natural Tilapia range in the US. The new products are Basil Pesto Tilapia and Baja Seasoned ...
Tags: High Liner Foods, two new Viking Natural Tilapia varieties
The number of eco-labels in the food industry is expected to continue to proliferate in 2013. More than 200 seals and logos represent some ecological, ethical, ingredient or sustainability attributes in the global food industry. Organic ...
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Kraft Foods Group has unveiled plans to launch more than 40 new products, marking the first swathe of NPD since the group separated from Mondelez International and became an independent publicly traded group last October. The company ...
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1. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
Tags: Focus Vision, Culture, China, Customs
In the final week before the Christmas and New Year break, just-food published its review of the year, which included lists of our most-read content and featured an in-depth look at the M&A, retail trends, sustainability initiatives and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
US-based True Taste is recalling seafood products as they may have the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum,a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. The products being recalled are vacuum packaged ...
Tags: seafood products, True Taste, Hot Smoked Products, Clostridium botulinum
Norwegian seafood group Marine Harvest is to make a bid to buy 100% of salmon processor Morpol. Marine Harvest today (17 December) announced it had struck a deal to acquire 48.5% of Morpol for NOK937.6m (US$167m) and said it would launch ...
Tags: Marine Harvest, Salmon Firm Morpol, Norwegian seafood group, Food