Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Puratone, a leading hog production company in Canada, for C$42m ($42m). The acquisition includes livestock, facilities and interests in some joint ventures. The deal is expected to ...
US-based ingredient firm Z Trim has announced that the FDA has approved the labeling of Z Trim products in meat applications.With this decision,the FDA has cleared the use of Z Trim ingredients in ground,emulsified,and processed meats and ...
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Meat connoisseurs in China had shown more liking for fresh meat(counter)compared to other meat types,according to a new analysis by a UK-based research firm Canadean–Food. The report,'Consumer Trends in the Meat Market in ...
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American food company Kraft Foods has announced that its board of directors have approved the spin-off of its North American grocery business. The spin-off is scheduled to be completed on 1 October 2012. The split will result in the ...
Mirepoix USA, a leading manufacturer of gourmet foods and traditional French foods, has announced the availability of white truffle mushrooms in Italy. The company noted that white truffles usually become available in early October and ...
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Columbus Foods, a US-based producer of specialty meats, has launched Farm to Fork Naturals line, which features minimally processed, pre-sliced meats. The Farm to Fork Naturals line has been introduced with three deli meat and four salame ...
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Columbus Foods, a US-based producer of specialty meats, has introduced molded Hot Sopressata salame to its deli selection. Columbus Foods noted that Columbus' molded Hot Sopresata, which is naturally aged for 50 days, is coarsely ...
Canada-based Vantage Foods is all set to establish a new meat packaging facility in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, US. The facility, which is expected to start-up in fall 2013, will centrally process retail-ready fresh meats for the Giant ...
US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
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Cranswick has applied for a second licence to supply British pork to the US market. Pork ribs have a higher price point in the US Last year the company secured United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)accreditation for its pork ...
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Sri Lanka's Keells Food Products is planning to buy meat processing firm D&W Foods for LKR700m ($5.24m) and upgrade manufacturing facilities. The acquisition includes D&W Foods' production facility at Makundara Industrial Estate West, ...
Specialty food firm The Chefs'Warehouse has acquired Michael's Finer Meats,a supplier of meat and seafood for$54.3m,as a part of its strategy to expand into Midwestern US. Michael's Finer Meats,based in Ohio,US,supplies a range of custom ...
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Located in a canyon with a depth of 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) and surrounded by the Tibetan Plateau in the north, the Gaoligong Mountain in the east, and the Dandanglika Mountain in the west, the inhabitated area of the Dulong ethnic ...
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Population and Distribution: The Salar ethnic minority mainly inhabits the Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of Qinghai Province. However, the Salar can also be found in the Gansu Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According ...
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Soloway Hot Dog Factory of Canada is voluntarily recalling certain halal beef hot dogs as the product contains mustard that is not mentioned on the label,according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA). The product being recalled ...