A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
Tags: baby formula, dairy products, milk powder
UK-based dairy products company Cow & Gate has announced the expansion of its baby food range with the launch of new 100% fruit pouches. The pouches are available in convenient, re-sealable packages and have been created using only baby ...
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The first thing customers see as they enter the basement of the Wal-Mart Qinghe store in Beijing is a mountain of imported milk cartons. Half a large stack of Euro-fit whole milk from Germany, selling at 9.9 yuan ($1.61) per box, is ...
Tags: Imported Milk, Dairy Products
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK, which provides a platform for the industry to profile and benchmark cartons as a renewable, recyclable and low carbon packaging choice, has welcomed the new Dairy Roadmap ...
Tags: Dairy Products, Food
BRF, a Brazil-based poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor, has inaugurated its R$58m ($25.67m) Innovation Center in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, as part of its strategy to double investments in research, development and innovation by ...
Abraaj Group, a Dubai-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Danish Fan Milk International from the Emborg family from Aalborg together with the private equity fund Maj Invest Equity and the management. Fan Milk International ...
Tags: Abraaj, Milk, Agriculture&Food
The Senate is expected to vote next week on an immigration bill, and it is likely to pass after one last fight to give U.S. workers hiring preference over foreigners with H-1B visas. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Sherrod Brown ...
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About a third of the country's baby formula businesses will be axed, in what experts are calling a major consolidation of the industry. The government has been trying to revive the industry since the 2008 melamine scandal, but consumer ...
Tags: Baby Formula, milk powder
China Mengniu Dairy is set to purchase a 75.3% stake in Yashili International for $1.6bn from its controlling shareholders, Zhang International Investment and CA Dairy Holdings. Yashili is currently one of the largest domestic pediatric ...
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China Mengniu Dairy has agreed to acquire 75.3% stake in infant formula manufacturer Yashili, from chairman Zhang Lidian's family and Carlyle Group, for HK$12.5bn ($1.6bn). As part of this transaction, Yashili's controlling shareholders, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Marseille-based Tecsor develops and sells machinery for making and filling PET containers for liquid and paste-like foodstuffs. Set up in 2005, the company generated sales of roughly €2m in 2012. Tecsor employs 14 associates. The ...
Yogurt company Commonwealth Dairy has completed a $12m expansion project that commenced in November 2012. The expansion includes addition of about 23,000ft2 in new facilities as well as new machinery at its Brattleboro plant in the US, ...
US-based Byrne Dairy plans to expand its Ultra Dairy facility in DeWitt, Michigan with an investment of $32m, a move which will create 50 new jobs. The expansion includes addition of 100,000ft2 space and installation of new equipment in ...
In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.2 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 percent. ...
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US-based c Food Safety has achieved NF Validation certification cfor E.coli O157 including H7. The Molecular Detection Assay for E.coli O157 is capable of detecting the bacteria in raw beef, fruit, vegetable and dairy products. The ...
Tags: 3M Food Safety, Food