February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Australian-based dairy businesses have coped differently with 'difficult' market conditions Food and beverage company Lion has announced its Dairy and Drinks business experienced “significant ...
Tags: Bega, Lion Dairy, WCB, RTD
The packaging firm worked with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and North Lanarkshire Council to facilitate Viridor's £25m investment for the project. The 'next generation' facility will use recycling technology ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, recycling technology, reduce energy costs
Higher prices for construction materials and nonresidential construction will squeeze margins for construction companies despite an overall improving construction outlook, Associated General Contractors said. AGC’s analysis of ...
Tags: private-sector demand, improve market, materials cost increases
More than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the initial recall of beef products processed by central California’s Rancho Feeding Corporation, several questions remain unanswered regarding both the ongoing ...
Tags: beef, Marin Sun, Rancho Feeding Corporation, recall
Editor’s note: This article written by Christopher Peak originally appeared in the Point Reyes Light. Food Safety News does not endorse any individual food producer on cleanliness or safety. We also do not consider antibiotics or ...
Tags: Beef, Recall, BN Ranch, Rancho Feeding Corporation
It's never too early for you to start taking care of your heart. Studies show children who have good heart health practices are at lower your risk of developing cardiovascular diseases later in life. The first step, says Susan Haynes, ...
Tags: smoking, Heart-Healthy Lifestyle, Kid, Adolescent
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally identified some of the retailers who sold some of the 9 million pounds of beef recalled in California by Rancho Feeding Corporation late last week. Missing from the list are any retailers in ...
Tags: USDA, Retailers, Beef Recall, Food Safety
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) are developing quality control systems for unprocessed and processed food items using infrared technology. Funded by an Australian Research Council grant, the project is aimed ...
Tags: Infrared Technology, Food Quality
Cochlear implants are among the most successful hearing devices out there. They have been around for about 30 years and more than 220 000 people worldwide enjoy restored hearing because of them. But they require clunky hardware mounted onto ...
Tags: Hearing Device, MIT, piezoelectric sensor, MEMS
Cardboard is becoming a more commonly used material for furniture. It can range from self made student furniture to fully processed products available to buy. In my opinion these are some of the best cardboard furniture items out there. ...
Australia's Kupang Resources said Friday it was waiting for approval from the Indonesian government to begin exporting manganese ore from its West Timor project following a ban imposed last month on exports of ore containing less than 49% ...
Tags: Manganese Ore, Indonesian Project, Mineral
BASF is expanding its business in industrial coatings in the growth market of Africa. Since October 2013, the company has supplied coil coatings to Roofings Rolling Mills (RRM), located in Uganda. BASF and its technical service were also on ...
Tags: Coil Coatings, BASF
China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...
Tags: Curbing Demand, Tax Change
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, announced the availability of Infor Fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), the company's new application that helps link vital areas of ...
Tags: Fashion PLM, Textile
Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has closed the acquisition of Del Monte Foods' (DMF) Consumer Products business for $1.67bn. The acquired entity will now be renamed as Del Monte Foods (DMFI). The ...
Tags: Del Monte Pacific, US Food Unit