Minerva, a Brazil-based producer of beef, has entered into an agreement with meat processor BRF to acquire latter's beef division Newco Diviso de Bovinos. Under the terms of the agreement, Minerva will acquire assets and slaughtering and ...
A batch of canned sliced beef from Romania was found to contain horse DNA, and it has been withdrawn from sale. The UK Food Standards Agency was informed by the Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) after a routine food testing in September ...
Tags: canned sliced beef, Horse Meat
Vienna Beef, a US-based hot dog, deli meats, condiments manufacturer, has selected the Deacom Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to streamline its manufacturing operations. The food manufacturer, which operates on legacy systems ...
Tags: Vienna Beef, ERP Software Solution
Maple Leaf Foods has completed the sale of Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas, for C$645m. Rothsay is a major rendering company in Canada and a producer of biodiesel with six rendering ...
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Reser’s Fine Foods, a Kansas-based company, is recalling about 22,800 pounds of chicken, ham and beef products, as they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and ...
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Soaring demand from China has trigged a surge of exports in Australia's Victoria state. As surging demand for Victorian grain, beef and lamb was registered in China, the value of the state's farm and food exports has hit a record high of ...
Tags: Fuels Demand, Grain, Beef
Photohydroionization, PHI for short, is a chemical-free, natural, green and environmentally-friendly advanced oxidation technology which utilizes broad spectrum ultraviolet light rays in conjunction with a catalytic target. PHI's UV ...
Tags: Meat Processors, RGF Environmental
Consumers are continually changing the way they view, interact with and discard packaging. Whether you're a manufacturer or a product marketer, you know how important it is to reflect the changing needs of the consumer in your products. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Consumer Packaging
In the first three quarters of 2013, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, stabilized the macro-economic policies, made innovation on the ...
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Woolworths, an Australian retailer, is recalling certain Macro Organic baby food puree varieties due to a packaging fault which has the potential to cause spoilage, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) announced. The products ...
Tags: Woolworths, Baby Food
Oberto Brands, a national leader in the meat snacks category, uveiled updates to its popular Oh Boy! Oberto All Natural Jerky line, marking the largest brand overhaul in the company's 95 year history. Spearheading the rebrand is a ...
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Oberto Brands, a US-based meat snacks firm, has revamped packaging of its popular Oh Boy! Oberto All Natural Jerky line, and unveiled a refreshed logo. The company has updated the jerky brand name and logo to exhibit a modern look and ...
Tags: Oberto Brands, Revamps Packaging
Cook Trading is recalling a batch of Cook 4 Portion Braised Beef in Brandy & Mushroom Sauce, as it is labeled incorrectly with beef bourguignon ingredient information, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The recalled product is Cook ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has reported a 41% drop in net earnings to $571m, for the first quarter of 2014 over stale performance in its global grain trading and processing business, affected by 2012 drought. Net sales for ...
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The DuPont BAX System has been certified by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested Method (PTM) for detecting Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) in beef trim and ground beef. "With this certification, our entire portfolio of ...
Tags: DuPont, Bax System, Pathogenic E.Coli