With a Labor Government elected in the State of Victoria over the weekend, the major supermarkets may be seeing opportunities to move into new business sectors, if Labor implements some of its election promises. Last week Victorian ...
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The gluten-free market in the US is estimated to reach sales of $8.8 billion in 2014 — an increase of 63 per cent between 2012 and 2014 — according to market research organisation Mintel. Mintel said that greater awareness of ...
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Brazil is set to recommence meat exports to Saudi Arabia and China by the end of this year, Brazil’s agriculture minister Neri Geller said. This announcement follows China's decision to remove its ban on Brazilian beef and speed up ...
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The Leicester-based company has been developing a solution to combat the very bacteria that has been at the heart of the current chicken packaging scare. The FSA said of the 70% of chicken, 18% of it was contaminated at the very highest ...
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Brazilian food company BRF, a producer of frozen foods under Sadia brand in the Middle East, has opened new $160m production plant in Kizad, Abu Dhabi. The plant will be capable of producing around 70 thousand tonnes of food products ...
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Australia’s King Island beef brand has received a farm-quality accreditation, boosting its chances of access to premium international markets. With this accreditation, the meat processing company JBS Australia has included the brand ...
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Need a recipe for the perfect Thanksgiving meal? Start your holiday meal off right with an ounce of fire prevention and add a pound of food safety. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), ...
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Philippines Government officials have seized 150kg of frozen meat products worth P20,000 ($444) from Quezon City. GMA News reported citing radio dzBB's James Agustin that the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) captured the meat from ...
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Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog has banned the import of meat and dairy products from eight Belarussian companies. The banned companies include Agrokombinat Skidelsky, Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Plant, Servolux Agro, ...
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Fairfax Media claims supermarket growth focus on ‘Junk’ food and cigarettes – confidential data leaked Fairfax Media’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Sunday Age over the weekend have published their analysis of ...
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Meat and greet: where Aussies buy their fresh meat Fresh meat is central to most Australians’ diets, with a growing proportion of us buying it in any given week. While this growth is evident among country and city residents, ...
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Brazil’s JBS buys Primo Smallgoods Australia’s largest meat processor, marketer and export JBS Australia has signed a $1.45 billion deal to acquire ham, bacon and smallgoods producer Primo Smallgoods. The brands of the Primo ...
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Australia’s snacking habits revealed, Nielsen Eating between meals is extremely widespread with 96 per cent of Australians saying they regularly consume snack foods, according to new research from global market research ...
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Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
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Minnesota based Ranchers Legacy Meat has recalled 1,200 pounds of ground beef products as they might be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, said US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The recalled ...
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