A new web page from the National Pig Association will show whether food retailers and processors have pledged to stop sourcing pork meat produced illegally in the European Union. Around 40% of pork products imported to the UK from ...
Tags: Pig sector, illegal pork, food retailers
Russia has threatened to ban imports of chilled meat from the US due to the presence of feed additive ractopamine, in the latest in a series of food safety complaints from the ex-Soviet power. Russia is considering a temporary ban on ...
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Russia plans to ban chilled beef, pork and poultry imports from Germany beginning 4 February over food safety concerns, according to Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko ...
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C & H Meat is recalling approximately 79,400 pounds of marinated pork and chicken products as they contain monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is not declared on the label, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and ...
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The United States and Thailand yesterday concluded a two-day meeting under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing to expand cooperation on bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues in order to increase trade and ...
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Olymel, a processor and distributor of pork and poultry products in Canada, has acquired the Canadian assets of hog producer Big Sky Farms for C$65.25m ($65.7m). Olymel noted that this acquisition is a strategic response to the challenge ...
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US-based food company Heinz is all set to launch new pouch format in a bid to innovate its infant food range. The pouches will be available in smooth texture for babies of 4+ months and in mashed texture for 7+ months babies. According to ...
Tags: infant food, Heinz, packaging
In the year of 2012, in face of the increasingly complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Central Party Committee and the State Council took scientific development ...
The annual show season can leave some of us longing for the relative comfort of the office. Based on his own experience – but also the invluable advice of others – Lewis Tyler gives some tips on how to survive the show with ...
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A new food processing facility is set to be opened in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, with an initial investment of PHP165m ($4m). The operation and management of the food facility will be handled by the National Tobacco Administration ...
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Heinz has expanded its baby food range with the launch of a Pouches line. Designed with a smooth texture for babies 4-plus months and a mashed texture for babies 7-plus months, the pouches have been developed to help mums wean their ...
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Japan's Itochu is eyeing a stronger foothold in China after agreeing to take a 33% stake in Canadian pork processing group HyLife. Itochu said late last week it has acquired a 33.4% stake in Manitoba-based HyLife for JPY5bn (US$56m). ...
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Dutch food group Vion has entered into a deal to sell its frozen vegetables, fruit and potato products firm Oerlemans Foods to fresh vegetables producer Baltussen Holding. The struggling meat processor, which this month finalised a deal ...
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In December, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.5 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.5 percent in cities and 2.5 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 4.2 percent, while the non-food prices ...
Tags: CPI, China, December 2012, National Bureau of Statistics of China
Nearly 350 jobs are under threat at Vion's Welsh Country Foods' lamb processing facility on the Island of Anglesey, after the manufacturer warned today (January 11) that it could be forced to close the business. The firm has launched a ...
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