Future food labelling and product safety laws could be scrapped if legal pressure from multinational companies increases as a result of clauses within the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Consumer advocacy group Choice has ...
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New data released shows the cartonboard industry must look east for growth, with Asia Pacific accounting for almost two thirds of demand for folding cartons by 2018, and liquid cartons by 2019. Diversification of consumption patterns, ...
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Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) will co-locate a packaging plant with the nutritional powders plant dairy company Murray Goulburn (MG) plans to build in Victoria. MG has forged long-term supply agreements with global paediatric nutrition ...
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NatureWorks and Metalvuoto have launched Ingeo Propylester, a new high barrier flexible film that can be used in food packaging. The new Ingeo-based flexible substrate can be used for longer shelf life foods that are packaged in flat, ...
Tags: NatureWorks, Metalvuoto, Film, Ingeo Propylester, Food packaging
Easter is now just around the corner. For readers still looking to purchase chocolate and confectionery Australian Food News has compiled the following amongst the 2016 Easter offerings. Bunnies out, Bilbies in this Easter Australian ...
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B&G Foods, Inc. has closed its public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock, which includes 600,000 shares issued pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $33.55 per share. After ...
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The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
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Early bird pricing is still available for FoodLegal’s “The Future is Here” April Symposium. To be hosted in Melbourne, the half-day morning event will include eight expert speakers and will cover the following topics: ...
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California-based frozen foods manufacturer Pegasus Foods has announced plan to expand its Rockwall food production plant in Texas with an investment of $10m. The expansion will include construction of an 80,000ft2 manufacturing ...
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Solazyme is focusing the company exclusively on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients, harnessing the power of its transformational algae innovation platform. The evolution leverages over a decade of R&D and product development on an ...
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Clover Stornetta Farms, a third-generation family owned and operated California dairy, is celebrating 100 years in the business of making delicious, nutritious, all-natural and organic dairy products. In celebration of its centennial ...
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Global Artichoke Company Cynara is introducing several types of preserved artichokes to the US market in a move that will create new culinary opportunities for professional and home chefs. The new products include Crowns, which are intend ...
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Nestle USA has recalled around three million boxes of DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products saying they might contain glass pieces. The company said that the source of glass could be spinach which was a common ...
ConAgra Foods’ Lamb Weston business has announced to invest $30m to expand operations at its facility in Boardman, Oregon. The expanded facility will enhance the processing capacity to make formed products such as hash brown ...
Tags: ConAgra, Lamb Weston, Potato, Investment
Artisola, a company based in Benicia, California, has launched the industry's first Non-GMO Project Verified line of refrigerated pastas and sauces. The new, handcrafted Artisola line offers home cooks an inspired assortment of great ...
Tags: Artisola, Non-GMO Project, Pastas