US Foods has opened a new distribution center in Flowood, in the US state of Mississippi which will serve over 4000 clients across Mississippi and Louisiana. The new 272,000ft2 facility houses a demonstration kitchen featuring culinary ...
American food and spice company Zatarain has opened its new manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gretna, in the US state of Louisiana. Spread over an area of around 80,000ft2, the $26m facility comprises 10 production lines and ...
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The Victorian government banned the sale of powdered alcohol with effect from 1 July 2015, and is urging other States to follow suit, in the wake of a new powdered-alcohol product ‘Palcohol’. The Victorian Minister for ...
Whole Foods Market is recalling cherry, blackberry and peach pies as they contain egg which is not mentioned on the packaging, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The products associated with the recall include whole pies, ...
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Rigid plastic container manufacturer Plastipak Packaging, an arm of Plastipak Holdings, will pump in $9m for raising output capacity at its manufacturing unit in Pineville, Louisiana, in the US. The company, which makes rigid plastic ...
The Dow Chemical Company and the Smithsonian Science Education Center announced today they will collaborate on The Dow Smithsonian Teacher Scholar Program. The program is designed to enhance teachers’ skills related to STEM (science, ...
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Louisiana Tech University's Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB) is probing noise safety standards of electric and hybrid cars to ascertain whether the sound is safe enough for pedestrians, including blinds. ...
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If farmers in the Corn Belt can get through the next 10 days or so, it should be time to plant corn like crazy. That's if the latest forecast for the region, one that shows lingering moisture is going to keep a lot of fieldwork and ...
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Georgia based Southeastern Mills has acquired the original Louisiana brand hot sauce and related assets from Bruce Foods in New Iberia. This new development will see the purchase of all of the brands and intellectual property related ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its approval of Enlist Duo herbicide for use in additional states. Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and North Dakota now join the ...
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Better weather has pushed planting progress forward in southern states, but corn planting is still well behind the 5-year average. In Mississippi only 4% of corn planting is completed compared to the 5-year average of 39%, according to ...
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Heavy rains in Southern states are keeping farmers out of fields and delaying corn planting. “I can sum up conditions in one word: wet,” says Matt Myers with Myers Agriculture Consulting in Clayton, Louisiana. “We ...
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BASF is raising prices for Formic Acid 85% by 40 EUR/mt (or 45 USD/mt) in Europe effective immediately or as existing contracts permit. Prices for Formic Acid 94% will be increased accordingly on a pro rata basis. Formic acid is a ...
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Former Coles boss, Ian McLeod has resigned from his position with Coles’ parent company Wesfarmers, accepting an offer to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Bi-Lo Holdings, one of the largest supermarket operators in the ...
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Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has announced that it has successfully produced first methanol from its new 1.0 million tonne plant in Geismar, Louisiana, in the US. ...
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