US packaged foods firm ConAgra is subject to a lawsuit which claims that hot dogs and other products sold under the company's Hebrew National brand are not kosher. The lawsuit was filed by Minneapolis-based law firm Blackwell Burke on ...
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The Hillshire Brands, formerly Sara Lee, has completed the separation of its international coffee & tea business - DE Master Blenders 1753. Hillshire Brands, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HSH, focuses on ...
US food company Hillshire Brands plans to focus on core brands, pursue acquisitions, and introduce new products, in order to achieve profitable growth over the next three years. The company outlined its strategic growth plans at a ...
UK-based Rosemary Conley has launched six low-fat cooking sauces,which will be an addition to its healthy low-fat food range. The new cooking sauces will be available in various flavors,such as Thai Red,Piri Piri,Tomato&Basil,Tikka ...
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The Azerbaijani Technical Regulation and Standardisation Service has conducted check-ups of 47 food production facilities, as a part of its effort to ensure food safety in the country. The committee found that 32 sites were not complying ...
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued a warning about supplementary sports foods containing an ingredient known as DMAA, following some adverse health reports in Australia. FSANZ Deputy chief executive officer Melanie ...
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US-based producer and distributor of bananas and other produce Chiquita Brands International has reported that its net sales decreased by 1.24% to $714m for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012, compared to $723m for the same period in ...
Cloud Packaging Systems (a Ryt-way Company) and MonoSol have pooled their experts resources to showcase a full system for packaging food products in edible, water soluble film packets at the Chicago Pack Expo in October. Cloud and MonoSol ...
Swiss food company Nestlé is collaborating with US bio-tech company Chromocell Corporation to identify compounds which can be used to enhance taste in foods, as part of its efforts to develop alternatives to salt. Chromocell will ...
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Grand Foods is recalling Mint Tr Kuru Nane (Tr) – dried mint in Australia over Salmonella contamination concerns, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). The product was sold in 200g packages at Grand Foods ...
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Bay Cuisine,a New Zealand meat firm,has recalled several of its products after tests revealed that they were linked to a Listeria outbreak that led to two deaths at a hospital. Bay Cuisine,which provides the food items to the ...
US-based industrial and food applications equipment firm Avure would open a new facility for producing 50 HPP systems annually, close to its headquarters at Franklin, Tennessee by the end of the year. According to the firm, it is ...
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Finland-based biodegradable films producer, Plastiroll has unveiled a new bio-film, claimed to extend the life of fresh food products such as fruits and vegetables. According to the company, its transparent packaging film was made from ...
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An oats sample imported from Japan was found to contain low level of radioactivity, according to a spokesman for the Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department. The test result showed that a ...
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Egypt-based Upper Egypt for Food Industries (UEFI) plans to invest EGP200m ($32.59m) to build two food production facilities in El Menia and Beni Suef governorates. The first plant, which will be built with an investment of EGP100m ...