Canada-based natural and organic food group SunOpta has acquired the Bulgarian grain handling and processing facility of Organic Land Corp. The purchase of the Silistra-based facility, a strategic supplier for SunOpta, was made for ...
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China's competition officials are still weighing Dole Food Co's deal to sell its global packaged food and Asian fresh businesses to Japan's Itochu Corp, forcing the two firms to delay completion of the sale. Dole had hoped to sign-off ...
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The Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued a Gazette Notification that mandates producers of packaged food to reveal the genetically-modified (GM) ingredients, in their product if used any. The new ...
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Japan-based Itochu Corporation has signed an agreement with the Dole Food Company to acquire its fresh produce and packaged foods business. The transaction will be completed after getting an approval from the competition authorities in ...
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Taiwan-based Kee Fresh and Safe Foodtech has unveiled a food processing factory that consists of high pressure processing (HPP) machinery in Pingtung county of southern Taiwan. The company has invested about NT$495m ($17m) for the ...
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ITC Limited, an India-based public conglomerate, has commenced the construction work on a milk processing plant in Munger, Bihar. The company is investing around INR1.5bn ($27.33m) for the construction of the plant, which will be ...
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Diabetes UK has called for a front-of-pack traffic-light labeling system for food products, in an effort to help tackle the rising tide of Type 2 diabetes. The focus was also on the importance of including carbohydrate content on all ...
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Singapore conglomerate Olam International has posted a fall in annual profits but sales volumes and margins from its food business continued to grow. The company yesterday (28 August) booked a 4.6% decline in underlying net profit to ...
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US spice firm McCormick & Co. has agreed a deal to buy Chinese bouillon maker Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co. The CNY900m (US$141.5m) deal will add bouillon to McCormick's Chinese portfolio, which includes spices, seasoning blends and ...
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US-based Dole Food has announced that it has received stockholder approval for the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese trading house Itochu for $1.685bn in cash. Currently, the deal has received ...
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Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
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India is set to introduce mandatory labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods on 1 January 2013, a move which is expected to help consumers make informed choices while buying packaged foods. According to a notification published by the ...
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Linde North America has introduced Mapax modified atmosphere packaging solution,which is designed to extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods when compared to packaging in air. The solution uses a combination of food-grade ...
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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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Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group has launched the new MAPAX modified atmosphere packaging solution that can extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods. MAPAX uses a combination of gases including food-grade nitrogen, ...
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