Dunbia's new £12M Llanybydder factory in Wales will help Sainsbury's plans to boost sales of British food, according to Justin King, ceo of the supermarket chain. Dunbia processes a range of red meats, including lamb "The new ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Iceland Foods has big plans for its processing arm and exports that will put reports of falling annual profits and weak sales growth into perspective, according to one director. The discount frozen food chain bought manufacturer Loxton ...
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American chain of drive-in restaurants Sonic has added new Asiago Caesar Chicken Club Sandwich to its line of sandwiches, for a limited period of time. Sonic Asiago Caesar Chicken Club Sandwich is available with grilled all white-meat ...
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US-based full-service supermarket chain Roche Bros has introduced new chicken and pork options, expanding its meat department offerings. The chain is offering chicken with no added antibiotics and Niman Ranch all natural pork. According ...
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US-based 3M Food Safety has unveiled a new pathogen detection technology - 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System, which provides detection and biochemical confirmation of Salmonella in enriched food and food process environmental samples. ...
Qatar-based Hassad Food, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500m in India for the production of rice, coffee, cardamom and ready-made foods. The proposed plans comes after the Hassad ...
Tags: Boost Food Production, Hassad Food
Brazilian meat producer JBS has agreed to acquire local poultry and pork producer Seara Brasil, which is owned by Marfrig Alimentos, in a deal worth BRL5.85bn ($2.72bn) including the assumption of outstanding debt. As part of the deal, ...
In May, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.1 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 3.2 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 percent. ...
Tags: economy, Consumer Prices, china
A testing conducted to assess the use of sulphur dioxide in meat revealed that all 140 fresh meat samples passed the test, according to Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD). The ...
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Where Food Comes From, a provider of verification and Internet solutions for the agricultural and food industry, has signed a partnership with Colorado State University's Center for Meat Safety & Quality (CMSQ) for their newly acquired ...
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The XL Foods' nationwide recall of beef products in 2012 over E.coli contamination was preventable and was caused due to lax approach towards food safety, according to an independent review initiated by the Canadian government. In 2012, ...
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Federal regulators have moved a step closer toward requiring mechanically tenderized beef to be labeled so that you are better informed about what you buy and how to cook it safely. The tenderizing process can drive bacteria such as the ...
Tags: Long-Awaited Labeling Rule, Mechanically Tenderized Beef, USDA
Tesco continues to struggle across Europe, with like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 5.5% as “tough economic conditions, challenging competitors and over-dependence upon out-of-favour hypermarkets” take their toll. ...
Tags: chilled convenience meals, frozen beef, Tesco, Darren Shirley
US-based Stay Fresh Foods is planning to introduce its second high pressure processing (HPP) line in September 2013, in a move to meet the increasing consumer demand for meat and sausage production. As part of the expansion plan, the ...
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Amcor Flexibles has launched a new packaging solution Packpyrus, a thermoformable cellulose-based solution for the fresh market. It has an oxygen barrier and is suitable for pre-sliced products such as meat or cheese. Packpyrus is offered ...