San Francisco Bay Area based food safety solutions firm SafeTraces has raised funds worth $1.5m in a series seed round led by Maumee Ventures, the venture capital arm of The Andersons. The company plans to use the funds to speed up ...
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British grocery chain Tesco has announced that it will offload its Euphorium bakery chain to refocus on core supermarket business. The move is in line with a strategy initiated by its chief executive Dave Lewis to revive the ...
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Rigid plastic container manufacturer Plastipak Packaging, a subsidiary of Plastipak Holdings, is planning to invest $10.4m to add two manufacturing lines to its Birmingham area facility in Jefferson County, Alabama, US. Plastipak ...
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University of Adelaide in collaboration with Agilent Technologies Australia has established a new laboratory at its Waite campus to undertake research on the potential benefits of complex carbohydrates. Named as Adelaide Glycomics, this ...
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When we were drafting and seeking public comment on the rules that will implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), we promised that we would do whatever we could to help the regulated industry understand and meet the new ...
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True World Foods, a major seafood distributor based in New Jersey, has been exonerated in the hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened more than 200 people in Hawaii this summer. Initial reports of the company's involvement were ...
Sanderson Farms reported results for the third fiscal quarter and nine months ended July 31, 2016. Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 were $728.0 million compared with $739.9 million for the same period a year ago. For the ...
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Kuwait-based food distributor Mezzan Holding has acquired a 70% stake in Al Safi Food Company for SAR90.75m ($24m). This will allow the Kuwait-based company to manufacture and distribute food and beverage products in Saudi Arabia using Al ...
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According to a research report released by the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), aluminum cans play a major role in enhancing consumer drinking experience. The report, which looked at the science behind taste and the consumer sensory ...
The Contemporary Ceramics Centre has partnered up with the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) to present ‘Out Of Stoke’ at the upcoming London Design Festival. Out Of Stoke is an exhibition of clay works made by Bruce McLean as ...
Mondelez International has bought the remaining 20% stake in Vietnamese food company Kinh Do’s snack unit for VND 2tn ($90m) as part of its expansion strategy in emerging markets. In November 2014, Mondelez had agreed to buy 80% of ...
French scientists have launched a new device which can trick the brain in thinking that food contains more fat, salt or sugar than what it actually has. The device was unveiled by scientists of the Centre des Sciences du Goût de ...
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Packaging solutions provider Snacktops has introduced new line of portable snack and beverage containers designed to meet the demands for on-the-go food items. The new interlocking food and beverage containers are designed to allow ...
The foodie darling watermelon radish is ready for its close-up. Frieda’s Specialty Produce introduces the first retail package for watermelon radishes, showing off the radishes’ vibrant internal color and with recipe ideas ...
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Aggrigator signed Duncan Family Farms to its fresh produce B2B e-commerce marketplace. The Arizona-based certified-organic producer is among the top three producers of certified-organic salads and fresh produce in the United States. ...
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