Valley Pride, a dairy cooperative based in Virginia, US, is set to acquire an ice cream plant in Hagerstown, Maryland, for an undisclosed amount. The Hagerstown facility was owned by British-Dutch conglomerate Unilever. It produced Good ...
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China blocked 42 tons of Fonterra's whole milk powder from entering the country in May after checks at the border found excess levels of nitrites and it was sent back to New Zealand, the scandal-hit dairy giant confirmed Thursday. ...
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Italian dairy firm Parmalat is in exclusive negotiations to acquire a stake in Brazil dairy group Lacteos do Brasil (LBR) for an undisclosed amount. LBR is a manufacturer of a wide range of dairy products including fresh milk, milk ...
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SurePure has entered into an agreement with Milk Independent of Stellenbosch, South Africa, for the distribution of its photopurification technology in the dairy sector across sub-Saharan Africa. This announcement comes after the approval ...
Fonterra has temporarily suspended its consumer operations in Sri Lanka after it faced allegations that some of its milk products were contaminated. The protests comes after claims by the Sri Lankan authorities that some of Fonterra's ...
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Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has netted £328,751, after selling shares in the firm to fund the purchase of a new family home following his recent divorce. Mark Allen earned £328,751 from the share sale to buy a new ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Moneta Packaging has acquired UK-based confectionery packaging firm Discovery Foils out of administration. Moneta Packaging chief financial officer Alena Spinerova said the acquisition is set to expand the company's reach into new market ...
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IDEXX Laboratories has acquired all the outstanding shares of Madasa do Brasil, a Brazil-based distributor of IDEXX dairy and bovine testing products, as well as other food safety testing products. Madasa do Brasil, headquartered in Sao ...
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US-based Pacific Foods is set to unveil reduced sodium versions of two of its popular soups - Organic Vegetable Lentil & Roasted Red Pepper and Organic Chicken Noodle. The company stated that the new soups are made with USDA organic ...
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Dairy giant Fonterra has temporarily closed its operations in Sri Lanka, including its plants and office, due to the unstable situation in the country. This move of the company is to protect its people and farmer shareholders' assets from ...
Milk production of the US has increased to 51.95 billion pounds in the quarter to June (Q2) of 2013, up by 0.9%, compared to milk production of 51.5 billion pounds in the same period of 2012, according to report released by National ...
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New York's Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced initiatives to support farmers across the state to reduce energy costs, improve business operations and enhance environmental planning. Governor Cuomo has inked a legislation that supports ...
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China has prepared a draft and submitted it to the country’s top officials to consolidate domestic infant formula manufacturers as part of its efforts to boost consumption ...
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Grande Cheese has acquired a whey processing facility from PGP International, a US-based ingredients producer, for an undisclosed amount. The former PGP facility is located adjacent to the Grande Cheese plant in Juda, Wisconsin. Grande ...
Bureau Veritas' Consumer Product Services division (BVCPS) acquired Sargam Laboratory Private Limited (SLPL) in Chennai, India in 2011. The Sargam Laboratory has now been completely integrated with Bureau Veritas Consumer Product Services ...
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