Russia is likely to impose a temporary ban on meat imports from European Union (EU) nations if it does not receive additional guarantees that meat products sold to the country will not contain horsemeat. Russia's chief sanitary official ...
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Bakkavor has booked an increase in earnings during 2012 as the group was able to extend its "market leading positions" in the chilled and convenience sectors. The company today (21 February) revealed that operating profit rose to GBP56.8m ...
The Gerresheimer Group’s high quality pharmaceutical packaging products and systems are part of a leading international portfolio. The products are manufac-tured in diverse designs, to a wide range of specifications and tailored to ...
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Kellogg's initiated a voluntary recall in the U.S. on three sizes of Kellogg's Special K Red Berries cereal due to a possible glass fragment contamination. MOREAdditional Links The cereal packages recalled can be identified with the ...
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Own-label chilled food manufacturer Bakkavor said consumer confidence had been dented by the horsemeat scandal, while reporting a 5.4% increase in like-for-like sales in its full-year results ended December 29 2012. Last year Bakkavor ...
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US-based food company Kellogg is voluntarily recalling about 36,000 packages of its Special K Red Berries cereal as they may contain glass fragments. The product subject to the recall includes 11.2oz. packs bearing UPC Code 38000 59923, ...
Asian butadiene prices hit a more than six month high Monday on tight availability amid the startup of new synthetic rubber plants in China and higher naphtha feedstock costs. Butadiene prices surged 44% from a 2012 low of $1,455/mt FOB ...
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The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to double its testing of meat products in the wake of the horsemeat contamination scandal. The agency said it is including beef-based foods sold pre-packed, or loose, such as cafe sandwiches. The ...
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Bimbo Bakeries USA, the American arm of Mexican baking company Grupo Bimbo, is voluntarily recalling its bakery products across the US due to the possible presence of flexible wire. According to the company, the fault has been caused due ...
Perfect Pasta, an establishment based in Illinois, US, is recalling approximately 315 pounds of ready-to-eat roast beef products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the US Department of ...
Nestle has recalled two beef ready meals on sale in Spain and Italy after tests returned positive for horse DNA. The company is recalling its Buitoni beef ravioli and beef tortellini products on sale in the two markets because tests ...
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Swiss food company Nestlé is withdrawing beef pasta meals from shelves in Italy and Spain after tests found that the products contained traces of horse DNA. The company noted that this decision has been made after its tests found ...
Harold Fitch, the man charged with overseeing Michigan's 15,000 oil and gas wells, told a House subcommittee Friday that growing hydraulic fracturing operations in his state have not caused any groundwater contamination or any other serious ...
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Around the world almost without exception in the hollow glass field, cullet is used to supplement raw materials in the batch. In fact nearly all modern furnaces require cullet to be present in order to function at all. Cullet is therefore ...
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Perfect Pasta, an Illinois-based firm, 315 pouis recalling nds of ready-to-eat roast beef products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection ...