Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has said that it could face a legal challenge from French dairy major Danone over an infant formula contamination scare. The company had discovered a potentially fatal ingredient in a ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, dairy
Nestlé has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and seven consumer firms to develop bioplastics, derived from plant materials. The Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance (BFA) includes consumer goods firms such as Coca-Cola, ...
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It comes after three years of work by the GFSI Auditor Competence Working Group, tasked by the GFSI Board to define generic food safety auditor competencies underpinning GFSI benchmarked schemes, and the mechanisms they can be assessed and ...
Julia Lowbridge (pictured), marketing manager of innovation at Danone and Marie-Thérèse Cassidy, creative director at Dragon Rouge will reveal all on the development of Danio, a new strained yoghurt range. At the conference ...
French dairy major Danone has partnered with Russian firm Babaev’s Damate, in a move to expand its presence in the country. The company will invest in the construction of several milk farms in Bashkortostan and Tyumen regions of ...
Tags: Milk Farms, Danone
Danone is set to acquire 49% stake in Fan Milk, a frozen dairy products and juices manufacturer in West Africa. The French dairy firm will join Dubai private equity firm Abraaj to acquire Fan Milk in a $360m deal, reported the Financial ...
Tags: Danone, Dairy Fan Milk
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Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK’s leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
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Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, is in talks with French food manufacturer Danone to resolve a dispute following the whey protein concentrate precautionary recall initiated in August 2013. The recall of infant milk ...
Tags: Fonterra, Agriculture
Hong Kong has had enough of mainland mothers emptying the region's shelves of imported baby formula. The government there will fine people up to US$64,000 and potentially throw them in jail for up to two years if they're caught carrying too ...
Tags: Foreign Dairy, baby formula
The Tianjin health bureau pledged at a meeting on Tuesday to investigate an allegation that French company Danone bribed hospital staff to give its milk powder to newborn babies. China Central Television reported on Monday that Danone, ...
Tags: Milk Powder, Diary Products
Danone Serdika, the Bulgarian unit of French dairy giant Danone, is set to divest its production capacities in Sofia to its US partner Schreiber Foods. The sale is a part of Danone's strategy to optimize production capacity, costs and ...
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Danone in Canada has announced plans to invest C$40m (US$38.5m) to expand production of Oikos Greek yogurt at its facility in Boucherville, Quebec, a move which would create 25 direct and 250 indirect jobs. The company said it has ...
Tags: Yogurt Production, Food
Danone AQUA is the dominant leader in mineral waters in Indonesia. They did not, however, have an entry in the premium, HORECA (hotel,restaurant, catering) segment. Could their AQUA brand, while dominant in the RTD segment, be extended ...
Happy Family, a leading organic baby and toddler food brand in the US, has introduced Happy Squeeze Greek Yogurt, a line of on-the-go pouches. The nutritious pouches are more convenient alternative to traditional Greek yogurt, and are ...
Tags: Happy Family, Greek Yogurt