India's Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) has drafted norms for regulating the levels of microbes in meat and meat products. These norms are expected to come into force after 60 days of it being published in the official gazette. ...
Tags: Meat Products, Food Safety
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam over bird flu outbreak. This comes after the World Organisation for ...
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Lakeland Dairies has opened a €10m logistics facility at its foodservice dairy processing complex in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. The new centre features advanced technology, robotic systems, 14,000 individual pallet ...
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Nestle US has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Pervine Foods, the manufacturer of Fit Crunch protein bars, as the former found the packaging of Fit Crunch bars to be too similar to its own Crunch bars. Nestle filed a lawsuit against ...
Tags: Nestle US, Trademark Infringement
US-based food processing company Cargill is investing $100m to double its soybean crush operation in Borg El Arab in order to meet the increasing demand in Egypt for soybean meal and oil. The company will construct 42,000 metric tonne ...
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US-based McDonald’s plans to stop using eggs from chickens raised in cages in the US and Canada over the ten years. This may leave a major impact on the egg industry given that the restaurant chain annually uses two billion eggs in ...
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Nestle expects to relaunch Maggi noodles in the Indian market by the end of this year. This comes after the Bombay High Court lifted the ban on the noodles last month and directed new tests within six weeks to check compliance with the ...
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has entered into an agreement for the sale and transfer of its bread and bakery unit, which functions under the name of Modern to Nimman Foods for an undisclosed amount. Nimman Foods is an investee company ...
The European Union is set to provide an emergency aid of €500m to compensate for falling milk and meat prices, as thousands of protesting farmers blocked the streets near the EU neighbourhood in Brussels. The Commission is set to ...
Tags: skimmed-milk powder, pork products
US-based spice manufacturer McCormick & Company has announced expansion of its organic and non-GMO herbs and spices range. The company is introducing a non-GMO labeled Vanilla Extract and also plans to boost the number of organic and ...
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FMCG major ITC is planning to venture into dairy business with the launch of ghee (clarified butter) by the end of the current quarter. The company is likely to roll out its range of dairy products within the next few years. The range ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has found traces of malachite green in two tinned fried dace samples. The affected products include Yupin fried dace with salted blackbeans and ...
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Japanese global establishment Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire 20% stake in agri-business firm Olam International, in two deals that are valued at around S$1.53bn ($1.09bn). Under the agreed terms, Mitsubishi will acquire 332.73 million ...
Tags: agri-business, Mitsubishi, edible nuts
Bunge Brasil, a subsidiary of global agribusiness and food company Bunge, has reportedly agreed to acquire Moinho Pacifico, a wheat processor in Brazil. With this acquisition, Bunge would increase its share in wheat flour and other ...
Tags: Wheat Processor, soybean, corn
Bosch Packaging Technology is launching its vertical packaging lineup, including new SVC 2620 VFFS machine, for food producers, at FachPack 2015 next month. The new addition is targeted at market segments demanding high hygiene ...
Tags: Bosch, Vertical Packaging