The US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced three grants to improve food security by reducing livestock losses to insects and diseases. The $3m grants have been awarded to researchers ...
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The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) has amended the 2009 Food Safety Law in a bid to strengthen food security in the country, after a string of food safety violations in recent years. Xinhua reported ...
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European packaging company Faerch Plast has acquired Cambridgeshire-based Anson Packaging that specialises in producing thermoformed packaging solutions for the UK market. Although the details of the transaction were not revealed, ...
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Specialist French manufacturer Lucien Georgelin will be packaging a range of its high quality fruit compotes and desserts in To-Go snack packs that have been developed in collaboration with RPC Bebo Bouxwiller. A part of the RPC Group, ...
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India's ITC is set to establish four food parks with an investment of more than INR200 crore (approximately $31.62 m) each in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Business Standard quoted Tamil Nadu additional chief secretary (Industries) C ...
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A new research in England says that while the UK’s leading clothing retailer Marks and Spencer has encouraged more sustainable consumption of clothes, such successes are unlikely to be replicated on a larger scale without more ...
Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s today announced its commitment to implement the voluntary Health Star Ratings on all of its cereals across Australia and New Zealand from the beginning of June 2015. Kellogg’s said ...
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Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
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Food retail in Australia is among the better-performing retail sectors contributing to only a modest rise is sales figures in February 2015. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the seasonally adjusted rise (0.7 percent ...
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Germany-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Wentus has developed a new barrier film for dry food products that claims to stop the entry of potentially harmful mineral oils from the outer packaging into food. The multi-layer barrier ...
Germany-based Multivac, a manufacturer of packaging materials for food, pharma and consumer products, has launched a new R 081 thermoforming packaging machine. Being an an entry-level model for packing products in small batches, R 081 ...
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French dairy group Lactalis has got approval from Brazilian antitrust authority to purchase the dairy units of food processor BRF SA in a deal worth $594m. Lactalis will execute the deal through its Parmalat subsidiary in Brazil. ...
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Brazilian food company BRF is set to establish a joint venture with UK-based Invicta Food Group to distribute processed foods in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. Reuters reported citing a securities filing that the company's ...
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SkinnyPop Popcorn has acquired the Paqui brand of better-for-you tortilla chips and tortillas for an undisclosed amount. Paqui sells tortillas and tortilla chips that are claimed to be made with unbleached, untreated flour, or by stone ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology has received the Red Dot Award for the first time from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen in the product design category for its FXS Combi machine. The FXS Combi that was launched at Interpack 2014 is a ...
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