Kuwait's al-Kharafi family, the owners of Americana food brand, is reportedly seeking to sell the food unit. Currently, no formal process has commenced for the proposed sale; however, the owners are working with financial advisory firm ...
Tags: Americana food brand, food unit
US-based sensing products developer PakSense will distribute Thinfilm Smart Labels to food suppliers and retailers, as part of a commercial distribution agreement with printed electronics products maker Thin Film Electronics. The Thinfilm ...
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Maple Leaf Foods today announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership that will be effective upon completing the sale of its 90% ownership in Canada Bread Company, Inc. to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.V. de C.V., which is expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Scientists and regulators investigating the mysterious spread of a deadly virus plaguing the U.S. pork industry are stepping up their scrutiny of what the nation's hog herd eats. With a dearth of solid leads, investigators are exploring ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Inspired by growing consumer interest in deli meats with bolder flavors, Flavorseal developed seasoned transfer casings that work well with large particulates in the spice blend. After processing, these large particulates remain on the ...
The Meat Shoppe is withdrawing its own brand shredded cheese products as they may be contaminated with Listeria. The products being recalled include Shredded Cheddar Cheese featuring UPC starting with 200923, Shredded Mozza Cheese bearing ...
Tags: Meat Shoppe, Cheese Products, Listeria
Meat processor Tulip plans to end operations at its Freshway Chilled Foods unit in Wolverhampton, England. The move comes after the company failed to retain a food supply contract with The Foodservice Centre (FSC). Tulip has ...
Tags: Freshway Chilled Foods, Meat, Tulip
Quebec-headquartered Exceldor has selected EVOK packaging, a polystyrene foam food tray (XPS), from Cascades for its meat products range. EVOK, claimed to be made from 25% recycled material, is designed for packing meats, poultry, fish ...
Tags: Meat Packaging, EVOK, packaging
H&M launches its new Conscious and Conscious Exclusive collections. With two new materials, organic leather from the Swedish leather supplier Tärnsjö, and organic silk, the collections show what can be done in more sustainable ...
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Scottish government is set to launch a new food safety regulator, Food Standards Scotland (FSS), which will takeover the operations carried out by UK organization, the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The announcement comes as Food (Scotland) ...
Tags: food safety, Food, Agriculture, Drink
Before the microwave gained fame as a kitchen wonder, there was the, gasp, refrigerator, a kitchen wonder that could freeze meat and keep ice cream from melting on top, while preserving the life of leftovers and milk, juice and eggs below. ...
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A competitive edge when managing a beef cattle herd is always important, but never more so than this year with a historically small number of cattle on U.S. farms and ranches and accompanying lofty beef and cattle prices. Producers ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Beef, Cattle
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 1 Percent Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 209 million eggs in incubators during the week ending March 8, 2014, up 1 percent from a year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State ...
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Producers looking to take advantage of the growing consumer demand for local foods but having difficulty in finding methods to process their poultry, rabbit and fish for retail sale may want to consider setting up their own processing ...
Tags: consumer demand, Mobile processing units, potential market
The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has been following with great interest developments in trade negotiations between Canada and South Korea and welcome today's news that the terms of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalized. The ...
Tags: Pork, Agriculture, Food