The boss of the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, Paul Bulcke has blamed the horsemeat scandal on a criminal minority, who threatened to undermine trust between consumers and the food industry. Nestlé boss Paul ...
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US meat giant Tyson Foods has said it is "optimistic" about its fiscal 2013 results, despite a second-quarter that was "more challenging than anticipated". Speaking at the Goldman Sachs 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference, Tyson COO James ...
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Associated British Foods has forecast flat revenue from its grocery division in the first half of its fiscal year amid challenging conditions in bread markets in the UK and Australia. ABF, which owns the Kingsmill bread brand in the UK ...
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The UK's Food Standards Agency has released a second set of test results from the industry revealing 99% of products sampled proved negative for traces of horse DNA. The FSA's results, published Friday afternoon (22 February), confirmed ...
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The continuing horsemeat scandal could benefit premium food retailers at the expense of value outlets, according to city analyst Shore Captial. Value brands could prove a casualty of the horsemeat scandal Analysts Clive Black and ...
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Operations at Ireland-based B&F Meats have been suspended after the regulators from Irish Department of Agriculture found that the company shipped horsemeat, which was labeled as beef, to the Czech Republic. The regulators stated that the ...
UK-based Burger Manufacturing Company (BMC) has initiated a recall of its beef burgers after testing showed that the three samples contained at least 1% horse meat, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The tests were carried out ...
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Birds Eye has pulled three beef ready meals from supermarkets in the UK and Ireland as a precaution after a product it sells in Belgium tested positive for horse DNA. The company said today (22 February) its 340g Traditional Spaghetti ...
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Entrepreneur, Author and Chef, Todd English has launched new Signature Olives Restaurant in Mexico City, Mexico. Located in district of Sante Fe in Mexico City's western end, the restaurant features skyscraper lined streets of the upscale ...
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La Filipina Uy Gongco, a leading producer of flour, hog, and feeds in the Philippines, is investing PHP1.2bn ($29.36m) to foray into food processing. The company plans to produce corned pork, luncheon meat and pasta for domestic and ...
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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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US poultry group Sanderson Farms has indicated its first-quarter margins remained under continued pressure from high feed costs despite rising poultry market prices. The company said today (21 January) that net sales for the three months ...
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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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The ongoing meat labeling scandal has intensified with horsemeat being identified in certain food products across multiple regions including Romania, Czech Republic, and Hong Kong. The Czech agriculture and food inspection authority has ...
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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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