The government of India has eased the export ban on milk products, especially on milk powder and dairy whitener, due to the surplus availability of milk powder in the country. The ban was imposed earlier in February 2011. The ban included ...
Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has reported that its profit for the first half of 2012 increased 8.7% to EUR138m, up from EUR127m in 2011, helped by volume growth and focus on international operations. Revenues increased ...
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The Infant Formula Exporters Association announced that Chinese authorities have rejected 270 tons of baby formula,of which 135 tons was from Australia and New Zealand. About three-quarters of the substandard imports were baby formula,of ...
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Swiss food company Nestléis set to open a$200m plant in Karawang,West Java,Indonesia,in the first quarter of 2013. The plant,which is the company's fourth facility in the country,is located on a 28.8-hectare plot in Surya Cipta ...
Tags: infant cereals, chocolate malt drinks, production capacity
The Monba ethnic group resides mainly in Medog, Nyingchi and Cuona Counties within the Tibet Autonomous Region. "Monba" refers to the people living in a beautiful virgin land. Monba people have their own spoken language but no written form. ...
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Zong Qinghou,the chairman and CEO of the Chinese beverage firm Hangzhou Wahaha,is planning to set up A$200m($207.65m)milk powder processing plant in Busselton,Australia. Zong Qinghou met agriculture minister Terry Redman and also met ...
Tags: beverage, milk powder processing, dairy processing, juice, soft drinks
New Zealand-based dairy company A2 has appointed an in-market Chinese distribution partner as a part of its strategy to launch its a2 brand milk powders in China. In April 2012,the company entered into a strategic agreement with New ...
Tags: milk powders, strategic agreement, CSF
The Indian Government said that this move will allow firms to conveniently switch to uniform norms for selling their products. With the revision, its now mandatory for FMCG companies to pack and sell products such as biscuits and milk ...
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Researchers from the University of Almeria, Spain, have developed a new method which helps in finding the presence of most minute residues of drugs, which are actually given to livestock, in some infant foods. The researchers detected ...
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The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has enhanced its food screening system by employing the High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) Technology. This technology will enable the detection of contaminants that are not ...
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Dairygold Co-Operative, Ireland’s leading farmer owned dairy business, plans to invest EUR120m over the next eight years to boost its milk processing capacity. Currently, the co-operative processes 29 million liters of milk per ...
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Multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to close its century-old Cororooke facility,near Colac in south-west Victoria,Australia,by June 2013 as it is too expensive to be upgraded. The closure will be carried out in a phased manner ...
Tags: upgrade, closure, phased manner, jobs
UK-listed Ukrainian dairy firm Ukrproduct reported higher first-half profits thanks to its branded products and its production of fermented beverage kvass. Net profit more than doubled to GBP636,000 (US$1m) in the six months to the end of ...
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One of the most critical processes in the production of margarine and shortenings is the transfer of the oil/water emulsion into a scraped surface heat exchanger to chill and crystallise the product. The success of this process impacts ...
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Nestle has opened its first facility in Angola, which it says will act as a "finishing centre" for its Nido milk powder. The CHF16m (US$16.5m) facility in Luanda will eventually be extended to also manufacture products including Nescafe, ...
Tags: Nestle, Angola, milk powder, Nescafe, opened facility