Russia plans to ban chilled beef, pork and poultry imports from Germany beginning 4 February over food safety concerns, according to Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor. Rosselkhoznadzor spokesman Alexei Alexeyenko ...
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The United States and Thailand yesterday concluded a two-day meeting under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing to expand cooperation on bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues in order to increase trade and ...
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Japan's Itochu is eyeing a stronger foothold in China after agreeing to take a 33% stake in Canadian pork processing group HyLife. Itochu said late last week it has acquired a 33.4% stake in Manitoba-based HyLife for JPY5bn (US$56m). ...
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UK pig producers have warned that around 40% of pork products imported from the European Union are illegal, following yesterday's (1 January) introduction of new EU welfare regulations that ban the use of stalls in pig rearing. ...
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Vion has finalised a deal for an MBO of its UK pork arm, which is among a series of assets in the country the Dutch food group is looking to sell. The company today (13 December) confirmed UK private-equity firm Endless would back a ...
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US meat giant Tyson Foods has booked a drop in full-year profits as the company battled increasing grain and feed ingredients costs. In the 12 months ended 1 October, net profit slumped to US$576m from $733m in the prior year, the ...
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Chinese meat firm Zhongpin is set to be taken private by its chairman and chief executive. Nasdaq-listed Zhongpin announced today (26 November) chairman and CEO Xianfu Zhu had agreed to pay US$13.50 a share for the company. Zhongpin ...
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Linpac Packaging has announced that it has won a major contract to supply one of Poland's well-known meat processing companies with more than 100m polystyrene trays a year, The firm's site in Bukowice, Poland will supply trays to Pini ...
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Lao Chareune Foods,an establishment based in Texas,US,is recalling approximately 8,200 pounds of various beef and pork products as they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection,besides being misbranded,according to the US ...
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US-based Glorious Malone's Fine Sausage has introduced Malone's Country Pates, a new line of gourmet pork products. According to the company, Malone's Country Pates are made with only natural ingredients, and with no fillers, ...
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UK-based Linpac Packaging has announced that the company's site in Bukowice, Poland will supply more than 100 million polystyrene trays a year to Polish meat processing company Pini Polonia, as part of a contract. Working in partnership ...
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"We create chemistry for a sustainable future"is BASF's purpose statement.How the world's leading chemical company drives sustainable solutions will be presented at the first European Sustainable Brands Conference at the Mermaid Conference ...
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British poultry processors are missing a trick by paying for disposal of chicken feet,which could be exported to China where retailers such as Tesco are struggling to meet demand. So wrote environment secretary Owen Paterson in his online ...
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Britain's pig producers are hopeful of a brighter future as Tesco follows Waitrose's example in entering a dedicated deal with farmers. Tesco announced today(November 8)that it would work directly with UK beef and pig farmers in a new ...
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The proposed $4.7 billion sale of Smithfield Foods, America's largest pork producer, to China's biggest meat processing company comes amid significant trade friction between the two countries over meat and livestock. China bans ...
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