Chinese lawmakers are in the process of considering a proposed revision to the country’s Food Safety Law which would include the mandatory labelling of all goods containing Genetically Modified (GM) organisms. The central ...
Tags: GM crops, labelling procedure, Agriculture
North American automaker FCA US has announced plans to invest additional $266m in its Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana to increase capacity of the fuel-efficient TorqueFlite transmission. This decision follows the increased sales of ...
Tags: floor space, tooling, Auto
Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) from China’s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing ...
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of Parmalat, has signed an agreement to acquire Longwarry Food Park, which specialises in the production of milk powders, cream cheese, plus fresh and UHT milk products. The stipulated enterprise value of ...
Tags: milk products, cream cheese, Agriculture
Parmalat Australia, a subsidiary of dairy firm Parmalat, has agreed to acquire Longwarry Food Park for $67m. An agreement to this effect was signed by the company. Longwarry Food Park, which operates in the state of Victoria, ...
Tags: milk, dairy products, fruit beverages, Agriculture
The Lecco, Italy-based wire rod mill of Italian steelmaker Lucchini will be bought by a partnership between Italian steel producer Feralpi and Swiss-based international trader Duferco which has production facilities in Italy, with both of ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants. The final rule establishes safeguards to ...
Tags: coal ash, ground water, Construction
China has agreed to cut some of the bureaucracy that delays sales of medical devices and medicines made in the United States, the U.S. commerce secretary announced. Following bilateral trade talks between the two nations, Commerce ...
Tags: Medical devices, Medicines
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has agreed to acquire Bumble Bee Seafoods from pan-Atlantic private equity firm Lion Capital for $1.51bn. An agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Bumble Bee Foods has been reached by TUF. Bumble ...
Tags: Seafoods, Agriculture
On 16 December 2014, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) released its approved version of the latest revision of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Food Standards Code). The new Food Standards Code requires only the ...
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Technip a leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry said it will purchase the Zimmer polymer technology business from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, Germany. The Zimmer business includes ...
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Sony,Japanese gaming giant, said on Thursday that PlayStation 4 will go on sale in China from January 11,following rival Microsoft into the potentially lucrative market after China ended a 14-year ban. China's censorship regime is ...
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Quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to reach the 10 gigawatt (GW) level for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to Solarbuzz, annual APAC PV demand in 2014 is forecast ...
Tags: APAC PV demand, global PV market, Lights
Cardia Bioplastics has announced that its Biohybrid technology has been chosen by a leading German consumer goods company for their product packaging. While Cardia did not reveal the name of the company owing to commercial reason, it ...
The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) with components (i) to separate agriculture and non agriculture feeders facilitating judicious rostering of supply to agricultural and ...
Tags: feeders, consumers, Electrical