Specialist meat packer Hilton Food Group's strategy of operating with one customer per market could lead it to benefit from the horsemeat crisis, predicted City analyst Shore Capital. Hilton Foods' business model of one customer per ...
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Medical, agricultural and computer researchers at the University of Alberta (U of A) have developed a new device, which can rapidly detect E.coli in food. The testing device, which is the size of a large shoebox, is more sensitive at ...
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Holland’s Pies, a UK-based producer of pies, puddings and pastries, has secured listing for its frozen range with the independent online retailer, Ocado. The company will provide its frozen pies and puds including its Potato & Meat ...
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Nestlé Prepared Foods has announced a major makeover of its Hot Pockets brand sandwiches, which feature new premium cuts of meat, new buttery seasoned crusts, and real cheese. The new Hot Pockets sandwiches are now available at ...
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Teys Australia is evaluating the closure of its meat processing facility in Beenleigh, Queensland, a move which will lead to 800 job losses. The company's announcement comes after the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (AMIEU) ...
US-based meat processing firm Pilgrim's Pride is set to shut down its cooking and cold storage facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee within the next two weeks, eliminating 200 jobs at the facilities. The planned closure is a part of the ...
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Rat meat passed off as lamb meat, dead pigs dumped in the Huangpu river, milk tainted with melamine and rice contaminated with cadmium – living in China, it sometimes seems like our food comes from the infamous factories of Upton ...
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BRF has announced that it is set to make its first pork shipment to Japan, which will make BRF the first Brazilian company to export pork to Japan. The initial shipment includes filets and shoulder of pork, produced at the Campos Novos ...
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Confusion over job cuts at Tulip is rife among industry insiders and analysts at a time when things were beginning to look up for UK and export markets for pork. Tulip's pork business is doing well, according to industry commentators ...
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Some 83% of UK consumers want method of production labelling, which clearly identifies the farm system used to produce the food, extended to meat and dairy products. Almost as many, 79%, said farm animal welfare was important when deciding ...
These machines are used for many purposes such as cutting of salads, vegetables, herbs, meat, fish, sausage, grating of bread, cheese and nuts. They also consist of conveyor belts. Also there are self adjustment options for settings. The ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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In many cultures the head is viewed as the most important part of the body, and is therefore to be protected and respected. Its significance derives from the belief, held in many parts of the world, that the head is where the soul or spirit ...
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In June, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.7 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.6 percent in cities and 2.8 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 4.9 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.6 ...
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Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has secured a contract to supply 14 units of its FUSO Canter trucks to the Slovakia-based meat and sausage producer Tauris. Under the order, the ...
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