Flynns Fine Foods, a Northern Ireland-based food company, has entered into administration as it experienced deterioration in trading, resulting in the loss of 40 jobs. Based in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Flynns Fine Foods packaged and ...
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Consumer Prices for August 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-09-09 15:44:54 In August, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.6 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.5 percent in cities and 2.9 percent in rural ...
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China's Shuanghui International has announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has approved its proposal to acquire Smithfield Foods. Smithfield and Shuanghui International also received governmental ...
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Companies in China, whose tainted milk powder scandal in 2008 left six dead and more than 300,000 sick, are vaunting tie-ups with French dairies to shore up their image but some fear this could backfire for Paris. Chinese firm Biostime ...
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Investment fund Starboard Value LP, one of majority shareholders of the largest US pork producer Smithfield Foods (SFD), planned to vote against the merger between SFD and Shuanghui International Holding, said foreign sources. Starboard ...
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Westlake Foods, a Santa Ana, California establishment, is recalling about 69,123 pounds of cured pork products over misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection ...
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The prices of farm produce in 36 major Chinese cities continued to climb last week, according to official data released Tuesday. The wholesale prices of 18 kinds of vegetables went up 2.7 percent in the week ending Aug. 25 compared with ...
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Darling International has completed the acquisition of Terra Renewal Services, a leading provider of environmental services focused on the collection, hauling, reprocessing, and recycling of waste cooking oil, for $120m in cash. Terra ...
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Pork Farms, a UK-based chilled savory pastry products and pork pies producer, is set to introduce a new snack product - Bite Size Pork Pies. This development follows a significant investment in manufacturing technology at the company's ...
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Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to sell Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas, for C645m ($614.11m). This move is a part of the Maple Leaf Foods' plan to focus ...
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US-based Westlake Foods is recalling approximately 47,419 pounds of cured pork products as they contain wheat which is not mentioned on the labeling, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced that it has not changed its standards for responsibly raised beef, reaffirming its commitment to antibiotic-free meat. The company's responsibly raised beef, chicken and pork continue to come from ...
Global premium spirits company Beam has opened Fred's Smokehouse on the grounds of its flagship distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. Adjacent to the Jim Beam American Stillhouse and named after seventh generation master distiller and ...
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Food firm Kerry Group has posted promising half yearly figures despite UK brands flat-lining in spreads and frozen food as a result of heavy promotions and the horsemeat effect. While the firm’s Richmond sausages, Wall’s ...
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Sheffield Hallam University-based consultancy Design Futures has created packaging for Pork Farms’ new product Dippy Egg. The UK company coined the idea for a product comprising a part-boiled egg which is converted into a cooked egg ...
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