In response to the recent Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Food Wastage Footprint Summary Report and call for action, the PAC board of directors announced the launch of the PAC Food Waste initiative. FAO ...
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Dave Walbran, national technical service manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia (left) with Gerry van Elden, sales and marketing manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia. Big Lift Trucks, distributors of industrial forklifts and container handling ...
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The US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public notification regarding a a recall issued by the Chilean Ministry of Health for chicken products as they may be contaminated with Dioxin. This ...
Devondale/Murray Goulburn (MG), an Australia-based farmer-owned dairy co-operative, is seeking milk supplies from the dairy farmers in the NSW-Sydney market region from 1 October 2013. The co-operative asked dairy farmers to submit their ...
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Blue Pacific Flavors is set to introduce new natural, organic and non-GMO whole food and fruit flavors and plant based ingredients sourced from California farms which will be showcased at IFT2013 event. The company will demonstrate ...
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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) ...
Newcastle University in the UK has opened a new sensory testing facility, which will be used to improve the quality, taste and texture of food for consumers. The £700,000 NU-Food facility will build on the University's expertise in ...
Far Eastern food firms could snap up UK crisp brand Tyrrells, which is reportedly up for sale for £100M. Tyrrells is up for sale for £100M Food industry commentator Julian Wild, of legal firm Rollits, told ...
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Private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired US-based packaging machinery and material handling equipment supplier Fischbein from a group of investors led by MSouth Equity Partners. Fischbein CEO Jeff Reed said the company ...
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The East African country of Tanzania plans to start growing Bt cotton by 2020 once the Government aided research comes up with a solution to the existing red bollworm problem, Charles Kitwanga, Deputy Minister in the Vice President’s ...
Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a US-based global independent safety science company, has launched a new food safety process validation service. The new service provides a simple and transparent way for food manufacturers to comply with ...
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Trading Standards officials have discovered poultry, beef and veal in products that were being sold as lamb kebabs. When is a 'lamb' kebab not a lamb kebab? When it contains poultry, beef and veal, said Trading Standards West Sussex ...
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Filler ingredient from Poland is the source of horse DNA found in beef burgers on sale in the UK and Ireland, according to Irish agriculture officials. Fresh tests on the suspected Polish ingredient have shown up to 20% horse DNA content ...
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The Irish government has declared a “major breakthrough” in the investigation into the horse meat DNA found in value burgers as “conclusive test results” link the source to an ingredient from a Polish supplier. ...
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Tesco has recalled some ranges of burgers in Ireland and the UK after food safety officials reported finding traces of horse meat in samples on sale in its stores, as well as in other retailers' outlets. Horse meat DNA was present in ten ...