China's food watchdog, the State Food and Drug Administration, has released information on nearly 130 milk powder producers that are authorized to sell their products. It is also tightening regulation on the production of infant formula. ...
China has halted all milk powder imports from New Zealand after a bacteria that could cause botulism was discovered in products from the country's biggest milk exporter Fonterra, South China Morning Post reported. China is the largest ...
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China’s stocks rose for a fifth day on Monday, continuing their longest stretch of gains in two months thanks to a services gauge that rose for the first time since March, Bloomberg reported. Shanghai Friendship Group (600827.SHA) and ...
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China, Vietnam and Russia have imposed an import ban on milk powder and whey protein from the New Zealand-based Fonterra after the dairy co-operative warned that a batch of whey powder produced in 2012 may be contaminated with bacteria that ...
Some vintners in Italy last week may have stopped stomping grapes and frantically opened their Chinese dictionaries. The vineyards in the EU's wine-producing regions have 10 days to get the language down pat, so they can respond to a trade ...
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The Chinese government has launched probes into Swiss packaging company Tetra Pak and New Zealand dairy company Fonterra (FCG.NZE), The Wall Street Journal reported. China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce announced on Friday ...
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A second foreign manufacturer of baby formula is planning price cuts amid an investigation by China's top economic planner. Dumex, part of France's Danone group, said Thursday it was preparing a price reduction proposal. On Wednesday, ...
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Swedish food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has supplied its processing and packaging equipment for Fonterra’s NZ$100m ($77m) ultra high temperature (UHT) greenfield plant in Waitoa, New Zealand. Tetra Pak commercial ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has selected Tetra Pak's processing and packaging equipment for its NZ$100m ($77.7m) UHT greenfield plant in Waitoa. The new facility, which will feature five UHT lines, will ...
New Zealand-based agricultural supply business PGG Wrightson (PGW) has cPGW, a majority-owned subsidiary of Agria, is a provider of agricultural products, services and solutions to growers, farmers and processors in New Zealand, China and ...
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The stalled initial public offering market has shown signs of life after Virtus Health was priced at the top of the range, raising $339 million in the biggest private equity float since KFC franchisor Collins Foods in 2011. After strong ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a new rail link into its Darfield’s site, which is expected to carry 200,000 tons of milk powder in its first year of operation. The train is expected to carry a ...
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New Zealand dairy company Fonterra’s brand Anchor has announced the launch of a new Cheddar cheese range into its portfolio in new packaging that is sealed using Aplix seal technology. Aplix's 'pinch' close seal does away with the ...
New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra has renewed organic milk supply contracts with its organic dairy farmers in the middle and lower North Island. Farmers currently supplying organic milk in Manawatu, Taranaki and Wairarapa, who ...
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New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to establish a milk processing facility in China by the end of 2016, in order to enter into the country's infant milk formula market. The proposed milk processing facility ...
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