Finland based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has agreed to sell its 35% stake in Bulleh Shah Packaging (BSP) to the majority share holder Packages Ltd for €6m. Bulleh Shah Packaging, based in Pakistan, is a joint venture ...
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Indian dairy firm Verka has commenced operations at its new dairy and ice cream plant built with an investment of INR320m ($4.7m) in Punjab state. Dubbed as the Verka Bathinda Dairy and located in Bathinda, the dairy and ice cream unit ...
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Indian firm Prabhat Dairy has invested about INR140 crore ($21m) to establish new production lines for cheese at its Shrirampur facility in Ahmed Nagar. The company's cheese product portfolio includes mozzarella, cheddar, processed cheese ...
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India based food contract packer Schreiber Dynamix Dairies (SDDPL) has launched a second aseptic food processing and packaging facility at Fazilka in the state of Punjab, with an investment of Rs1bn ($14.8m). Launched in International ...
Consumer goods conglomerate ITC is planning to set up eight new integrated food processing units in India by 2019, by investing over Rs 40bn ($593m). According to ITC divisional chief executive V L Rajesh, the investments are part of the ...
Stevia ingredient producer PureCircle is planning to invest $200m in India’s stevia infrastructure in the next five years. The company is planning to collaborate with thousands of Indian farmers to plant 5,000 hectares of stevia ...
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Indian food regulatory authority, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is likely to do away with approvals for food products if the ingredients used in them have received clearance before itself and are declared safe. This ...
Online retailer Snapdeal has landed in trouble for allegedly selling Maggi Noodles online during the period of its ban across five Indian states. A first information report (FIR) was filed by a Jaipur-based lawyer against Snapdeal CEO ...
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A month after its return to the Indian market, Nestle Maggi Noodles is again faced with a fresh controversy, with the food regulator seeking a ban on the product. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approached the ...
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India’s apex consumer court, which is hearing a lawsuit against Nestle’s Maggi Noodles, has ordered for tests to be conducted on 16 samples of Maggi Noodles, which have been preserved by Nestle India at the Food Safety and ...
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Nestle has recommenced production of Maggi Noodles at all of its facilities in India, in an effort to make up for the lost time that cost the company Rs 4.5bn ($67.4m) when it was banned for five months due to excessive presence of lead in ...
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Nestle has resumed production of its instant noodles product at the fourth plant, located at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand state, a move that comes after it was able to successfully re-launch Maggi Noodles in the Indian market earlier this ...
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Indian food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has approached Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court orders in the Nestle’s Maggi Noodles case seeking expunging of some remarks made by the lower court ...
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Nestle India has re-launched Maggi Noodles across store shelves in India just ahead of the festive season and the Swiss food giant is leaving no stone unturned to capitalize on the lost time as it seeks to expand the sales through ...
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Nestle India’s Maggi Noodles has cleared the government approved lab tests, paving way for its retail sales this month. All the samples of the newly manufactured batches from its plants in Nanjangud in Karnataka, Moga in Punjab and ...
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