Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion has agreed a management buyout of its UK pork operations, safeguarding about 4,000 jobs. The new venture, backed by private equity firm Endless, will be led by Seamus Carr, md of Vion’s Pork ...
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Unger Meat has chosen FreshCases, a vacuum-based packaging offered by Curwood for ground beef products sold at retailers. According to Curwood, the new packaging solution is the first-ever vacuum package for red meat that preserves its ...
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US-based Marine Harvest, the seafood company and producer of farmed salmon, has introduced MAPET II, the new packaging material from manufacturer of plastic trays and containers for the food industry Faerch Plast. Akin to APET/PE, MAPET ...
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Dutch meat supplier Vion has announced it wants to quit the UK, a market it has said suffers from over-capacity and "extremely challenging" trading conditions. Vion said today (19 November) it is already in "detailed discussions with a ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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Aunt Bessie's has launched what it claims is the first frozen gravy product in the UK. The food group has developed Aunt Bessie's Homestyle Gravy, cubes of "frozen fresh gravy" that can be microwaved in under two minutes or cooked on the ...
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The established markets of UK meat processor Hilton Food Group are under pressure, according to analysts, despite first-half results coming in above some expectations. The company this morning (11 September) reported flat half-year ...
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Linde North America has introduced Mapax modified atmosphere packaging solution,which is designed to extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods when compared to packaging in air. The solution uses a combination of food-grade ...
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Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group has launched the new MAPAX modified atmosphere packaging solution that can extend the shelf life of consumer packaged foods. MAPAX uses a combination of gases including food-grade nitrogen, ...
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DuPont’s annual Awards for Packaging Innovation has selected Curwood’s FreshCase packaging technology for meat as this year's diamond winner, as the solution addresses the effort to help ensure food maintains its nutritional ...
Uncertainty surrounds the future of 13,000 food manufacturing jobs today(November 19),as Dutch food manufacturing giant Vion announced plans to sell its UK food businesses to concentrate on what it describes as"core markets"in the ...
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WHEAT:The 2012/13 U.S.wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month;however,small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring ...
For the past few years, U.S food industry suffered countless violations in food security that resulted to recalls and food alerts. Food breaches didn't only hurt the Consumers but it had given great impact on manufacturers and retail market ...
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