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China Lifts 18-Year Ban on Irish Beef Exports
Apr 18, 2018China has opened its markets to Irish beef exports, ending an 18-year ban that was imposed on Ireland following the outbreak of mad cow disease. The Asian country had banned beef imports from Ireland and other European Union countries and ...
Tags: beef exports, Beef
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Ireland to Fund New Food Innovation Hub
Oct 18, 2017The Ireland Government said it will spend €8.8m to establish a new food innovation hub, aimed to help the country’s food industry deal as it prepares for Brexit. Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ...
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Ferrero Canada Gets Ontario Support in $72m Expansion Project
Oct 13, 2017Chocolate and confectionery giant Ferrero’s Canada unit will be financially supported by the Ontario government in its C$90m ($72.31m) expansion project that is aimed at boosting productivity of an existing plant. The provincial ...
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New Beef and Sheep Meat Research Programme Launched in Ireland
Apr 18, 2017A new €8.1m five-year research and innovation program, focusing specifically on meat processing, has been launched at the Teagasc Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. Dubbed as Meat Technology Ireland (MTI), the program has been ...
Tags: Beef, Sheep Meat
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Where Food Comes From Acquires Controlling Stake in SureHarvest
Jan 5, 2017Where Food Comes From (WFCF) has acquired a 60% stake in California based SureHarvest for nearly $2.8m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Based in Colorado, WFCF is a North American food verification company whose controlling stake in an agri-food ...
Tags: SureHarvest, cash-cum-stock
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Parrish and Heimbecker Secures $10m From Canada for New Milling Plant
Nov 17, 2016Parrish and Heimbecker has secured a funding of $10m from the Canadian government to build a new wheat flour milling plant at Hamilton. The Canadian grain company’s new plant is expected to increase production capacity of wheat ...
Tags: Milling Plant, Parrish, Heimbecker
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Vineland Centre to Develop New Apple and Tomato Varieties
Nov 15, 2016Canada's Vineland Research and Innovation Centre will receive federal funding to develop new disease-resistant apple and greenhouse tomato varieties. Canada agriculture and agri-food minister Lawrence MacAulay, and Niagara Centre member ...
Tags: Canada agriculture, Apple
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Alberta Seed Potato Exporters Gain Access to Thailand
Nov 14, 2016The Canadian government has secured export agreement for Alberta seed potatoes to Thailand. After Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, Alberta has now become the third Canadian province to get market access for seed potatoes in ...
Tags: Alberta Seed, Potato
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Canada to Provide $350m Boost to Dairy Sector Ahead of CETA
Nov 14, 2016The Canadian government will inject a $350m into the country's dairy sector to support its competitiveness ahead of the likely implementation of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Investment ...
Tags: dairy sector, robotic milker
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Unilever to Open New Global Foods Innovation Center in Netherlands in 2019
Oct 11, 2016Unilever has announced that it will invest undisclosed amount to establish a new global foods innovation center in the Netherlands. The innovation center is expected to be fully operational by April 2019. Located in Wageningen, the new ...
Tags: Unilever, innovation center
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SunRype Relaunches Its Snack Bars
Jul 16, 2016SunRype has relaunched its snack bar portfolio to be gluten-free, nut-free and vegan. It has also introduced bars of fruit and chia. The decision to reformulate the grab-and-go snacks “represents a big commitment from SunRype in ...
Tags: SunRype, Snack Bars
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Olymel Acquires Trois-Rivieres Food Processing Company La Fernandiere
Jun 14, 2016Olymel L.P. is acquiring all the assets of La Fernandière, a food company in Trois-Rivières specializing in the manufacture of a wide range of sausages sold under La Fernandière brand. The announcement was made ...
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KKR to Buy 10.4% Stake in PT Japfa for $81.2m
Jun 12, 2016Global investment firm KKR is set to buy 10.4% stake in Indonesia-based agri-food company Japfa for $81.2m. As part of the deal, Japfa will place 750 million new shares to KKR via a private placement at about $52.9m. Concurrent with the ...
Tags: Japfa group, agri-food
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Blendhub Launches Newmeat Company
Dec 3, 2015Newmeat Co is born from the union of two companies with a long history of formulations and food powder blends production: Doscadesa and Premium Ingredients, the latter also part of Blendhub Corp group. The new company of Blendhub Corp. ...
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Fifth Meeting of China-Singapore FTA Commission Held in Singapore
Oct 23, 2015The fifth meeting of the China-Singapore FTA Commission was held in Singapore on January 20-22, 2015. The two sides talked on further supplementing and perfecting the China-Singapore FTA, and exchanged views on some specific issues ...
Tags: China-Singapore FTA, trade in goods, trade in service, investment
