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China Lifts 18-Year Ban on Irish Beef Exports

Apr 18, 2018

China 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

Ireland to Fund New Food Innovation Hub

Oct 18, 2017

The 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 ...

Tags: Food Innovation Hub, agri-food sector

Ferrero Canada Gets Ontario Support in $72m Expansion Project

Oct 13, 2017

Chocolate 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 ...

Tags: Chocolate, Food

New Beef and Sheep Meat Research Programme Launched in Ireland

Apr 18, 2017

A 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

Where Food Comes From Acquires Controlling Stake in SureHarvest

Jan 5, 2017

Where 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

Parrish and Heimbecker Secures $10m From Canada for New Milling Plant

Nov 17, 2016

Parrish 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

Vineland Centre to Develop New Apple and Tomato Varieties

Nov 15, 2016

Canada'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

Alberta Seed Potato Exporters Gain Access to Thailand

Nov 14, 2016

The 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

Canada to Provide $350m Boost to Dairy Sector Ahead of CETA

Nov 14, 2016

The 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

Unilever to Open New Global Foods Innovation Center in Netherlands in 2019

Oct 11, 2016

Unilever 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

SunRype Relaunches Its Snack Bars

Jul 16, 2016

SunRype 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

Olymel Acquires Trois-Rivieres Food Processing Company La Fernandiere

Jun 14, 2016

Olymel 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 ...

Tags: Olymel L.P., La Fernandière, Fernandière sausages

KKR to Buy 10.4% Stake in PT Japfa for $81.2m

Jun 12, 2016

Global 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

Blendhub Launches Newmeat Company

Dec 3, 2015

Newmeat 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. ...

Tags: Blendhub, Newmeat, meat

Fifth Meeting of China-Singapore FTA Commission Held in Singapore

Oct 23, 2015

The 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

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