J.M. Smucker’s proposed $285m purchase of Conagra Brands’ Wesson cooking oil brand has hit a roadblock with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing the deal will reduce competition in the country for canola and vegetable ...
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#makethefuture campaign highlights how cooperation between Shell and entrepreneurs is helping the development of more and cleaner energy ideas International musicians including Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, Luan Santana and Pixie Lott ...
Members of the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies on Monday presented Christmas gifts to children at the Kumasi Children's Home, a state-run orphanage in Ghana's second largest city Kumasi. The gifts included LED TV sets, tower fans, ...
In 2014, domestic waste formed 57% of all waste disposed of. Of this, about one third was packaging waste. In a bid to curb the growth of packaging waste and inspire businesses to reduce the amount of packaging used in their products, the ...
Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, has acquired Whole Harvest Foods, a refiner and packager of expeller pressed commercial cooking oil. Whole Harvest Foods products, which including frying oils, pan ...
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The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) has amended the 2009 Food Safety Law in a bid to strengthen food security in the country, after a string of food safety violations in recent years. Xinhua reported ...
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Egypt has signed two investment agreements worth $6bn in a bid to develop a global logistics centre for grain handling and a city of commerce and shopping project. DN Egypt reported citing country's supply minister Khaled Hanafy that the ...
Tags: grains, basic food commodities trade, wheat
Boeing claims to have completed the world’s first flight using ‘green diesel’, a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test ...
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Wei Ying-chung, a major stakeholder of Ting Hsin International Group, and four other executives were indicted by prosecutors in Taiwan for selling cooking oil that was contaminated with animal feed. If convicted, Ying-chung will face ...
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Darling Ingredients, a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, ...
An innovative technology made headlines recently by allegedly offering users the ability to measure the quality of olive oil. The device comes from China, where there is an enormous problem with illegally reprocessed cooking oil appearing ...
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Are you sick and tired of spending big bucks on chemical cleaners chockfull of scary ingredients? If so, it may seem that your only option is to go out and purchase organic versions with even scarier price tags. However, there are ...
Malaysia's export tax on crude palm oil will remain at 5.5% for May, unchanged from April, the Malaysia Palm Oil Board's website showed Tuesday. Biodiesel producers and traders said the tax rate would not impact Malaysian biodiesel ...
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Chosen Foods is expanding its cooking oil line up and introducing the product at Natural Products Expo West in March. All in all, the fast growing health food company will introduce nine new products at the event. The first exclusive ...
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The European Biodiesel Board, a major group of biodiesel producers, hailed on Tuesday a decision by the European Commission to slap definitive antidumping duties against what it called "unfair imports" of soybean- and palm oil-based ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy