Somerset free range egg producer, Blackacre Farm Eggs, has rebranded to become The Traditional Free Range Egg Company, as of Monday 1 August. Owners Dan and Briony Wood have made this change, as they feel that it better represents their ...
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Paper-based packaging solutions provider Smurfit Kappa, along with egg producer Domaine du Tauzia, has developed a Pouch-Up packaging solution for liquid eggs. The new pack, which is lightweight and unbreakable, is available in two ...
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As the first true free-range egg producer to be American Humane Certified, the happy egg has joined American Humane Association in a Congressional Briefing on "The Humane Heartland: A Celebration of the Humane Treatment of Farm Animals." ...
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Ayrshire-based egg producer Chalmerston Farm Eggs is set to increase production with the support of £1.1m finance package from HSBC. The farm is expected to benefit from a free range poultry shed that will help increase its stock of ...
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A commercial poultry flock in Minnesota was tested positive for a strain of H5N2 avian influenza, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This comes after two other farms in Pope and Lac qui Parle counties of western ...
Egg producer Bird Bros has succeeded in overcoming downtime, increasing efficiency and eliminating wastage by upgrading to a fully automatic Endoline case sealing system. Based in Bedfordshire, the company supplies high quality eggs to ...
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US-based egg producer Quality Egg has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a fine of $6.8m for selling substandard eggs with false labeling and tainted products that resulted in nationwide outbreak of salmonella in 2010. Back then, the ...
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Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has gained full control of Delta Egg Farm with the acquisition of remaining 50% stake from Sunbest Foods of Iowa. Delta Egg Farm has now become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cal-Maine Foods. ...
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Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has signed a deal to take over the remaining 50% stake in Delta Egg Farm from Sunbest Foods of Iowa for $17m. With this development, Delta Egg Farm will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
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In the first month of 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 11 warning letters to food manufacturers and processors. The first two warning letters of the year were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a ...
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Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has reported a net loss of $3.8m for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with a profit of $37.2m for the same period in 2012, due to lawsuit settlement charge that offset the company's improved ...
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The owners of UK-based egg producer Noble Foods are evaluating plans to sell the company, which is valued at approximately £400m. Farmers Peter Dean and Michael Kent, the joint owners of the business, are believed to have started ...
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Cal-Maine Foods, a US-based egg producer, has reported that its net sales increased by 13.26% to $328.8m for the second quarter of 2013, compared to $290.3m for the same period in the previous year. For the period ended 1 December 2012, ...
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UK-based Endoline has installed a new 221 Case Erector at Oakland’s Farm Eggs, which fed boxes into the Moba CP 12 case packer though a conveyor system. The case erector features a dual opposing vacuum case opening ensuring each ...
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