The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has launched a new campaign to promote the value of reusable transport packaging systems for the movement of food from farm, producer, or processor to point of sale. The campaign demonstrates how ...
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Global food commodities trader Bunge’s subsidiary Agribusiness Singapore has entered into an agreements with Oleo-Fats to distribute its products for the foodservice, retail and food processor industries in the Asia-Pacific region. ...
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US-based agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Wilmar International have received all required competition approvals to launch their joint venture Olenex. Following the approvals, the companies plan to launch the new ...
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Fera Science has partnered with Global ID Group to launch its food safety and integrity tracking system in five new regions. The system, HorizonScan, allows food manufacturers to track and monitor a range of contaminant and authenticity ...
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The overall drop after five months of growth reflects a slide in prices for grains and vegetable oils 4 August 2016, Rome – The international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July, following five ...
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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the first GRAS classification for any rice protein to Axiom Foods for their clinically-studied Oryzatein organic brown rice protein ingredient. Axiom's Vegotein pea protein was also awarded a ...
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Global food commodities trader Bunge still intends to complete the delivery of a rejected French wheat cargo to Egypt even as it has begun legal proceedings against the latter's grain importing authority. Bunge has initiated the legal ...
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 ...
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February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Some yoghurts and cheeses may reduce risk of diabetes by one-third Higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, may reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent, according ...
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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, like many politicians in Washington, hastily reacted to a media report in his home state before researching and understanding the background and facts about safety regulations and precautions in the truck ...
The nova-Institute has recently published a paper on agricultural feedstock use in industrial applications shedding light on the controversial public debate surrounding the industrial use of food crops or so-called first generation ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food has completed its review of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and has now referred it back to the House of Commons for Report ...
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The Senate of Canada has adopted the Safe Food for Canadians Act (S-11) Act, which will provide the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) more tools and resources to help keep Canadian food safe. The new act will provide CFIA with some ...
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India is mulling over imposing stock holding restrictions on food commodities including pulses and edible oils, in order to control the increase in prices. According to Food Minister K V Thomas, the government is closely evaluating the ...
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The government of Canada,in partnership with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA),has unveiled a draft model to improve food inspection in the country. CFIA noted that the draft model proposes a single approach to food inspection ...
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