UK police have raided two meat firms as part of an investigation into how beef products containing horse meat have been sold. The UK Food Standards Agency issued a statement yesterday evening (12 February) to say its officials and police ...
Tags: meat firms, horse meat, Food
US-based food processor and distributor Golden State Foods has acquired a majority stake in Groenz through a joint venture agreement. Groenz is a manufacturer of sauces, dressings, condiments and powders for the quick service restaurant ...
Laura is celebrating her 5th birthday and, as the family gathers around the table to cut the cake, they are not thinking about the many facets of production that turned myriad raw materials into a safe, delicious birthday cake. But long ...
Tags: Two-layer Solution, Mix ChallengeEllen Kominars, Magnetic Products
This spring will bring job cuts for some of the 169 staff at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) in the Western Isles, as the firm announced a review of its Stornoway harvesting and processing operations last week (January 8). The ...
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If a small appliance is on someone's holiday wish list, be sure to check the latest results from Consumer Reports' tests. Sales of these countertop wares have been robust, despite the down economy, which has kept manufacturers busy vying to ...
Tags: Small appliance, Blenders, Stand mixers, Toasters
One outcome of the prolonged housing slump has been that when consumers postponed renovating their kitchens and buying large appliances, manufacturers got busy redesigning small ones. The rosy results can be found in the housewares ...
Tags: appliances, housewares department, toaster, stand mixer
With a roast beast filling the oven and side dishes on every available burner, a holiday host can quickly run out of space to cook a meal and all the trimmings. But with some creative use of small countertop appliances, you can coordinate ...
Tags: roast beast, side dishes, burner, countertop appliances
Chinese state-owned agribusiness and food processor COFCO has sold its 5% stake in US meat giant Smithfield Foods. Smithfield said on Friday (16 November) it had paid US$148m for COFCO's 4.95% stake. COFCO bought the shares in ...
Tags: Stake, Smithfield Foods, future business
Global technology solutions provider JBT has announced that its JBT FoodTech business has signed a contract worth more than $5m with a North American food processor. According to the company, its business will supply and install two ...
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Freshlink Foods is planning to close its frozen sausage factory in Glasgow, Scotland, putting nearly 145 jobs at risk. The company has initiated a 90-day consultation period with its workforce about the future of the plant. According to ...
Tags: frozen sausage factory, future of the plant, leading food processor
Adept Technology, a provider of robots and autonomous mobile solutions, has introduced ClamPAC Robotic Packaging Automation Cell for case packing clamshells. The company noted that Packaging Automation Cell - which is a standardized, ...
Tags: robots and autonomous mobile solutions, case packing clamshells
Intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions provider in the US, Adept Technology has introduced the new robotic packaging automation cell Adept ClamPAC, which gently packs clamshells into cases at high speeds. ClamPAC has been ...