Denmark’s food processing firm Danish Crown is planning to setup a processing and retail product facility in Shanghai, China as part of its 2021 strategy. The company plans to invest about DKK300m ($43.9m) for the plant, which will ...
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Canadian agribusiness Richardson International has acquired Margarine Golden Gate – Michca for an undisclosed amount, in a move to increase food manufacturing capabilities. With this investment, Richardson has secured Golden Gate's ...
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Cosmo Films has a growing interest in the Australian market, and its range of specialty films with barrier properties shows it has much to offer. Barrier properties are increasingly important for packaged food products, and Cosmo Films ...
New Zealand Government has announced plans to introduce a new Health Star Rating food labeling system, which will help in making healthy food choices. New Zealand Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye said that cabinet has agreed to adopt ...
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Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted permission to the state government to ban the sale of junk food-items packed in non-biodegradable and plastic material. The new law is expected to come into effect from 26 January 2014. Under ...
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A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Spain-based Technological Institute of Plastics, AIMPLAS has developed a new food packaging solution to offer better protection to the packaged food products. The new packaging combines biodegradable and active properties with natural ...
Anterra Capital has invested in food preservation company in the UK, Food Freshness Technology (FFT) to improve the food and agriculture supply chain. The investment will be used for FFT's It'sFresh! ethylene-absorbing technology, which ...
TreeHouse Foods has acquired a North American manufacturer of private label foods Associated Brands from TorQuest Partners and other shareholders in a C$187m ($180m) all cash deal. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Associated Brands operates ...
A consortium in partnership with Qemmet El-Iraq will overhaul and manage the 2 MTPA Muthanna Cement Plant in Muthanna Governorate on 14-year contract. A consortium of ASEC Cement, a portfolio company of ASEC Holding, and Iraq s Qemmet ...
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TreeHouse Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Associated Brands, a leading North American manufacturer of private label powdered drinks, specialty teas and sweeteners, from TorQuest Partners and other shareholders in a C$187m ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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Canadian food company SunOpta is all set to add additional filling lines at its Allentown, Pennsylvania facility in the US, in a bid to expand its flexible re-sealable pouch processing and packaging capabilities. The addition of new ...
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The Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued a Gazette Notification that mandates producers of packaged food to reveal the genetically-modified (GM) ingredients, in their product if used any. The new ...
Tags: India, packaged food, food safety, food industry