As the BRI brings Chinese trading opportunities westward, those Chinese manufacturers that establish a presence in Western Asia first will reap the largest rewards. In order to help you export your products to West Asia, we have developed a ...
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Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...
Canadian industrial technology firm EnWave has bagged a contract from Bonduelle to increase the productivity of the latter’s 120kW Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) machinery. Bonduelle is a French based global processor of frozen ...
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Sager Creek Foods, a subsidiary of Del Monte Foods, announced a recall of approximately 15,000 shipped cases of Field Peas with Snaps and Green Bean Products, primarily non-retail, which may have the potential for trace amounts of shellfish ...
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Granarolo has acquired, partially in the form of an increase in capital and partially in the acquisition of shares, 60% of CONBIO, an Italian company in the production of a wide range of vegetable and organic food products. The operation ...
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Del Monte Foods, a North American food production and distribution company, plans to eliminate the use of hazardous chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) lining in cans used for food packaging. Starting in May 2016, the company plans to commence ...
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US-based packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to split the company into two independent public companies – with one handling the consumer portfolio of various brands and the other managing its foodservice portfolio of frozen ...
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Australians now snack four times as much as they did ten years ago, according to new consumer research. The latest AUSVEG ‘Project Harvest’ report, produced by Colmar Brunton, has found that over the last decade snacking in ...
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Chilean food processing company Lake Blue Spa will employ EnWave's Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) dehydration technology to produce dried cheese products in the country. The companies have signed a royalty-bearing commercial license ...
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Canned vegetable products manufacturer McCall Farms is planning to open a new production facility in Effingham, South Carolina. When operational this month, the facility will expand the company's existing Florence County operations, while ...
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Australian vegetable canning business Edgell has launched limited edition packaging for some of its most popular products, which features an Australian flag. Edgell, which is a subsidiary of food manufacturer Simplot Australia, said the ...
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American fast food restaurant chain Subway has announced an investigation over a media report in China alleging that workers at a Beijing franchise manipulated food labels. The report said that workers in Beijing Subway outlet doctored ...
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Australia’s growing appetite for healthy, convenient, pre-packaged salads is seeing the construction of the largest fresh cut salad facility of its kind in New South Wales, thanks to a new deal between producer of value-added ...
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Dairy and meat industry boost from new China FTA deal A new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalised between Australia and China, with the Australian dairy and meat industries expected to benefit. Australian Prime Minister Tony ...
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Packaged food company ConAgra Foods has opened a new potato processing facility in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, China for its Lamb Weston brand. Located in one of the largest potato growing regions in the country, the plant will be capable ...