Smithfield Foods rides high with hot dog deal
Pork company Smithfield Foods has entered into a partnership with amusement park Six Flags to be the official hot dog supplier to the multi-million dollar valued theme park corporation.
Archives for April 9, 2017
FRoSTA in discussions to buy Nestlé Italiana frozen food brands
German frozen food company FRoSTA AG has announced it is exclusively negotiating the purchase of the frozen food business of Italian company Nestlé Italiana S.p.A. with Nestlé.
Dispatches from GFSI 2017 in Houston
Blockchain can transform traceability - Bureau Veritas
Blockchain technology has the potential to change the traditional audit and certification industry, according to Bureau Veritas.
Ireland’s prime minister in Germany for beef push
Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, Enda Kenny, was in Germany to promote a new five-year beef campaign as the government steps up export efforts against the backdrop of Brexit.
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More and more Chinese going nuts in backing healthy snacking
Snacks are increasingly being seen by Chinese consumers as a healthy pitstop between meals, and losing their reputation as indulgent alternatives to traditional meal times.
Dutch project scaling up multi-analyte methods
An institute of Wageningen University & Research is part of a project to improve multi-analyte diagnostic assays for rapid (on-site) detection of food safety issues.
Italy proposes €18,000 fine for firms failing to indicate Italian origin
New legislation could require manufacturers to give detailed origin labelling for all pre-packaged food on Italian shelves or face heavy fines – but does the move undermine EU law and would it be effective?
Whole Foods must re-engineer its 'suboptimal and cost disadvantaged procurement and distribution strategy,' say activist investors
Activist investors led by Jana Partners have acquired 8.3% of Whole Foods’ stock according to an SEC filing, which says Whole Foods must take radical action to address its recent “chronic underperformance."
New group aims to make Chicago the ‘Silicon Valley of food and beverage’
Non-profit Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network, backed by the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and World Business Chicago, launched last week to establish the Midwestern city as a hub for food manufacturing innovation.
Asian meat giant invests millions in Philippine farms
Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corporation (CPF Philippines), a subsidiary of Thai food giant CPF, has invested 10 million pesos to bolster agriculture in the country.
Whisky on first UK freight train to China
The UK’s first rail freight service to China is to start its 7,500-mile journey today, carrying British goods including whisky and soft drinks.
Cargill, General Mills and Unilever agree to fortify flagship wheat flour brands with vitamins and minerals in India
Major brands and millers have agreed to fortify wheat flour with iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 under India’s drive to boost nutrition levels through a mass fortification programme.
Arla to invest €12m in infant milk formula production
Arla is investing approximately €12m ($12.7m) to upgrade its AKAFA production site in northern Denmark, which will allow it to add infant milk formula (IMF) production to its existing powdered milk capacity.
Pulses are popular but don't stop investing in consumer awareness, say researchers
The Year of the Pulse may be over but pulses are still a trending ingredient, although industry needs to invest in greater consumer awareness if it is to benefit from the buzz, according to researchers.
Mediterranean overfishing risks reaching ‘a point of no return,’ report warns
Mediterranean Sea fish stocks are rapidly deteriorating with one third of commercial and non-commercial fish over-exploited and some on the verge of depletion, according to a report.
Low sheep supply to spark record Australian prices
Tight livestock supplies will see Australia process 2.7 million fewer sheep and lambs this year, which may lead to record prices for the industry.
VIDEO: From earthquakes to sourcing strife - the challenges to open the world’s newest omega-3 fish oil refinery
Omega-3 fish oil supplier SeaDragon overcame a raft of challenges to open the world's newest refinery, with the firm now hopeful it can start recouping some of its NZ$11m investment.
Clean label reformulations can buffer frozen food sales’ slow but steady decline
A slow decline is forecasted for total frozen food sales, which includes frozen dinners/entrees, pizzas, side dishes, and appetizers/snacks, according to Packaged Facts’ latest numbers.
School nutrition standards under fire again, threshold for free, reduced meals increased
Congressional pressure on federal agencies to back down from nutrition policies created under the Obama Administration continues to mount with the standards for school meals now in the cross-hairs.
Dead bat in packaged Fresh Express salad sold at Walmart
Fresh Express has recalled salad sold at Walmart after a dead bat was found in a package.
Glyphosate to join Proposition 65 list
The herbicide glyphosate is to be added to the list of chemicals known to cause cancer under California's Proposition 65 legislation, which means companies producing products containing residues of the popular herbicide may in future have to feature...
Community supported agriculture gains momentum to capture larger share of “fresh” market
As demand for local, fresh and healthy food increases community supported agricultural models are evolving to capture a larger share of consumer spend and could become a threat to more traditional retailers that rely on foot traffic generated by regular...
Health Canada proposes ban on partially hydrogenated oils
Health Canada has unveiled proposals to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils - a key source of harmful trans fats in foods - by summer 2018 (aligning with the US deadline) by adding them to the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating...