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FDA Warns Bakery about Insanitary Conditions
A bakery is on notice from the FDA because the firm’s products were prepared, packed, or held under conditions that might cause them to become contaminated with filth, or not meeting food safety standards.
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Real Good Food Sells Ingredient Producer Garretts
Real Good Food announced the sale of the business and certain assets of its non-core trading business Garrett Ingredients Limited ("Garretts") to Kent Foods Limited ("Kent") for approximately GBP1.8m.
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Middleby Acquires Italian Cooking Equipment Producer
The Middleby Corporation announced the acquisition of Firex Srl, a leading manufacturer of steam cooking equipment for the commercial foodservice industry.
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Sandvik Process Systems Becomes IPCO
Previously operating as Sandvik Process Systems, IPCO is now an independent company within the Wallenberg group with 600 employees, more than 35 sales and service offices and annual sales in excess of EUR200m.
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Linwoods to Lay off 90 Workers in Armagh, the UK
The Armagh-based food business Linwoods is planning to lay off up to 90 in its bakery and milk division. The company, which operates across two sites in County Armagh, said part of the business had been hit by changing consumer taste.
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Lesaffre Acquires a Majority Shareholding in Rayen Food Industries
Lesaffre announced the acquisition of a majority shareholding in the company Rayen Food Industries in Tunisia, specialized in the production of baker’s yeast.
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Food Ingredients and Applications Category Is Cargill’s Second Highest Earning Segment
Cargill’s earnings in food ingredients and applications decreased on mixed performance, the segment being the second-largest contributor to company earnings, while animal nutrition and protein led company results for the fourth successive…
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Belarusian Confectionery Exports Nearly 50% up in January-February
In January-February 2018, enterprises of the Belarusian state food industry concern Belgospishcheprom recorded an increase in their exports by 49.2%, in comparison with the same period of last year, BelTA learned from Yelena Malinovskaya,…
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Grupo Bimbo to Become First US Company to Use 100% Renewable Energy
Grupo Bimbo announced that it has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) to receive 100 megawatts of wind energy from Invenergy, North America’s largest independent renewable energy company.
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General Mills, Kellogg and PepsiCo Join Walmart’s Campaign “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.”
Walmart launched its fifth annual US “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” campaign online and in stores by asking its 150 million weekly shoppers to raise the bar to support the Feeding America network of 200 local food banks and the one in eight…
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Panera Bread Confronted with Customer Data Security Issues
St. Louis bakery-chain Panera Bread has reportedly leaked eight-months worth of customer records from its website, according to KrebsOnSecurity. In a blog post, the security news website said the data leak included names...
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Bühler Aeroglide Appoints Mark Newton Regional Manager, EMEA
Bühler Aeroglide, global leader in thermal process engineering and technology for food, feed, and industrial markets, announces that Mark Newton has been appointed regional manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Warren Bakery Opens New Store in Bicester
Warrens Bakery opens on a new store in Bicester, UK, in partnership with local businessman Robert Crompton. The new store will not only showcase the range of artisan breads, pasties and sweet and savory treats but also offer customers an…
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Tyson Sells Circle Foods to Ajinomoto
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., has agreed to sell its Circle Foods operations to Japanese food producer Ajinomoto Co. Inc., for an undisclosed sum, five years after acquiring it. Tyson is working with the company's U.S. subsidiary,…
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Campbell Creates New US Snacking Unit
Campbell Soup Company announces it has completed the acquisition of Snyder’s-Lance, and it forms a new U.S snacking unit: Campbell Snacks. "Snyder's-Lance represents a strategic and transformative acquisition for Campbell, creating a…
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Middleby Acquires Italian Robotics Specialist
The Middleby Corporation has announced the acquisition of Ve.Ma.C, a leading designer and manufacturer of handling, automation and robotics solutions for protein food processing lines.
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Givaudan Acquires Important Share Package in Naturex
Givaudan has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 40.6% of the shares of Naturex, a French public listed company specializing in ingredient development, for a total consideration of EUR522m.
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ADM Restructures Business Segments
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced the realignment of its business segments across four units – Carbohydrate Solutions, Nutrition, Oilseeds and Origination. The new segments better reflect ADM’s operating structure...
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