29 October 2020
Hershey acquires minority stake in natural snacks company Quinn
The Hershey Company has acquired a minority stake in natural snack company Quinn by making an undisclosed investment.
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6 October 2020
FDA expands food safety collaboration with Mexican counterparts
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Mexican regulatory counterparts have expanded a collaborative partnership on food safety.
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6 October 2020
EBRD grants loans to Ukraine’s Astarta
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a loan to Ukrainian agro holding Astarta.
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15 September 2020
China and Japan suspend German pork imports over African swine fever
China and Japan have suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany following the confirmation of the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in the European country.
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14 September 2020
OSHA penalises JBS Foods for failing to protect employees from Covid-19
The US Department of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has penalised JBS Foods in Greeley, Colorado, for failing to protect its employees from the coronavirus (Covid-19).
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14 September 2020
Meat-Tech to acquire cultured fat products developer
Bioprinting-based industrial-scale cultivated meat production technologies developer Meat-Tech 3D has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to acquire 100% of an undisclosed company that develops cultured fat products.
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9 September 2020
Universal Corporation to acquire vegetable and fruit processor Silva
Agri-products supplier Universal Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire US-based speciality dehydrated vegetable, fruit and herb processing company Silva International in a $170m deal.
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26 June 2020
Few employees want to return to office full-time when lockdowns are eased: Poll
Remote working or working from home has become the new norm during the COVID-19 times which call for maintaining physical distancing and complying with lockdown measures to curb disease spread.
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4 June 2020
Optimism over global economic recovery hits a low as May ends: Poll analysis
The global economic growth in 2020 has been eclipsed since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak causing fears of looming unemployment and recession in a number of countries. Verdict has been tracking...
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26 May 2020
COVID-19 concerns increase in May following easing of lockdowns
The COVID-19 concern index, as measured by responses to an ongoing poll launched by Verdict in March, has been tracking how the concerns over coronavirus have been changing over time....