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Agro Farma, a US-based dairy company that owns the Greek yoghurt brand Chobani, has broken ground on a $100m yoghurt manufacturing plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, US.
Swedish confectionery companies Cloetta and LEAF have announced the merger of their companies to establish a strong presence in the Nordic region and in Italy and the Netherlands.
Nestlé India, a subsidiary of Swiss food company Nestlé, plans to invest Rs5bn ($92.18m) to establish a food production plant in Gujarat, a state in western India, in 2012.
Chinese meat and food processing company Zhongpin has begun trial production at its two new chilled and frozen pork products plants in the Jiangsu and Jilin provinces, China, after completing...
Tyson Fresh Meats, a subsidiary of US-based Tyson Foods, is recalling 40,948lb of ground beef products at its facility in Dakota, Nebraska, US, over fears of E coli O157:H7 contamination.
India-based Tirumala Dairy plans to invest Rs50bn ($907m) over the next three to four years to set up an integrated dairy plant in Guntur, in the southern state of Andhra...
UK-based Premier Foods has signed an agreement to sell four of its Irish food brands to the Boyne Valley for a cash consideration of €41.4m, as part of its strategy...
Cookie dough manufacturers must ensure that ready-to-bake products are as safe as ready-to-eat products, claims a new study that traced a 2009 E coli outbreak in the US back to...
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has entered into a $980m agreement to acquire about half of the equity in the beverage business of Saudi Arabia-based Aujan Industries.
UK-based developer of air purification systems Plasma Clean has partnered with Meiko to offer its Xtract 2100 Ioniser technology as a standard odour control system in the company's food waste...
