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A study by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe has warned of dangerous health consequences in children and adolescents from increasing consumption of energy drinks.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has signed an agreement to purchase Specialty Commodities (SCI), the originator, processor and distributor of healthy ingredients for $170m.
A United Nations committee has opened its current session with a goal of adopting responsible principles to invest in agriculture and food systems to increase food security.
Private equity investment firm Vision Capital will sell Fletchers Group of Bakeries to Finsbury Food Group for approximately £56m.
A Filipino company is expected to invest approximately $100m in a food processing plant in American Samoa, creating close to 1,000 jobs.
A study by Cambridge University has revealed a wide price gap between more and less healthy foods, with healthy foods costing three times more per calorie than less healthy foods.
Arla Foods Ingredients has stressed the importance of including dairy products in emergency food programmes, and has called for industry collaboration to make it a reality.
UAE-based private equity firm The Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake in Liberty Star (Libstar), a South African food and personal care goods manufacturer.
Belarus is considering a proposal to set up joint food processing companies with Poland and Estonia, according to the country's agriculture and food minister Leonid Zayats.
Swiss marketers of seeds and agrochemicals Syngenta has been sued by farmers from the biggest corn-growing states in the US over the rejection of genetically modified corn seed from China.
