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The Swedish Competition Authority Konkurrensverket has approved the merger of dairy cooperatives Arla and Milko, the latter of which would have been facing the possibility of a bankruptcy had the...
The Indian Government has approved the construction of 15 mega food parks with an investment of Rs7.87bn ($157.19m) in order to reduce the 40% wastage in the fruit and vegetables...
Researchers at Kent State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University in the US have developed a new technology that uses liquid crystals to identify multiple harmful pathogens in food in...
Pakistan's food exports increased by 38.51% to $993.72m in the first quarter of 2011, compared with $717.45m during the same period a year earlier, according to figures by the Federal...
Irish food company Greencore, a leading sandwich and ready meals supplier in Britain, has announced that it has received a takeover approach from an unkown bidder.
US-based Supreme Meat Purveyors is recalling approximately 22,100lb of Carne Guisada due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service...
Hain Celestial, a US-based natural and organic products company, has acquired UK-based natural chilled foods, freshly prepared fruit products and chilled ready meals manufacturer Daniels in a deal worth $230m.
Belarus food exports increased by 25.8% to $2.59bn for the period of January-August 2011 year-on-year, according to figures by the National Statistics Committee.
FrieslandCampina Domo plans to invest €130m ($180.47m) in the expansion of its Netherlands-based production plants at Beilen and Bedum to double the production capacity of total infant formulas and infant...
Frozen red meat, turkey and butter stocks on 30 September were higher than last year's levels, but chicken and cheese stocks were lower, according to the US Department of Agriculture's...
