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US-based Ruiz Food Products is recalling nearly 55,013lb of frozen, not ready-to-eat (NRTE) breakfast burrito products containing eggs, sausage, and cheese products due to possible foreign matter contamination.
Global food and beverage company PepsiCo has signed an agreement to acquire the US-based PopCorners snacks manufacturer BFY Brands.
Hostess Brands has signed an agreement to acquire cookies and wafers manufacturer Voortman Cookies from Swander Pace Capital for nearly $320m in cash.
Avara Foods, UK, has made an investment in its manufacturing facility located in Hereford, England, to improve production capabilities.
Blue Grass Quality Meats, US, is recalling 121, 083lb of pork, bacon and ready-to-eat (RTE) turkey products over misbranding and the presence of undeclared allergens.
US producers will be able to export more beef to the European Union (EU) after the European Parliament approved an increase in US beef imports.
La Coop fédérée, Canada, and its divisions Olymel and Sollio Agriculture have acquired all the assets of Ange-Gardien company F. Ménard.
The European Parliament is making changes to the 2016 EU-Ukraine trade agreement to restrict the entry of cheap Ukrainian poultry meat products into the EU.
British supermarket chain Waitrose has announced that all the fresh and frozen lamb retailed in its stores will be sourced from British lamb producers.
The US-based company Missa Bay is recalling nearly 97,272lb of salad products containing meat or poultry because the lettuce ingredient may have been contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.
