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Private equity firm Abraaj Group has announced its decision to pull out of the competitive bidding process for the 100% acquisition of Egyptian snack producer Bisco Misr.
Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) in Australia has been given responsibility by Victoria's state government to introduce regulations for a bittering agent to be added to any raw, cosmetic milk...
The UK Government has announced a £16m funding to develop an eco-friendly pesticide, which is harmless to non-target species such as bees.
Coca Cola is planning to cut 1,000-2,000 worldwide jobs in the next few weeks as part of its $3bn cost-cutting programme.
Syngenta and DuPont have announced that China has officially approved imports of a type of genetically modified (GM) corn and soybean variety produced by the two companies respectively.
Russia is to limit its grain exports to control a price hike in the country to help cope with the consequences of its recent currency crisis.
Finnish dairy farm Finnmilk has started milk production with DeLaval AMR (automated milking rotary) to increase output.
Brazil-based BRF has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with Indonesian PT Indofood Suskes Makmur, involving an investment of nearly $200m over the next three years.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has banned imports of poultry meat and products from Lower Saxony, Germany, following an outbreak of...
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that a high-ranking Chinese official said that the country had approved imports of genetically modified Agrisure Viptera corn and two varieties of biotech...
