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US-based company Ardent Mills will enhance its speciality grain capabilities by acquiring the quinoa operations of Andean Naturals in Yuba City, California.
Else Nutrition Holdings has signed a production memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an undisclosed organic baby formula producer in the US.
US-based pizza crusts manufacturer and distributor TNT Crust has purchased a new production facility for an undisclosed amount.
Speciality food ingredients provider Tate & Lyle has invested in Zymtronix, a US-based start-up company, which develops enzyme immobilisation technologies.
Thai food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has announced that it foresees no threat from the bird flu outbreak in China.
In China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, poultry farmers are reportedly destroying birds because of transport restrictions.
New Zealand’s farmer-owned co-operative Alliance Group has acquired a 10.4% stake in its partner QualityNZ, which exports red meat and seafood to India.
The Chinese Government has ordered a cull of chickens in Shaoyang city after an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Hunan province.
Taiwan-based seafood product distributor FCF has acquired all the assets of Bumble Bee Foods for $928m.
Austrian firm Agrana has acquired US-based organic distributor Marroquin Organic International to expand its distribution activities in the starch sector.
