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Pizza chain Papa John's has announced that it will to serve products of chicken that have been raised without antibiotics by the second quarter of next year.
France has bolstered sanitation as well as imposed restrictions zone to curb movement of poultry from the southwest region in an effort to limit impact of bird flu outbreak.
The US Congress is expected to repeal mandatory country-of-origin meat labeling (COOL), which according to the World Trade Organization (WTO) violates trade agreements, and allowed Canada and Mexico to impose...
Fonterra Co-operative Group has signed an agreement to sell its Australian yoghurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia, following exclusive negotiations.
Archer Daniels Midland Company has signed an agreement to acquire 50% stake in Medsofts Group, Egypt-based privately held firm.
Frutarom Industries, a company focussed on flavours and specialty fine ingredients, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Austria-based Sagema, and Germany-based Wiberg for approximately $130.4m.
Ornua, the erstwhile Irish Dairy Board, has divested its majority stake in DPI Speciality Foods, a speciality foods distributor in the US, to Chicago-based Arbor Investments.
Raisio, the Finland-based food group, has decided to close its Southall factory in the UK, following the completion of a consultation process, which began in October to decide on the...
US-based Archer Daniels Midland Company and Singapore-based Wilmar International Limited have entered into an agreement to strengthen their partnership in Olenex to become a complete-function joint-venture, holding its own assets.
Frutarom Industries acquired 100% of the share capital of Hong Kong-based companies Inventive Technology and Prowin International for $17m.
