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California-based chicken producer Foster Farms has been sued by a Texas-based law firm, Ron Simon & Associates, over a salmonella outbreak that resulted in 634 people falling ill.
Brazil-based meat packer JBS' US unit Swift Pork will acquire the pork business of Cargill for $1.45bn.
UK-based food coatings company Bowman Ingredients will invest in the country's first dedicated production facility for gluten-free products.
US-based packaged food company ConAgra Foods is planning to leave its struggling store-brand packaged food business to focus on enhancing its faster growing brand products, such as Chef Boyardee, Hebrew...
London's first underground farm, Growing Underground, located in disused World War II tunnels beneath the Northern Line at Clapham will start trading for the first time in mid-July.
General Mills, known for manufacturing Cheerios, Bisquick and Yoplait, will cut 675 to 725 jobs in an attempt to reduce costs.
Italy-based chocolate-maker Ferrero International has agreed to buy the struggling British chocolatier Thorntons for £112m.
Brazil-based meat packager JBS will be acquiring the UK unit of Marfrig Global Foods, Moy Park Holdings Europe, for an estimated $1.5bn.
US-based General Mills has committed to remove artificial flavours and colours from all its cereals.
Two unnamed companies are said to have shown an expression of interest in acquiring New Zealand based listed dairy company a2 Milk.
