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US agribusiness company Cargill has announced plans to invest €20m ($26.52) in its newly acquired cocoa and chocolate plants in Berlin as a part of its strategy to maintain a...
Canadian dairy producer Saputo has reported a rise of 15.8% to C$129.8m ($130.27m) in the third quarter of fiscal 2012, compared to C$112.1m ($112.5m) in 2011, influenced by higher exports...
Indian dairy cooperative Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has announced plans to invest Rs30bn ($608m) to double its milk processing capacity over the next six years.
Israel-based flavour and fragrance company Frutarom has forayed into the South American market with the acquisition of Brazilian flavour company Mylner Indústria E Comércio in a deal worth BRL27.1m ($15.7m).
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has spent more than £50m ($78m) on wheat from FTSE 100 trader Glencore International, according to contract details published on the agency's website.
Nearly 20,000 poultry birds have been killed in India to limit the spread of bird flu, which was identified at a farm belonging to the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO),...
US-based food manufacturer Ralcorp has completed the separation of its Post Foods cereal unit, through a tax-free spin-off to Ralcorp shareholders.
Irish food ingredients and flavours company the Kerry Group is planning to close its frozen food factory in Grimsby in Northeast Lincolnshire, UK, costing 337 jobs.
Minnesota-based Michael Foods has recalled more than one million hard-cooked eggs across 34 states in the US over fears they may be contaminated with listeria monocytongenes.
Nearly 24,000 ducks have been destroyed in Australia after testing positive for a low pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus, prompting an exports ban in some Asian countries including...
