Six months after the deregulation of Australia's dairy industry,
milk prices have fallen by as much as 40 cents a litre with the
likelihood of further...
The 2nd Mindanao Seaweed Congress, to be held in the Philippines
April 25-26, will aim at expanding the region's seaweed sector
beyond simple production...
UK supermarket chain Tesco is set to confirm its position as one of
the UK's most profitable retailers when it unveils its results on
Tuesday, the Financial...
Dutch supermarkets group Koninklijke Ahold NV announced on Friday
that it is to sell the tea and wine activities of its unit Marvelo,
which manufactures...
Danish sugar, food ingredients and packaging group Danisco
announced this week that is is to sell its flexible packaging unit
to a new joint venture led...
French dairy and biscuits Groupe Danone said it has halted
construction of a global research center in Palaiseau, near Paris,
after the Ile-de-France...
U.S. agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. this week took
control of the cocoa assets of Sifca, Ivory Coast's last big
locally controlled commodities...
Nestlé has pulled its probiotic LC1 Go! live yoghurt drink from the
supermarket shelves less than three years after it was launched
with a £2m TV ad campaign,...
The European Commission this week cleared the acquisition of
Unilever's European Culinary Brands Businesses (ECBB) by US group
Campbell Soup Co. The sale...
Despite labelling regulations as many as 25 per cent of
manufacturers failed to list common ingredients that can cause
potentially fatal allergic reactions,...
Consumer products giant, Unilever NV, is considering an end to its
64 year old production operations in Sri Lanka as rising costs and
labour action choke...
French dairy and biscuit company Groupe Danone SA, announced on
Thursday plans to shut down six factories and to cut almost 1,200
jobs to trim costs and...
British high street chain Marks and Spencer is to close all its
overseas stores the company announced on Thursday. The company made
the move to halt falling...
The meat and poultry industry have yet another new internet
marketplace online.Provision X opened for business on Thursday with
five suppliers including...
Leading Philippines' milk firm, Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC), said
on Tuesday that from April it will terminate a cereal distribution
deal with Quaker...
Leading ingredients company National Starch announced this week a
global restructuring of its business activities from April 2001.
Two new divisions will...
Franco-German giant Aventis SA (AVEP) is near completetion of its
animal nutrition business. The business is to go for around 300
million euros ($268...
Despite vigorous preventive measures by the French government, the
second case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was confirmed in France
on 23 March, 10...
Cranberry giant Ocean Spray is to launch a line of cranberry and
grapefruit beverages in the People's Republic of China within the
next six months, the...
Britain started to kill tens of thousands of healthy sheep, goats
and pigs on Friday in an effort to end the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
It is predicted...
Gum Tech International Inc., announced on Thursday that it has
signed a definitive agreement to sell selected assets of its gum
business to the Wrigley...
Archer Daniels Midland Co., the leading U.S. oilseed crusher, said
on Monday its soybean crushing plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, will
be shut down indefinitely.
Australian food exports to Asia grew 13 per cent in the December
quarter and are expected to exceed $12 billion, the Supermarket to
Asia Council said...
The US Natural Dietary Supplements Market generated revenues of
$6.67 billion in 2000, a new survey reveals. The report, from
market research company...
Kraft Foods International announced on March 2 that it has acquired
Societe des Cafes Ennasr,a leading producer and marketer of roast
and ground coffee...
SAF(USA), a subsidiary of Paris-based Lesaffre et Compagnie, the
global yeast company, announced on Tuesday the purchase of Red Star
Yeast from Sensient...
Coca-Cola and consumer products group Procter & Gamble have
formed a joint venture to develop and market innovative juice-based
drinks and snacks on a...
International Flavor & Fragrances Inc. provided yesterday an
update regarding its integration of Bush Boake Allen and the
progress of its reorganisation...