Category: Markets
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Livetec has made its poultry biosecurity assessment freely available nationwide. The digital tool provides overall and zone-level scores before Defra-funded veterinary reviews.
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Flavorman will close Moonshine University after fourteen years of operation. Courses continue through 2026 while training materials and certification programmes seek new organisational homes.
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British Sugar proposes ending beet processing at Cantley during 2027. Production would move to three remaining factories, changing grower allocations, transport routes, and network resilience.
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Greenpeace seeks JBS disclosures concerning its global $6 billion expansion. The Dutch application examines evidence supporting planned investments, including six Nigerian processing plants.
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Codex has adopted its first international standard covering baker’s yeast. The text defines product forms, composition, moisture, labelling, storage, hygiene, and analytical requirements.
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Waitrose has recalled brioche rolls over possible foreign body contamination. The affected batch may contain hard plastic and metal fragments and is unsafe to eat.
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EFSA has lowered its safe dietary threshold for trifluoroacetic acid. The revised values will inform future European pesticide, water, crop, and food risk assessments.
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McCormick has detailed the structure planned for its Unilever combination. Four global divisions will span consumer brands, foodservice, and industrial flavour systems.
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Nestlé and Platinum Equity will establish Peranel as a venture. The €4.9 billion business will contain more than 30 water and premium beverage brands.
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Handtmann has completed four decades of UK food processing operations. Its expanded innovation centre will support trials across filling, forming, dosing, portioning, and integrated production lines.