Category: News
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fairlife is ramping production at its new Webster dairy facility. The $650 million plant is already sourcing milk from more than 40 farms and has created approximately 380 full-time local jobs.
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Anheuser-Busch is investing $13 million in its Baldwinsville brewery operations. The programme upgrades can and bottle lines, adds Cutwater production capability, and expands technical skills training.
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Summit Foods has recalled four wrap lines over STEC contamination. The FSA alert covers several brands and all use-by dates through 5 September 2026.
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Bernard Matthews will close its Derby poultry plant in December. Around 600 jobs are at risk after consultation failed to identify a viable route for the site to continue operating.
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Danone has secured UK clearance for its planned Huel acquisition. The phase-one decision removes a major regulatory hurdle while detailed reasoning remains unpublished.
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CMA action will force Vandemoortele to divest its Worcester plant. The remedy is designed to preserve competition in frozen laminated dough while allowing the Délifrance acquisition to stand.
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Hapman refines hygienic conveying systems for fragile food production materials. CablePro combines enclosed stainless-steel tubing, food-grade cable and discs, automatic tensioning, and configurable dry or wet cleaning for complex production layouts.
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EuPF challenges Commission stretch-film guidance under Europe’s new packaging rules. The association argues that a roll remains packaging material until the wrapping operator determines the final pallet format and amount used.
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IDS cameras automate potato grading across compact farm sorting lines. Farmsort.one combines repeated optical inspection, encoder-based tracking, and electric conveying to classify washed or unwashed potatoes into as many as five grades.
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Bakers Basco recovers reusable bakery equipment during two island investigations. The first operational visits in almost two decades returned 342 Omega baskets and dollies from the Isle of Man and Isle of Wight.