Category: News
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Michigan has awarded grants supporting food-processing and production infrastructure projects. Funding will support bottling, fermentation, packaging, blast chilling, fish processing, dairy production, bakery capacity, and other tangible manufacturing assets.
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FSSAI enforcement is forcing food companies to revise packaging claims. Six businesses have removed “100%” wording from products or advertising after regulatory intervention over potentially misleading absolute claims.
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Maharashtra has tightened enforcement across edible-oil manufacturing and packaging operations. The state FDA is targeting adulteration, unsealed sales, reused containers, licensing failures, and unsafe transport across the production and distribution chain.
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Premier’s Tulbagh closure plan threatens South African canning capacity significantly. The proposed shutdown exposes 246 permanent employees, seasonal workers, and hundreds of fruit growers to the loss of a major export-processing outlet.
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Krones has opened new bottling equipment capacity in southern India. The Rs315-crore Vemagal investment expands local manufacturing for beverage and liquid-food machinery as the group increases production closer to Asian customers.
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Danone has secured UK clearance for its planned Huel acquisition. The transaction adds a £254 million functional-nutrition business spanning powders, drinks, meals, and snacks to Danone’s wider portfolio.
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CMA orders Worcester frozen viennoiserie manufacturing site to be sold. The remedy is intended to preserve an independent UK supplier after Vandemoortele’s completed acquisition of Délifrance raised competition concerns.
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Müller has commissioned automated cleaning infrastructure for mobile dairy tanks. The modular system handles cleaning flows up to 50,000 litres per hour and connects 16 mobile vessels through a dedicated docking arrangement.
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Food production drove Akola Group’s strongest operating result this year. The segment generated €482 million revenue and €58 million operating profit, with poultry providing the main improvement.
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Seafood packaging lifted BEWI’s quarterly earnings across its European operations. Norwegian fish-box demand helped Packaging & Components sales reach €97.9 million during the second quarter.