Category: News
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Joice and Hill has quantified its hatchery contamination losses publicly. Customer compensation, suspended deliveries, and lost revenue following Salmonella controls are expected to cost approximately £2.1 million.
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Industrial poultry systems have accelerated Campylobacter movement between bacterial populations. Genomic research links intensive production with increased bacterial mixing, adaptation, antimicrobial resistance, and foodborne disease risk.
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AB InBev returned beer volumes to growth during the quarter. Premium brands and alcohol free products supported revenue despite weaker trading in China and continued pressure across several consumer markets.
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Danone increased sales as functional dairy and plant products advanced. Balanced volume and pricing growth supported first half earnings, while productivity measures offset continuing inflation across ingredients, packaging, energy, and distribution.
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Kerry increased volumes while continuing substantial operational efficiency work globally. First half trading combined taste and nutrition growth with wider margins, manufacturing optimisation, digital investment, and stronger cash generation.
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ExxonMobil and Bandera have developed recyclable polyethylene pet food packaging. The structure combines barrier and sealing performance with conventional blown film production, avoiding a separate machine direction orientation stage.
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Handtmann has introduced a flexible filler for sensitive paste products. The VF 850 S combines high output, gentle handling, digital production tools, and independently assessed energy efficiency across meat, alternative protein, bakery, and pet food applications.
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England has lost more than one agricultural holding in seven. Consolidation, retirement, financial pressure, and changing property markets continue to reshape domestic farming structures.
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Moa’s new financing advances alternatives for increasingly resistant weeds worldwide. The Oxford business will progress three programmes while expanding discovery and commercial development work.
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Damm is bringing brewery infrastructure behind Dalston’s expanding soft drinks. Production, distribution, development, and commercial support could provide capabilities normally built across several investment cycles.