Category: News
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Boparan has completed its move into German turkey production. Heidemark will become part of Storteboom Food Group’s European division, adding scale in poultry processing as manufacturers invest in automation, welfare, and more resilient protein supply chains.
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UK agencies are tightening scrutiny of honey authenticity testing databases. The framework aims to strengthen enforcement confidence as manufacturers, packers, and ingredient buyers face persistent fraud risk.
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Quadram research questions farming system influence on retail AMR exposure. The findings shift attention toward processing, handling, chilled-chain control, and microbiome surveillance across meat and leafy green supply chains.
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Ardagh has restructured glass packaging leadership across its regional markets. The changes strengthen direct regional accountability as food and drink producers manage cost, carbon, and supply resilience.
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Mondelēz faces German scrutiny over Milka’s reduced chocolate bar weight. The ruling sharpens pack communication risk as confectionery producers manage cocoa volatility, price sensitivity, and format changes.
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Boparan has completed its Heidemark acquisition after EU competition clearance. The deal adds five German poultry sites to Storteboom Food Group as processors sharpen automation, traceability, and productivity plans.
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TraceGains has appointed Zoli Gombosi as senior vice president of engineering as it deepens Veralto integration and expands AI capability across compliance, formulation, packaging, and sustainability workflows.
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Somic Packaging has launched the 434 SuperFlex case-packing platform, designed to handle multiple secondary packaging formats through a modular architecture for food and consumer goods producers.
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CalRecycle has issued new SB 54 guidance for producers, setting out compliance responsibilities, covered materials, and exclusions for food and agricultural packaging under California’s EPR regime.
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US authorities have linked Daisy Brand headcheese to a Listeria outbreak in Illinois, putting renewed pressure on ready-to-eat meat controls, retail slicing hygiene, and cold-chain handling.