Category: Topics
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Fortress Technology will demonstrate connected food inspection systems at PPMA. The UK display brings metal detection, checkweighing, vision inspection, automated testing, and centralised production data together across four machines.
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FSSAI has halted PIE Foods’ monk fruit sweetener sales immediately. The regulator identified licensing, ingredient-approval, labelling, e-commerce, and advertising compliance failures.
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Seven million KitKat wrappers demonstrate Australia’s recycled polypropylene manufacturing pathway. The trial links refinery processing, polymer manufacture, film conversion, and food-packaging production through a certified domestic chain.
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Cultivated Food Labs is scaling faba bean hull cocoa alternative. A commercial production trial is planned for later 2026 as the company evaluates licensing, contract manufacturing, and B2B sales.
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Odisha has secured ₹43,437 crore in statewide food-processing investment proposals. The 27 MoUs and 12 additional investment intents could support 43,316 jobs.
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Noble Foods has sold its former Witney egg-packing production site. The 115,000 sq ft property includes warehouses, 19 loading bays, and 15.2 acres of expansion land with outline planning permission.
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Checkweighing gives dairy producers tighter control over costly product giveaway. Frank Borrmann, Market Manager for the Strategic Business Unit Checkweighing and Vision at Mettler Toledo, explains how continuous weight verification can reduce overfill, detect drift, and support more stable dairy production.
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Nortech Foods launches automated Bag-in-Box seed oil production in Britain. The Doncaster line targets lower plastic use, denser storage, and simpler handling across food manufacturing and foodservice.
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Siegwerk is expanding regional ink production and supporting warehouse capacity. Projects in Iowa and North Carolina target flexible packaging, digital printing, operating resilience, and lower-carbon infrastructure.
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Vital Farms is cutting supply after a costly egg overshoot. Surplus shell eggs moved into lower-value breaker channels as contract amendments, feed savings, and slower capital spending reshaped the recovery plan.