Category: Topics
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Tyson’s chicken business strengthened while beef volumes and margins weakened. Third-quarter results show a widening operational split across the processor’s protein portfolio.
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US food manufacturing expanded during July as input costs rose. Employment, inventories, imports, and order backlogs increased while supplier deliveries slowed across the sector.
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CPPC and SCGC have launched recycled pet-food packaging across ASEAN. The certified circular-polyolefin format has already been used commercially since 2024, despite its presentation as a new launch.
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Danone and Arcor have completed their Argentine dairy joint venture. The integrated business combines 11 plants, established brands, manufacturing operations, and refrigerated logistics under equal control.
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UFlex has started commercial production at its Mexican packaging plant. The 80-million-bag facility targets pet-food markets across North and South America.
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AeroFlexx and PLAFILM will expand liquid packaging access across Colombia. The partnership will qualify regional applications before supporting customer conversion and commercial launches in food and other liquid-product categories.
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Food-sector ransomware attacks have already reached 220 during 2026 globally. The count involves 46 criminal groups and is approaching the sector’s entire 2025 total with five months remaining.
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Routine retail testing has triggered a pistachio nut butter recall. One Italian-made Bettergoods lot reached Walmart stores across 19 US states before three jars tested positive for Salmonella.
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ABP has acquired a minority stake in Dovecote Park Limited. The investment changes ownership without transferring day-to-day control from the processor’s existing management.
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The Commission has published new PPWR questions before general application. Food packaging businesses face immediate PFAS, recyclability, documentation, and market-placement decisions from 12 August.