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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.
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Mars is investing £190m in its Slough factory, adding robotics, AI, upgraded machinery, advanced cooling, energy-efficient utilities, and digital twin technology to strengthen UK confectionery manufacturing.
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Danone is expanding regenerative agriculture metrics across its milk supply, linking farm-level assessment, methane reduction, traceability, and producer support to long-term dairy resilience.
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The EU is preparing to block Brazilian meat and animal-product imports from 3 September unless Brazil can demonstrate compliance with antimicrobial-use rules across the full animal lifecycle.
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Oishii has closed the first stage of a $150m Series C round to expand its indoor Smart Farm model, robotics integration, production capacity, and new product formats.
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ADM is investing in its Clinton, Iowa corn processing facility, adding high-speed receiving capacity, storage, scale upgrades, and road improvements to reduce harvest-period congestion.
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Premier Foods has increased capital investment to £52m after stronger profits and lower debt, with site efficiency, energy performance, and branded sweet treats central to its manufacturing outlook.
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Ingredion has made a conditional cash proposal for Tate & Lyle, raising the prospect of a major ingredients-sector deal across sweetening, texture, fortification, and speciality food systems.
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GEA has introduced a new thermoforming platform for medium-sized food producers, targeting flexible formats, stable output, and lower operational complexity across meat, dairy, bakery, ready meals, and plant-based foods.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finalised its post-market food chemical safety assessment programme and opened reassessments of BHT and azodicarbonamide, increasing scrutiny of preservatives, dough conditioners, and food-contact material applications.