The Mobile Plant Food Safety Laboratory is expected to be fully operational by May and will serve adjacent areas in Metro Manila as its first stop As the demand for food safety grows, the Philippines Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) sought to bring government services related[Read More…]
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Emmi acquires majority stake in Verde Campo in Brazil
Brazil, a strategic key market for Emmi, is the largest market for dairy products in Latin America Laticínios Porto Alegre, Emmi Group’s Brazilian subsidiary, is to acquire a majority shareholding in the Verde Campo dairy from Coca-Cola in the state of Minas Gerais. The move consolidates Emmi’s market position in[Read More…]
Ahold Delhaize and global grocery retailers establish W23 Global
W23 is a potentially game-changing international VC fund with a powerful proposition for both our investors and portfolio companies Five of the world’s leading grocery retailers have come together to establish a pioneering collaborative venture capital (VC) fund, W23 Global. The fund will seek to invest in innovative start-ups and[Read More…]
FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation in Gaza
FAO is distributing 150 tonnes of fodder to 2 450 vulnerable livestock-holding families in the Gaza Strip to support food production The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering 150 tonnes, out of a total of 1500 tonnes, of animal fodder to 2 450 livestock-keeping households in[Read More…]
McDonald’s Corporation to acquire back franchise restaurants in Israel
The business has now expanded to 225 restaurants, with over 5,000 employees Omri Padan, CEO and owner of Alonyal Limited has confirmed that McDonald’s Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire Alonyal. Alonyal is in charge of operating and owning McDonald’s restaurants in Israel, where it started its journey more[Read More…]
Global Water Centre receives $500K from Coca-Cola Foundation
This grant will allow the Global Water Centre to more effectively share knowledge and resources with individuals, organisations, and governments which will strengthen their ability to deliver safe water The Global Water Centre has received two grants worth a total of $499,439 from The Coca-Cola Foundation to support multiple initiatives that will utilise training,[Read More…]
Egg Innovations set to introduce in-ovo technology
By utilising this in-ovo sexing technology, Egg Innovations will be able to implement practices for more humane egg production that avoid the practice of male chick culling As the continuous leader in animal welfare within the egg industry, Egg Innovations has committed to furthering its mission by being the first U.S.-based[Read More…]
Israel’s PoLoPo unveils SuperAA platform
The cutting-edge SuperAA platform turns the potato plant into a micro-biofactory that manufactures the target amino acids in the plant and stores them in the tuber PoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer, announced its SuperAA platform, the first step to producing proteins in common plant crops. The platform is currently deployed[Read More…]
Russia approves duty-free import of tomatoes
The Ministry of Agriculture initially proposed the duty-free import of tomatoes, suggesting an import volume of 130,000 tonnes. However, the EEC reduced this figure to 100,000 tonnes The Russian government has recently approved a resolution that allows the import of up to 100,000 tonnes of tomatoes free of customs duties[Read More…]
Tiger Group offers unused packaging and labelling equipment
Tiger Group offers unused Formost Fuji flow wrappers and still-in-the-box Markem-Imaje high-performance transfer printers Tiger Group is offering for immediate purchase of unused packaging and labelling equipment from a shuttered pharmaceutical company. “These useful machines are a great fit for a wide array of industries—not just pharmaceutical and medical but also[Read More…]
