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The a2 Milk Company has expanded its presence in the US market by signing a distribution agreement with Walmart. a2 Milk products are now available in Walmart stores throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Maryland,
Full Harvest, a marketplace for excess produce that would otherwise go to waste, has closed a $8.5 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital. Other investors included Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Rent
Arctic Zero, the pioneer of frozen desserts without all the fat and calories introduced its new line of Arctic Zero Non-Dairy frozen desserts, designed to take the category forward for those with dairy-free diets. The brand has
Dutch company DSM has announced that it will build the ‘industry’s first’ premix production plant dedicated to the early life nutrition market at its factory in Buk, Poland. According to DSM, the new plant
Iran and the Netherlands have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation within the framework of a food safety program. The MoU was signed between Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) and
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has appointed Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, food safety advisor and former federal policy maker and regulator, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hagen is a physician with
J R Simplot Company announced the agreement with DowDuPont Inc. and the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, developers of the nascent gene editing technology. Simplot is the
Belfast-based agri-food business Devenish Nutrition has received €118 million in long-term funding from the European Union (EU), which will be used to enhance the company’s R&D capabilities. The refinancing deal includes a €40 million
Packaging company Amcor has announced a deal to acquire Bemis, a US-based manufacturer of flexible and rigid plastic packaging, for $6.8 billion. According to both companies, a merger would create a plastic packaging giant
C.H. Guenther & Son has acquired Cookietree Bakeries, producer of premium thaw-and-serve cookies, bake-and-serve cookie dough, brownies and scones. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1981 by Greg Schenck, Cookietree