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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
AuMake International has signed a supply agreement with Pure Nutrition to develop a brand of “A1 and A2” milk powder formula products, best known for their beta-casein protein content. The pricing and exact deal
Intertek Group P.L.C., a total quality assurance provider to a range of industries, has entered into an agreement to acquire Alchemy Investment Holdings, Inc., provider of frontline workforce training and communications, from The Riverside Co.
Director of Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institution, Professor Kenneth Ellis Danso, has suggested that Ghana may have to start looking at using genetic modifications in crops to address the devastation caused by fall armyworms.