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New Retail President at AdvancePierre

AdvancePierre Foods announced that Tom Lavan is the new president of its retail division.
November 8, 2013
Lavan is a consumer packaged goods executive with more than 25 years of experience.
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Specialty Facility for Indy

Specialty Bakery LLC plans to build a production and distribution facility within the Purdue Research Park near Indianapolis International Airport.
November 8, 2013
The project is valued at $78.3 million and should be completed by 2018.
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Empire State Opening Cheese Plant

A year after AFA Foods shut down, the former meat processing plant will open its doors again for Empire State Specialty Cheese Co. LLC.
November 8, 2013
The new facility will allow the business to process and package cheese for private labeling and expand the product lines to include a wide variety of cubed and shredded cheeses.
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GRAS for Morinaga's Probiotic

The FDA has issued GRAS Letters of No Objection for Morinaga’s proprietary probiotic strain, Bifidobacterium breve M-16V.
November 7, 2013
The GRAS approval is for food applications and infant formulas.
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Kemin Adds Three to Sales Team

Kemin welcomes Fabio de Jesus Rodrigues, John Robitaille and Travis Krause to the commercial sales team for the food technologies division.
November 7, 2013
They will focus on growing the company’s market share and new business development within the food and beverage industries of North and South America.
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Cargill Inaugurates Plant

Cargill announced it has begun operating its corn wet mill ethanol plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
November 7, 2013
Cargill purchased the idled facility from Tate & Lyle in 2011.
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Chocolate May Help Stem Obesity

Another study appears to find benefits from eating chocolate.
November 6, 2013
Researchers have found a strong link between high chocolate consumption and low levels of body fat.
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Pigging Out on Pork

Pork was the fastest-growing protein in the foodservice industry for the past two years.
November 6, 2013
Total pork sold through foodservice outlets reached a record-breaking 9.25 billion pounds.
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Kitchen Named Female Executive of the Year

Carol Kitchen, senior vice president/general manager of Global Dairy Ingredients for Land O'Lakes Inc., was named Female Executive of the Year by the Women in Agribusiness National Advisory Board.
November 6, 2013
Kitchen, who has worked at Land O'Lakes for 15 years, received the award during the Women in Agribusiness Summit in Minneapolis.
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