August 1/Health & Medicine Week -- For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action
August 4/Bensenville, Ill./Prepared Foods Magazine -- A survey of food manufacturers shows that product development times, from product concept to commercialization, have slowed in the last decade, in part due
July 21/Berwyn, Pa./Business Wire -- Gatehouse Holdings LLC acquired Amalfitano's Italian Bakery of New Castle, Del. The acquisition will combine the bread-baking excellence of Amalfitano's with a second long-standing baking
July 21/USA TODAY -- The Food and Drug Administration may loosen restrictions imposed last year on Chinese seafood processors following recent inspections of some firms in that country, a senior
July 23/Toronto/The Canadian Press -- Maple Leaf Foods has begun the formal process to sell its Ontario pork processing business, part of a restructuring as the food producer combats hog
July 23/Sacramento, Cal./UPI -- The sponsor of a new California law banning the use of "downer" cattle in beef packing says his bill could become a model for the rest
July 31/Baltimore/The Baltimore Sun -- Spice maker McCormick & Co. has been given regulatory approval to complete its $604 million cash acquisition of Lawry's seasoning company but must sell its
July 23/Monheim, Germany/Prepared Foods -- Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis announced the sale of its 50% stake in the Cognis Oleochemicals joint venture to PTT Chemical International Private Ltd., a Singapore-based
July 22/London/The Independent -- Unilever lost a touch of Italian brio after selling its Bertolli olive oil and vinegar business for 630 million euros (£500 million), as part of its
July 28/Philadelphia/Prepared Foods -– FMC Corporation announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire CoLiving Food Ingredients based inGuangzhou, China. The acquisition will "enhance FMC’s leadership position in supplying
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