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• General Mills launches Plenti oatmeal and Greek yoghurt

  25-01-2016 17:51
  General Mills has added an oatmeal-based variant to its Plenti yoghurt line in the US.
  
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• Nestlé loses battle to trademark KitKat shape

  25-01-2016 16:48
  
  The decision benefits other companies wishing to sell copycat products.
  
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• Automation system boosts capacity at Cargill plant

  25-01-2016 16:46
  
  With the addition, capacity is boosted by 70,000 boxes.
  
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• US, Canadian officials investigate deadly Listeria outbreak

  25-01-2016 16:36
  
  The illnesses were first reported in July 2015 and have continued through January.
  
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• Canadian officials investigate Listeria outbreak

  25-01-2016 16:36
  
  The illnesses were first reported in September 2015 and have continued through January.
  
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• Food scare?

  25-01-2016 16:32
  
  More than half of consumers say they are interested in hearing the producer’s side of the story. 
  
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• Overcoming food inspection challenges

  25-01-2016 16:24
  
  Installing a robust, reliable pipeline X-ray system can help.
  
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• ISA, Automation Federation support kickoff of annual robotics competition

  25-01-2016 16:17
  
  As partners of FIRST, the Automation Federation and ISA are encouraging their members to support the range of FIRST education programs.
  
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• Ranking the largest food companies

  25-01-2016 16:12
  
  Unilever, Nestlé and Danone lead the pack.
  
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• Champions 12.3 aims to inspire action to reduce food waste

  25-01-2016 16:07
  
  Globally, a third of all food is lost or wasted between the farm and fork.
  
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• Preventing food fraud

  25-01-2016 15:00
  
  Since the 2008 recession, companies and global organizations have reported an uptick in food fraud, spurring initiatives to address the growing concern about it.
  
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• Helping machines see more clearly

  25-01-2016 15:00
  
  When you pick up a plastic-wrapped package in a grocery store and can’t read everything on the label because of a reflection or crease, you probably turn or tilt the package until the lighting is just right. If only it were that easy for machine vision systems.
  
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• JBS eyeing Dunbia - reports

  25-01-2016 14:14
  Dunbia Foods is reportedly in talks with Brazilian meat giant JBS regarding a sale of its business.
  
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• JBS, Dunbia deny acquisition rumours

  25-01-2016 14:14
  Dunbia Foods is reportedly in talks with Brazilian meat giant JBS regarding a sale of its business.
  
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• JBS brushes off link to UK meat group Dunbia

  25-01-2016 14:14
  JBS has dismissed a report linking the Brazil-based meat giant to a move for UK processor Dunbia.
  
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• Quantum Foods mystery talks "not successfully concluded"

  25-01-2016 14:08
  Mystery talks Quantum Foods has been engaged in since September which it warned could have an impact on the company's share price have now ended, the firm has revealed.
  
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• Mondelez unifies Maynards, Bassetts brands

  25-01-2016 13:27
  Mondelez International is uniting two of its UK brands - Maynards and Bassetts - to launch a "masterbrand" line of confectionery targeting adult consumers. 
  
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• Bakkavor founders, US hedge fund take control of private-label giant

  25-01-2016 11:49
  Bakkavor's chairman and CEO, brothers Lýdur and Ágúst Gudmundsson, have teamed up with US hedge fund The Baupost Group to take control of the UK-based own-label supplier.
  
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• Bakkavor chairman and CEO take control of private-label giant

  25-01-2016 11:49
  Bakkavor's chairman and CEO, brothers Lýdur and Ágúst Gudmundsson, have teamed up with US hedge fund The Baupost Group to take control of the UK-based own-label supplier.
  
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• Union asks for arbitration in dispute with Mondelez 

  25-01-2016 09:30
  
  The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) has asked for court intervention over claims that Mondelez International is flouting collective bargaining agreements at its Nabrisco production facility in Chicago. 
  
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• The Kids Food Co. eyes domestic and international expansion

  25-01-2016 09:21
  The Kids Food Co. hopes to grow its business in 2016 through expansion into new markets as well as NPD, which it believes will enable it to grow market share in the UK. 
  
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• Unilever takes Flora into UK dairy-free market

  25-01-2016 09:19
  Unilever is launching a dairy-free version of its Flora spread in the UK, the company's latest bid to boost sales of the product in the country.
  
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• Kellogg mulling more sugar cuts in UK

  25-01-2016 09:00
  Kellogg is assessing whether to make more cuts to the amount of sugar in its breakfast cereals on sale in the UK.
  
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• Dole listeria outbreak leaves one dead, 12 sick

  25-01-2016 08:59
  
  One person has died and 12 hospitalised in an outbreak of listeria linked to Dole Food Co. packaged salads in the US, the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed. 
  
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• Dole listeria outbreak leaves one dead, 11 sick

  25-01-2016 08:59
  
  One person has died and 11 hospitalised in an outbreak of listeria linked to Dole Food Co. packaged salads in the US, the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed. 
  
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• Premier Foods to add to Mr Kipling range in UK

  25-01-2016 08:58
  
  Premier Foods, the UK food group. is to launch two more Mr Kipling products in its domestic market.
  
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• Hillshire Brands invests $28 million in North Carolina bakery plant

  25-01-2016 07:00
  Hillshire Brands, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, is making major improvements to its Tarboro, N.C., bakery plant as part of an ongoing plan to meet growing demand for its products and maximize efficiencies.
  
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• General Mills to close UK facility

  25-01-2016 07:00
  General Mills has announced it has completed collective consultation on the proposed closure of its manufacturing facility in Berwick, UK, with employee representatives and union officials and has made a decision to close the facility by the autumn of 2016.
  
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• Contention heats up over glyphosate

  25-01-2016 07:00
  According to Reuters, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Executive Director Bernhard Url has responded to a letter written by nearly 100 senior scientists who criticized the agency’s determination that the herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer.
  
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• <em>Listeria</em> outbreak linked to Dole salads

  25-01-2016 07:00
  Since September 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections.
  
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