Nestlé USA has issued a voluntary recall for select DiGiorno Pizza, Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s frozen food products over concern they may contain pieces of glass.
Operations are currently on a limited basis as the company seeks to confirm that new procedures, facility enhancements and employee training are effective.
UK’s R&R Ice Cream, owned by funds controlled by PAI Partners, France, and Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, are in advanced discussions to set up a new joint venture covering ice cream based in Europe and Africa. The proposed joint venture will capitalize on the strengths and innovation expertise of the two companies.
Pierino Frozen Foods, Inc. is said to be one of the first prepared foods processors to harness new cryogenic ‘rolling-wave’ technology to individually quick-freeze (IQF) gourmet pasta out of its 30,000-square-foot, SQF-certified facility in Lincoln Park, Mich.The CRYOLINE CW IQF freezer, patented by Linde LLC, Murray Hill, N.J., uses a proprietary rolling-wave action to keep IQF products separate as they freeze.
The American Frozen Food Institute expressed its support of bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would give elementary schools greater access to serving a range of fruit and vegetable snacks.
