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Creative Food Products Inc. opened a 27,000-sq.-ft. snack food processing facility in Bryant, AR, on May 22, 2007. 

The Boston Beer Company has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Diageo North America to acquire a brewery located 60 miles outside of Philadelphia, PA, for $55 million. 

China’s food safety is improving, but is still imperfect, says Lu Huisheng, deputy director of the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).

Kroger to curtail rBST in milkKroger will complete the transition of milk it processes and sells in its stores to a certified rBST-free supply by February 2008. The company said

Temperature-sensing dyes used to be too costly for food and beverage packaging, but the economics changed with the cold activated bottle from Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO.

United States Cold Storage is building a new facility in Lake City, FL. Constructed by Stellar, the 191,000-sq.-ft. cold storage unit will feature an environmentally sound CO2-based refrigeration system designed to maximize energy efficiency.

Undoubtedly, food safety is a hot button in the US and Europe as ingredients are imported from around the world.

FDA is currently debating whether to allow milk from cloned cows into the marketplace.

Mechanically complete in January, Tate & Lyle’s Splenda facility in Singapore has begun its 12-18 month ramp up to full capacity.