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Purely Sedona Artesian Spring Water launches PET containers

The Sedona Bottling Co. launches its artesian spring water Purely Sedona in lightweight PET containers designed by ScorCreative at Amcor.

September 13, 2016

While glass bottles might be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of high-end spring water, one company has decided to branch out into plastic.

Chicken of the Sea launches seafood traceability tool

Jeremy Gerrard

September 13, 2016

The new interactive program currently covers all San Diego-based Chicken of the Sea shelf-stable tuna products and will soon to the company’s entire shelf-stable product line.

Linde, Praxair abandon merger discussions

Jeremy Gerrard

September 12, 2016

Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG — industrial gas suppliers to the food processing industry through a range of applications — have ended merger discussions.

Arkansas firm recalls meat and poultry products due to insanitary conditions

Jeremy Gerrard

September 12, 2016

MIH Marketing and Sales of Beebe, AR is recalling more than 662,000 pounds of various meat and poultry products.

FDA provides $21.8 million for FSMA produce safety rule implementation

Jeremy Gerrard

September 12, 2016

FDA has awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states as they begin to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Fire damages Illinois Smithfield meatpacking plant

Jeremy Gerrard

September 8, 2016

A fire at a Smithfield Foods meat plant in Monmouth, IL Monday evening temporarily halted operations for the plant’s 1,600 workers.

Inventure Foods adds kettle-cooked potato chip manufacturing to Indiana plant

September 8, 2016

The expansion provides a 50 percent increase to current kettle-cooked capacity, resulting in an additional 100,000 pounds of finished product per week.

Global savory snacks market to reach over $138 billion by 2020

Jeremy Gerrard

September 8, 2016

Growth is largely expected to come from developing countries in the Asia-Pacific and Eastern European regions.

Hormel Foods releases annual corporate responsibility report

Hormel CEO to retire

Jeremy Gerrard

September 8, 2016

Hormel Foods Corporation CEO Jeffrey M. Ettinger will retire at the end of October, the company announced this week.

Mondelez expands chocolate presence in US after abandoning Hershey takeover

Jeremy Gerrard

September 8, 2016

Filling what the company referred to as “geographic white spaces,” Mondelez announced the major expansion will include pairing its Oreo brand with Milka.