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President Obama has signed a measure reauthorizing the Livestock Mandatory Reporting law, which requires meat packers to report to USDA the prices they pay for cattle, hogs and lambs.

Congress will consider a measure that would allow states to increase the gross vehicle weight limit on commercial trucks if they are properly equipped with six axles and meet the same safety standards as trucks currently allowed on interstate highways.

Announcing what would create a beer behemoth controlling nearly one third of the world’s beer supply, Belgium’s Anheuser-Busch InBev NV and SABMiller plc said the companies have reached agreement in principle on the key terms of a possible takeover by AB InBev.

 Created last year by the Foundation of the Food Processing Suppliers Association, FPEC was established with the goal of developing and implementing a career path for technicians. 

 According to the report, each direct job in the frozen industry supported 4.35 jobs elsewhere in the US economy in 2012. 

Canada-based Claridge Inc. sold one of its portfolio companies, La Terra Fina USA, Union City, Calif., to an affiliate of HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., effective Oct. 9.

Nelson-Jameson, a Marshfield, Wis.-based supplier to U.S. dairy processors, and its sister company Kaestner, LLC, a field service, preventative maintenance programs and project solutions provider also based in Marshfield, Wis., entered a strategic partnership with Valcour Process Technologies, a dairy equipment manufacturer headquartered in Peru, N.Y.

Interroll, Wilmington, N.C., upgraded its Cañon City, Colo., production facility to be a global Center of Excellence. In July 2013, Interroll Group acquired Portec Inc. USA, which has been operating under Interroll Engineering West Inc. since 2014.

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.

Unilever USA, Englewood Cliffs, N.Y., acquired the premium Italian gelato business, GROM. The GROM acquisition will strengthen Unilever’s ice cream portfolio and help to further capitalize on the growth of the premium gelato market.