The JM Smucker company announced it will acquire Big Heart Pet Brands in a transaction valued at approximately $5.8 billion as a way of positioning the company for continued growth by capturing the segment of consumers who are pet owners.
Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid Division is rolling out the nationwide distribution of fairlife, LLC, a new premium milk option that the company says uses cold-filtration to deliver 50 percent more protein, 30 percent more calcium and half the sugar of ordinary milk.
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) presented 109 plants with Environmental Recognition and 12 plants with Environmental Achievement awards during its Environmental Conference at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta last week.
FDA has requested a budget of $4.9 billion in the fiscal year 2016 budget to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and protect and promote the public health.
With consumers demanding more from their foods than just good flavor and feeling full, more Americans are introducing foods into their diets that they believe will inject them with benefits that go beyond basic nutrition.
Scientists from IBM Research and Mars, Inc. established the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain to advance food safety by using genetic data to better understand the supply chain.
The recent dramatic drop in the price of oil will have implications for the global food supply chain, contributing to lower food prices if the cost of oil remains low throughout the year, according to Rabobank.
The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) has released its slate of meat sessions that will be part of the PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY educational program held during PROCESS EXPO in Chicago, Sept. 15-18.
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