Leading Brands signs packing agreements with Ocean Spray
Leading Brands said this week it has entered into three new co-packing agreements with Ocean Spray International, a North American provider of cranberry juice and other beverage products.
Archives for October 10, 2002
Stopping disruption in seafood processing
UK seafood processor Youngs Bluecrest Seafoods has installed a batch of metal detectors from UK company Lock Inspection Systems, the processor announced on Thursday. 'Wet' products, such as fresh fish, have traditionally been problematic for most...
New food park for Pune
Chordia Food Products of India is to create a new food park near the city of Pune at a cost of some Rs 1 billion (€20.9m) over the next seven years.
MeadWestvaco reduces sheeting production
The MeadWestvaco paper unit is to shut down eight sheeting machines at its Luke, Maryland, paper manufacturing facility next year, with a loss of around 150 jobs. The company also announced plans to expand sheeting capacity at its Chillicothe, Ohio,...
D'Angelo ready to begin Tiverton operations
Canadian fruit juice processor D'Angelo Brands has said that negotiations are almost complete for a new US$3 million (€304m) credit facility to finance the start of operations at its new Tiverton processing plant.
Solutions to acrylamide?
When scientists from Sweden reported earlier this year that several ordinary foodstuffs could contain high levels of acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical - governments, food associations and food manufacturers drew a sharp intake of breath.