Archives for December 2, 2002

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Giant beluga fish farm to be built in Kazakhstan

Having been virtually fished to extinction in recent years, the beluga - which lays the much sought after fish eggs known as caviar - is to be farmed commercially for the first time ever on the banks of the river Ural in Kazakhstan.

Canada trains up industry

The Alberta government in Canada has undertaken a new three-year Skills Development Training Initiative to enable the food processing sector to develop more skilled workers for the industry.

Sealed Air to foot €700m asbestos payouts

US packaging company Sealed Air has agreed to resolve all of the current and future asbestos-related claims and the pending fraudulent transfer claims made against it and its affiliates in connection with the 1998 transaction in which Sealed Air...