The world’s largest milk producer, Fonterra, has today announced it will be restructuring its organics operations, following flow-on effects of the global financial crisis (GFC).
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Scottish food company fined £100 000 for forklift death
A Scotland food firm has been fined £100 000 after a worker was run over and killed by a forklift truck at a factory in West Lothian.
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Price wars damaging Aussie food production: expert
An expert on food production has told a national conference Australian food processors will not be able to compete with major food retailers.
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14% fall in profits for Nestle
Nestle has reported a fall of almost 14 per cent in first half net profit.
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Coca-Cola reports $234.1m profit in first half
Coca-Cola Amatil has recorded $234.1 million in profits in its half yearly report.
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Japan’s Asahi buys Independent Liquor NZ
The Independent Liquor of New Zealand has been bought by Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings for $AU1.22 billion.
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US students develop cookie-making robot
In a development that could dramatically change the food manufacturing industry, or even just humble kitchens, students in the US have taught a robot how to bake cookies from scratch.
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Salmonella contamination: 36 million pounds of turkey recalled in US
In one of the largest product recalls in history, US food giant Cargill has recalled more than 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey because of a possible salmonella contamination.
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Cloned cow produces human milk
Argentinean scientists have created the first transgenic cow that produces human milk.
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Fonterra to complete purchase of Brazilian dairy farm
New Zealand-based dairy company, Fonterra, is in its final stages of completing the purchase of an 850-hectare farm in the mid-west of Goias State in Brazil.
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Beer PET bottles to reach 7.7 billion by 2015: Study
Global PET beer bottle consumption is forecast to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.3 per cent to reach 7.7 billion bottles by 2015, according to a new study by market research group Pira International.
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Kraft Foods opens chocolate facility in Brazil
Kraft Foods has opened a new $80 million manufacturing facility in Pernambuco, Brazil.
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