New Zealand Police charge man in connection with 1080 infant formula threat
Police in New Zealand have charged a man in connection with the threat to poison infant formula with pest control poison, sodium monofluoroacetate (1080).
Archives for October 12, 2015
Control measures for raw milk ‘not sufficient’ to prevent illness
Current control measures for raw milk production are not sufficient to prevent illness, according to a review of an outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (YP) last year.
Pack Expo 2015
Consumer trends changing the world of packaging
Consumer trends are actively changing how food items are packaged, according to a report released at this year’s Pack Expo Las Vegas and Pharma Expo 2015.
Great American Milk Drive boosts 'goodwill and feelings toward milk': MilkPEP
The Great American Milk Drive has delivered more than 6m servings of milk to food banks across the US to date, but Victor Zaborsky, vice president of marketing for MilkPEP, says there’s more work to be done.
‘Enjoy, it's from Europe’: New programme set to promote EU agriculture in 2016
A new €111 million programme aims to help European food producers find new markets outside the European Union and promote consumption of agri-food products within the EU.
RPC Superfos wins two Scanstar awards
RPC Superfos has won two Scanstar awards in the annual Nordic packaging competition, for its EasySnacking pot on-the-go and bespoke panna cotta with fruit sauce, developed for Finnish dairy producer Valio.
Chobani in talks with PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and others over sale of minority stake
PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co are among large CPG firms in talks to invest in Chobani in a deal that would value the Greek yogurt manufacturer at as much as $3bn, including debt, according to Reuters.