Americas: US releases action plan on seafood traceability into the country
On March 15, 2015, The Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud in the US released its action...
Americas: Cargill facility to receive award for water saving efforts in Texas
Texas Water Foundation will convey its annual Blue Legacy Award for manufacturing companies to Cargill's Friona, Texas, beef processing facility in Austin, US, on...
World: Asia consumed 37% of global release liner in 2014, says report
The estimated global volume consumption of release liner was 43,984 million sqm in 2014, according to AWA Alexander Watson Associates’ Global Release Liner Market...
Americas: Diageo to offer nutritional information on alcoholic beverages
Alcohol company Diageo says it will provide alcohol content and nutrition information per typical serve online and/or on-pack in a majority of its markets subject...
Americas: Signature Group acquires aluminum recycler, expects US$1.5B in revenue
Signature Group Holdings (Signature) has completed the acquisition of the Global Recycling and Specification Alloys business of privately-held Aleris Corporation for US$525 million.
Signature will operate...
Americas: Liqui-Box wins award for technical innovation
Liqui-Box has received the Silver Award for Technical Innovation for its development and commercialization of the FlexAsept bulk food package from the Flexible Packaging...
Americas: Trace One, GS1 GERMANY create transparent, supply chain system
Trace One and GS1 GERMANY will be improving supply chain transparency for complex ingredient and non-transformed products, such as fresh fish, meat and produce.
They...
World: Consumers favor healthy, natural products, finds global study
A healthy diet is a major concern for consumers worldwide.
When asked about the role of food in their life, 66% of Europeans, Asians, Americans...
Americas: US craft brewers produced 22.2 million barrels in 2014, says association
For the first-time ever, craft brewers reached double-digit (11%) volume share of the marketplace, according to 2014 data on US craft brewing growth by...
Americas: Plains Dairy expands use of food safety platform ReposiTrak
Milk and dairy producer Plains Dairy is using ReposiTrak to share its food safety documents downstream with parent company, Affiliated Foods of Amarillo, as...