Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
World: Tectra Automation releases electromechanical, hygienic cylinder
Tectra Automation, part of the Hytec Group of Companies, has introduced the second generation EMC electromechanical cylinder from Bosch Rexroth, with expanded possibilities for...
Asia Pacific: Flexco presents splicing, precleaners at ProPak Asia 2015
Flexco, a light-duty endless splicing and fastener solutions provider, will present the new FGP Food Grade Precleaners and other conveyor solutions at ProPak Asia...
World: Barry Callebaut launches clean water campaign with cocoa farmers, communities
The Barry Callebaut Group and its subsidiary Biopartenaire, a direct sourcing enterprise for sustainable cocoa beans, have launched a clean water campaign to deliver...
Americas: USDA offers US$30M in grants to food businesses, entrepreneurs
The USDA is making US$30 million available to farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG)...
World: G20 agriculture ministers to build food systems for food security, nutrition, says FAO
The Group of 20 (G20) agriculture ministers have committed to meet global food security and nutrition needs by building food systems that use natural...
World: Global food import bill to reach a five-year low in 2015, says FAO...
International prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April 2015.
Abundant inventories are poised to offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global...
Americas: Cognex launches technology for vision inspection
Cognex Corporation's PatMax RedLine is a feature-location technology that reinvents the PatMax pattern-matching tool by maximizing speed and performance.
Available in the latest Cognex In-Sight...
World: Agencies hold forum to boost agricultural production in the Mediterranean
Boosting sustainable agricultural production and trade is one of the main priorities for the southern and eastern rim of the Mediterranean, where most countries...
Americas: Carrier Transicold reports brisk sales for CO2 container refrigerant systems
Carrier Transicold, which last year celebrated production of its one millionth container refrigeration system, reports that total global sales of its PrimeLINE unit, introduced...
Europe: Association agrees on EU’s decision on plastic carrier bags
The European Parliament on April 28, 2015, gave its final approval for the previously agreed legislation amending the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to...