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Key Technology Introduces SmartArm™ for Iso-Flo® Vibratory Conveyors
July 14, 2009

Key Technology Introduces SmartArm™ for Iso-Flo® Vibratory Conveyors

Key Technology introduces SmartArm™, a new wireless performance monitoring system for Iso-Flo® vibratory conveyors that enables users to monitor asset or equipment shaker condition at any computer workstation.The system measures and reports speed and s...
Potato is now essential commodity in West Bengal
July 14, 2009

Potato is now essential commodity in West Bengal

West Bengal government Tuesday included potato under the essential commodities category to prevent its hoarding and arrest its rising prices, state Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said. The government issued a notification under the West Bengal Preventi...
Shearer's
July 14, 2009

Shearer’s foods breaks ground for new tortilla chips plant

Ground breaking for Shearer’s Foods Massillon Production Facility Phase I took place Tuesday, July 14 on site. Ohio’s First LEED Gold Certified Food Manufacturing Plant is being constructed in the NEO Com Industrial Park. The initial phase will house p...
 USDA GAIN Report
July 13, 2009

Gain Report: Organic Foods in Canada

With the growing availability of industry data, and given the significant growth in imports between 2007 and 2008, it is estimated that the retail value of organic food in the Canadian market reached C$2.1 – 2.6 billion in 2008.The main categories of o...
July 13, 2009

Cooking oil in Taiwan safe after all: no arsenic found in extensive additional testing

In Taiwan, the Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yeh Ching-chuan said a sweeping examination of cooking oil used by 1,580 restaurants and samples from oil producers and importers shows no traces of the toxic heavy metal arsenic.He assured consumers ...
Bingo (Courtesy: ITC Foods)
July 13, 2009

Will ITC Foods make its first Profit?

After the initial struggle, ITC Foods is finally making its presence felt through its parent’s distribution muscle.ITC Foods, which entered the market in 2001, is the smallest business in the Rs 23,000 crore ITC Group. But the conglomerate’s eight-year...
 India
July 13, 2009

Rising potato price eats into profit margins of Indian Potato chips manufacturers

A sudden shortage of potatoes accompanied by sharply higher prices is eroding profit margins for large potato wafer brands and could force several smaller ones to temporarily exit the snack foods market. Prices of chipping potatoes used to make wafers ...
July 13, 2009

El Niño is back, bringing droughts, floods, crop failures and social unrest

El Niño, the warming of the Pacific Ocean that creates chaos in global weather patterns, is on its way back, threatening droughts, floods, crop failure and social unrest. The implications are severe, not just for climate but for the effects on food, w...
 Lamb Weston Meijer
July 13, 2009

Bas Alblas wordt nieuwe directeur van Lamb Weston/Meijer

Bas Alblas die begin deze maand opstapte bij de Vion Food Group wordt op 31 augustus de nieuwe directievoorzitter van aardappelverwerker Lamb Weston/Meijer. Hij volgt in die functie Gary Cuddeford, die een functie aanvaardt bij Lamb Weston/Meijer in de...
 ARS
July 13, 2009

ARS Research Promotes Sustainable Potato Production

Americans consume about 130 pounds of fresh and processed potatoes per capita annually, and in 2008 U.S. farmers harvested some 41.3 billion pounds of spuds on more than one million acres.
 Late Blight
July 13, 2009

High fines help protect PEI against potato disease

Island farmers who don't properly dispose of bad potatoes will face much higher fines, as the province moves to stop the spread of diseases. Farmers are required to bury potatoes that can't be sold due to bruising or disease. Potatoes that are not di...
July 12, 2009

Opinion on the potato market by Andy Nelson as harvest approaches

Potato harvesting season is just around the corner, and once more grower-shippers, industry officials, buyers and other interested parties are left to wonder: What can we expect this year? Last year at this time, the industry was faced with a situatio...

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