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Each year, PMMI invites exhibitors to submit their most innovative packages to be voted on by PACK EXPO attendees through PACK EXPO Selects. Once the finalists are identified, PACK EXPO attendees choose the packages they feel best illustrate new and f...

CSM announces the completion of the sale of the small scale gluconic acid and gluconates production plant of its subsidiary PURAC biochem in Ter Apelkanaal, the Netherlands to AVEBE. The transaction is effective per October 1, 2008.The transaction comp...

Venezuela's tax body has shut all branches of McDonald's in the South American nation for 48 hours as punishment for alleged tax irregularities, the government said on Thursday.Thursday's announcement affects McDonald's 115 restaurants in Venezuela.

A 35-year-old man choked to death while eating crisps in a van on the A12 in Essex, an inquest has heard.Iain Ward, of Ilford, a map reader for a Chinese food wholesaler, was a passenger in the delivery van when the incident happened at Marks Tey, Esse...

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled its own brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces of soft blue plastic. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has removed the affected products from sale. Product recal...

Bio Driven, an innovative UK company dedicated to the production of high quality, compliant biodiesel, has launched a series of new facilities and strategies to provide sustainable solutions for the food industry. It has been calculated that 225,000 ...

Alaska entrepreneur Toby Foster hopes Fields wasn't far from the mark with his theory and that vodka connoisseurs from all over will appreciate a new potato vodka blend he has created called "Permafrost - Alaskan Vodka."A lifelong commercial ...

Australia can now officially toast International Year of the Potato.A New South Wales winery best known for its fruit creations has just released the country's only commercial potato vodka.The potatoes used to make the vodka are sebago and harvested on...

De aardappeltelers in de Amerikaanse staten Idaho krijgen voor de oogst van volgend jaar een contractprijs die 50 procent hoger ligt dan dit jaar.De contractprijs in de staat Washington stijgt met 33 procent.De telersverenigingen in de verschillende st...

The Idaho Potato Commission, Eagle, has appointed Shawn Walters chairman.Walters, a third-generation potato farmer and co-owner of Walters Produce, Newdale, was appointed to serve a one-year term, beginning on Sept. 15, spokeswoman Krista Paglisotti sa...

Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Strong Third-Quarter 2007 EPS Growth of 20% or $0.50 Per Share;Raises Full-Year EPS Growth Forecast to 13% from 12%;Plans $4 Billion in Share Repurchases Over Next Two Years. Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today reported results ...

Según Kurt Manrique Klinge, investigador del Proyecto INCOPA / Iniciativa Papa Andina del Centro Internacional de la Papa, el pasado 1 de Octubre el Gobierno Peruano aprobó exonerar a las variedades nativas de papa de pagar su registro al Registro de C...