Noticias de América del Norte

Marzo 13, 2021

Utz Celebrates National Potato Chip Day With Promotions and Sweepstakes

Utz Quality Foods, LLC, is pleased to usher in National Potato Chip Day (March 14), while it begins its 100th year of making great-tasting, family-favorite snack foods.

Sweet potato fry and frozen vegetable manufacturer Trinity Frozen Foods receives ISO Certification

Marzo 13, 2021

Sweet potato fry manufacturer Trinity Frozen Foods receives ISO Certification

Trinity Frozen Foods, a sweet potato fry and frozen vegetable manufacturer, announced today that it had achieved certification by the International Standards Organization (ISO) for ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.

Cardinal Foods and Russet House Announce Joint Venture Expansion, Becoming One of the Largest Sweet Potato Fry Manufacturers in the World

Marzo 13, 2021

New construction and Joint Venture make Cardinal Foods and Russet House One of the Largest Sweet Potato Fry Manufacturers in the World

Cardinal Foods LLC of Burgaw NC and Russet House of Huntingdon Quebec announce today a joint venture in a processing facility in Burgaw NC to become one of the world’s largest sweet potato fry manufacturers.

Potatoes USA marketing campaign highlights the versatility of the potato

Marzo 12, 2021

Potatoes USA marketing campaign highlights versatility of potatoes

A new video campaign has been launched by Potatoes USA to help combat meal fatigue and show consumer the many different meals that can be prepared using potatoes.

Marzo 12, 2021

Duravant Acquires Votech, European-based Bagging Automation Equipment Provider

Engineered equipment leader Duravant expands bag management and palletizing offerings with Packaging segment acquisition.

Attention Halo-Verse: Pringles® Launches New Limited-Edition Wavy 'Moa Burger'

Marzo 07, 2021

Pringles® reaches into gaming world with Halo inspired 'Moa Burger' flavour

Pringles® has plucked a new flavor from the far reaches of the gaming world, answering a question pondered by many Halo fans: what would a 'Moa Burger' taste like?

Marzo 05, 2021

Boise State University receives IGEM grant to assist industry partner Food Physics Group

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, the IGEM Council awarded Boise State University with a grant in the amount of $291,770 to assist industry partner, Food Physics Group, with research and development of pulsed electric field processing on potatoes to reduce acrylamide and sugars.

Marzo 05, 2021

No more potato wart found in 2 P.E.I. fields

Seed potato exports from Prince Edward Island to the United States halted last fall now closer to resuming.

Marzo 05, 2021

National Potato Council Applauds Reintroduction of Farm Workforce Modernization Act

The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomed yesterday’s reintroduction of the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act by Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and urges its rapid passage in the House of Representatives.

Global View enables a sorter to consider each object in its entirety when making classification and sort decisions.

Marzo 05, 2021

Key Technology Introduces Global View™ for its VERYX digital sorters

Key Technology introduces Global View™, a patented new software-driven capability for their VERYX® digital sorters. This unique software optimizes product quality, increases yield, collects more sophisticated data and reduces the need for manual inspection.

Marzo 05, 2021

Jack Grote Promoted to Vanmark Sales Manager

Vanmark, an industrial potato and produce processing equipment manufacturer, announces the promotion of Jack Grote to Sales Manager.

Announcement on the Cancellation of the 2021 National Restaurant Association Show

Marzo 04, 2021

National Restaurant Association Show 2021 cancelled

Event organizers of the National Restaurant Association Show today announced the cancellation of the 2021 National Restaurant Association Show, which was scheduled to take place May 22-25 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Marzo 02, 2021

Jake Blauer joins WSU’s potato research group

Jake Blauer is the newly hired post-harvest potato physiologist at Washington State University.

McCain Foods 'Upping' the Stakes in Vertical Farming with GoodLeaf

Marzo 01, 2021

McCain Foods increases its stake in Vertical Farming startup GoodLeaf

McCain Foods Limited has made a substantial investment in TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture and its wholly owned subsidiary GoodLeaf Farms, Canada's largest commercial vertical farming operation, to help drive the company's growth and expansion plans.

An Investor Group Led by Champlain Financial Corporation Acquired Wong Wing Foods Inc.

Febrero 28, 2021

McCain Foods sells majority stake in 'Wong Wing' to Champlain led investor group

An investor group led by Champlain Financial Corporation,‎ and including Fondaction, has acquired a majority stake in the Wong Wing business unit ('Wong Wing') in partnership with McCain Foods Canada ('McCain').

Febrero 25, 2021

Potato Growers Select 2021 National Potato Council Leaders

At the National Potato Council (NPC) 2021 Annual Meeting held virtually due to travel restrictions, Dominic LaJoie of Van Buren, Maine was elected to serve as NPC’s 2021 President and to head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.

USDA, FDA Underscore Current Epidemiologic and Scientific Information Indicating No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging

Febrero 23, 2021

USDA, FDA: Food and food packaging highly unlikely to spread COVID-19

Food and food packaging are highly unlikely to spread COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a reminder last week.

Febrero 22, 2021

Pringles introduces Wendy's Baconator Flavour in Canada

Ready to feed your curiosity? Behold the one-bite Baconator®! The NEW limited-time edition Pringles* Wendy's® Baconator Flavour Chips layer all the tastes of the famous Wendy's Baconator into a totally munchable, mind-blowing snack.