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Processing
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Clearwater Seafoods and Quin-Sea Fisheries enter agreement to secure future processing in shrimp plant
Clearwater Seafoods and Quin-Sea Fisheries announced that they have entered into an agreement to form a new joint venture which will take over operations of the St. Anthony Seafoods Limited Partnership plant in St. Anthony, Nfld. The St. Anthony plant…
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Changes to tomato and carrot processing in Ontario
Guelph, Ont. — Last week Ontario’s minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ernie Hardeman, released a letter informing Ontario tomato and carrot growers that the province is opening up the processing tomato and carrot market to direct negotiations with processors,…
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CFIA cancels licenses of three Ontario meat packers
Citing “false or misleading information” given them during an E. coli probe, food safety officials have now permanently pulled the federal slaughter, processing and export licenses for Toronto’s Ryding-Regency Meat Packers and related companies. The cancellation, announced Monday Dec. 1,…
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Xeikon America and Anderson & Vreeland enter agreement
Xeikon America, Inc. and Anderson & Vreeland, Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Anderson & Vreeland will sell the Xeikon line of dry toner and inkjet-based digital label presses in the United States…
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group to host talk at Process Expo
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) announced that it will be presenting a talk revealing the keys to success for the food processing industry and defining its next chapter at Process Expo, taking place Oct. 8 to 11 at Chicago’s McCormick…
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Highbury Canco, Kraft Heinz Canada renew agreement
Highbury Canco announced it has renewed its agreement with Kraft Heinz Canada to produce a range of Kraft Heinz products at its Leamington, Ont. facility. The multi-year agreement is worth approximately $1 billion, at retail value. Highbury Canco has a…
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A factory dedicated to manufacturing dog and cat food being built in Drummondville
Groupe Inovo, a family poultry business, and Groupe Legault, a family business that owns Mondou pet store chain, are uniting their expertise to create Jupiter, a state-of-the-art plant that will be located in Drummondville, Quebec and will manufacture dry dog and cat food. This…
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New trade show in São Paulo, Brazil
INTECHTRA is the new trade fair for the beverage, food and packaging industries in South America. INTECHTRA will make its debut next year, opening its doors for the very first time between March 31 and April 3, 2020, at the…
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New agrifood immigration pilot aims to help processors address labour shortage
Some Canadian food processors will be able to maintain foreign workers with more ease thanks to a new federally-funded pilot program that will allow foreign workers the opportunity to apply to become residents after one year of full-time employment. The…
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Exceldor Cooperative and Granny’s Poultry Cooperative Combine Operations
Exceldor and Granny’s Poultry cooperatives announced today that they are combining their operations and members in a “historic alliance.” The companies said in a release that the main objective of the merger is to create a large cooperative that will…
