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Processing
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Upfield Canada to open plant-based spreads-vegan cheese plant in Brantford
Upfield Canada Inc. is expanding its operations with a new Canadian production facility. The new state-of-the-art facility in Brantford will provide expanded capacity as well as the technical and production efficiencies required to support its growth. The company has purchased…
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Reiser to hold virtual trade show
Registration is now open for the Reiser 2020 Virtual Trade Show, an online, live event to be held November 2-6, 2020. The event is an opportunity to spend time with Reiser’s Application Specialists, each an authority in their industry, with deep…
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Olymel invests over $30 million at Quebec poultry processing plant
Olymel has invested more than $31.5 million to expand its poultry slaughtering and cutting plant in St-Damase, Montérégie, in order to diversify operations and add new activities. This project will result in the creation of more than 80 new jobs…
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Fruit d’Or invests $17.5 million to increase capacity at its Plessisville plant
Fruit d’Or, a world leader in the processing of organic cranberries and wild blueberries, is proud to announce a major investment of $17.5 million to increase the capacity of its Plessisville facility. Already recognized for its innovation and technological advances,…
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Merit receives $30M investment from Bunge for pea & canola protein production
Partners with Bunge to Bring Pea and Canola Protein to Market Vancouver-based Burcon NutraScience Corporation is pleased to announce that its joint venture company, Merit Functional Foods has received a $30 million investment from a new equity partner, Bunge Limited,…
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More government funding for Ontario food processors
The Governments of Canada and Ontario are providing more than $5.4 million through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to help food processing businesses improve food safety, increase labour productivity and enable better access to markets. These strategic investments will support more…
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Gay Lea Foods & AAFC to develop a new way to prevent listeria risk
Gay Lea Foods is working with Dr. Hany Anany of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Guelph Research and Development Centre to identify and test the effectiveness of natural antimicrobial agents – lytic bacteriophages or bacterial viruses that will specifically target only…
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New COVID-19 Environmental Surface Testing Kits from PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today introduced two COVID-19 environmental testing kits to help food processors and contract labs detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in food plants such as plastic, ceramic…
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Outcast partners with Sobeys to cut food waste
Outcast Foods is working with Sobeys Inc. to minimize food waste in its Debert, Nova Scotia distribution center and select Nova Scotia stores. Outcast uses a state-of-the-art process to dry unsellable fruits and vegetables immediately, locking in the nutrients and…
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Food processing and farming groups call for grocery retail code of practice
A joint statement by Canadian food processing and farming groups says that arbitrary fees imposed by large grocery retailers will cost Canadian consumers and impact Canada’s food security. The following statement was released August 6 by The Canadian Federation of…
