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Sealing tech company Proseal acquired by JBT in food processing merger
[caption id="attachment_10614" align="alignright" width="300"] Proseal's GT0e[/caption] Proseal — a leading provider of tray sealing technology t... continue reading »
Nestlé, Carrefour collaborating on blockchain data-to-consumers project
Nestlé and retailer Carrefour have announced that they are giving consumers access to blockchain data for Mousline potato purée in France. This is... continue reading »
Organic pioneer Earthbound Farm returns to California-based ownership
California-based Earthbound Farm has been purchased by Taylor Farms from European-based food producer Danone S.A. Earthbound Farm the largest producer... continue reading »
Bolthouse Farms sold by Campbell Soup Company for $510 million
Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, announced April 12 that it has signed a definitive agreement to ac... continue reading »
Albertsons signs on IBM Food Trust traceability network
Albertsons Companies, one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States, is joining the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust network. Albert... continue reading »
IBM Food Trust blockchain traceability solution gets new member in Producers Market
Producers Market plans to join the blockchain-based food traceability solution IBM Food Trust to help improve global food safety, traceability and tra... continue reading »
Caloris acquires Seitz Stainless in food processing equipment merger
Caloris Engineering, a provider of membrane, evaporation and drying technology, has acquired equipment fabricator Seitz Stainless. The latter will be... continue reading »
Produce organizations seek Electronic Logging Device modifications
Twenty-five ag-related organizations from across the U.S. signed a petition to the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, Department of Transportation... continue reading »

How The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is progressing
By Zeke Jennings | Managing Editor Two E. coli outbreaks involving romaine lettuce last year has tracking and traceability at the forefront of the ... continue reading »
Harmonized Standard Audit now available from 12 organizations
United Fresh has announced that the Harmonized Standard Audit is now available from the following auditing organizations: Americert International... continue reading »










