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Mexico''s Alfa Buying Three Eastman Chemical Plants

October 25, 2010
Reuters reports, Mexican conglomerate Alfa is buying three plants from Eastman Chemical Co for $600 million, boosting its presence in the U.S. plastics market. One of the Eastman plants being
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Pepsico to Invest $140 Million to Build Russian Beverage Plant

October 18, 2010
The Associated Press reports, PepsiCo Inc. will invest $140 million to build its 10th plant in Russia, a beverage plant in the Rostov region, the company said. The company, which
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Kraft European Executive Leaving Company

October 11, 2010
Kraft Foods Inc. said European executive Ignasi Ricou is leaving, the latest former Cadbury Plc official to depart since the food company’s $20 billion takeover of the U.K. confectioner, reports
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Kraft Opens New Candy Research Center in Europe

October 5, 2010
The Associated Press reports, Kraft Foods Inc. has opened its new gum and candy research center in Switzerland, where it will develop new products for top candy brands. The company
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US Chicken Industry to Appeal China''s New Tariffs

September 27, 2010
The Associated Press reports, a group representing the nation''s chicken exporters said U.S. producers did not sell their products at unfairly low prices in China and plans to appeal new
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Seven Arrested in China, Officials Want Death Penalty for Food Safety Violators

September 20, 2010
The Associated Press reports, a Chinese dairy company executive and six other people were arrested after authorities discovered 26 tons of milk powder tainted with a toxic chemical, a report
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Kraft Foods Plant Worker Kills Two Co-Workers, Injures Another

September 13, 2010
A Philadelphia-based Kraft Foods plant worker who had been suspended for fighting with colleagues, then escorted from the building, returned minutes later with a handgun, hunted down her coworkers
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Frbiz Forecasts Trends of China''s Food Packaging Equipment

August 30, 2010
Frbiz.com, one of China''s leading B2B search platforms, forecasts the development trends for five kinds of food packaging equipment, reports PRNewswire. Along with the development of the food industry
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Global Demand Outpaces Grain Crops

August 23, 2010
The world’s need for meat, flour and ethanol is expanding faster than the supply of the crops needed to produce them, depleting inventories and increasing the chance of higher food
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Six Held in New Tainted Milk Cases in China

August 23, 2010
The Associated Foreign Press reports, authorities in China have arrested six people and detained 41 others for allegedly distributing milk powder tainted with the same chemical, which killed infants in
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