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U.S. Retailers Tap Brits To Gain Expertise

The latest recruits, Ian McLeod at Bi-Lo, Mike McNamara at Target and Mark Ibbotson at Walmart, will join their fellow ex-pats including James McCann who is leading Ahold’s U.S. operations and Alex Gourlay who is now the top guy at Walgreens.

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Students In Sweden Create Gluten-Free Banana Flour

A group of Master's students in Food Technology at Lund University in Sweden have come up with a creative product that is both healthy and reduces waste.

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U.K.'s Waitrose Taps Primafruit For Sourcing Imported Fruit

As part of the new agreement, Waitrose and Primafruit will be packing all imported core fruit in a single pack house in Evesham, creating a number of jobs.

A fruit and produce aisle in a Waitrose supermarket.

Drone Technology Aids Banana Disease Detection In The Philippines

Dutch-based group Triple20 is exploring drones to offer growers a technologically advanced method of detecting disease, and is now involved in several agro-tech developments in the country’s banana industry.

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ORBIS Corp. Opens Manufacturing Plant In Mexico, Employs 140

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The new plant is also the first ORBIS facility to offer injection and structural foam molding, as well as dunnage fabrication, all under one roof.

The entire team at the new ORBIS facility in Silao, Mexico.

Oman’s Sohar Port Signs Pact For Flour Mill And Logistics Center

The new project is part of a strategic move to achieve self-sufficiency in essential food products according to Jamal Aziz, chief executive officer of Sohar Freezone.

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Local Food Sales Reach $12 Billion; To Nearly Double In Four Years

Market research publisher Package Facts estimates that local foods generated $12 billion in sales in 2014, accounting for 2 percent of total U.S. retail sales of foods and beverages.

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Homeland Security Seizes Illegal Honey In Houston

Since October the special agents have seized almost half a million pounds of illegally imported Chinese honey valued at $2.45 million destined for U.S. consumers.

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Winter Storm Juno Pounds The Northeast

Several locations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Long Island and Rhode Island have picked up over two feet of snow, while amounts in New York have ranged from 9.8 inches at Central Park in New York City to 30 inches on Long Island.

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United Nations Provides Food Seed To Flood-Ravaged Malawi Farms

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

More than 170,000 people have had to leave their homes, and an estimated 116,000 households have lost their crops and livestock.

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Chattanooga Supermarkets Open Doors To Local Suppliers

The Bi-Lo chain one year ago launched its "Bi-Local" program, which has put products from 19 Chattanooga-area businesses in its stores.

USDA Proposes Standards To Reduce Salmonella And Campylobacter In Poultry Products

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Development of these new standards is a major step in FSIS' Salmonella action plan, launched in December 2013 to reduce Salmonella illnesses from meat and poultry products.

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