Saudi food manufacturing major Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO) seeks to raise operational and supply chain efficiencies through its newly built depot in Makkah, amid rising demand from neighbouring markets.
The organizations call for agri-food production businesses to be exempted from the mandatory energy reduction rules in order to avert ‘serious market and supply chain disruption’.
The New York City-based company was founded in 2019 by food scientist Laura Katz who aspired to advance nutrition by recreating the functional components of breast milk. The lab produces microbes, ferments, and runs immunity testing.
The Government must build on its Food Strategy white paper by supporting the dairy trade's expansion in the UK and export markets, according to Arla Foods UK boss Ash Amirahmadi.
More help is needed for UK businesses struggling with supply chain challenges if consumers are not going to face long-term rising food costs and limited availability.
Yashili has announced deals in China and New Zealand to strengthen supply and service agreements with two of its biggest shareholders, Mengniu and Danone, while also bolstering its relationship with Australia's Burra Foods.
Tetra Pak has informed all of its key suppliers they will be expected to file ethical performance reports on the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex), to improve supply chain transparency.
25% of milk produced in Tanzania wet season is wasted
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has launched a report which claims 25% of food wastage in the developing world could be eliminated with better refrigeration equipment.
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Decentralized milk supply chains were largely to blame for the melamine scandal that bankrupted China’s Sanlu in 2008, but its partner Fonterra's experience ‘did not appear helpful’ in stopping deadly safety problems, a study claims.
Associated British Foods – worst-in-class in an Oxfam report critical of 10 food giants for essentially operating under a corporate social responsibility (CSR) “veil of secrecy” – has hit back, slamming the report ‘s findings as “ridiculous”.
Projects aimed at boosting operational efficiency and sustainability in the food processing and packaging sectors are being urged to apply for a share of a £15m (€18m) fund by the UK Government.
Vigilance in supply chain management, risk assessment, efficiency and sustainability are the key challenges facing the food and drinks industry over the next three to five years, according to a new report from Campden BRI.
Greater ownership and management of the stevia supply chain has helped to build a system that is sustainable, responsible, and scalable, say leading global suppliers PureCircle and Cargill.
The Welsh dairy sector is “under siege”, with unprecedented numbers of farmers quitting the sector in recent years, in large part due to unfair contracts with processors.
The boss of one of the UK’s biggest milk supply groups has slammed cost-cutting by discount stores that he claims has taken £252m out of the supply chain.
A UK cooperative representing 10 per cent of the country’s supply chain has fallen victim to wider uncertainty gripping the European market after going into receivership this week.
Greater clarity on which supply chains areas to prioritise for action on waste could help food and drink manufacturers as well as grocery retailers identify opportunities to make cost and environmental savings, claims a UK government funded agency.
New enterprise resource planning (ERP) software cuts the time it
takes food and beverage processors to integrate their network
operations, claims its manufacturer.
The world needs an independent trade watchdog to properly regulate
the international food supply chain if we as a society are to truly
create a more sustainable and ethical food market.
Pressure on UK milk producers may ease off next year, according to
a new supply chain report, which follows new moves to monitor and
improve earnings in the sector.
Consumers in Britain will be forced to buy lower quality and less
safe foods if supermarkets continue squeezing the supply chain as
they do now, the National Farmers' Union has told a Competition
Commission inquiry.
The US milk supply chain is still too vulnerable to a terrorist
attack, says new research, warning that stricter security could
save billions of dollars and thousands of lives, reports Chris
Mercer.
The loss from a security breach of just one shipping container
could cost companies up to $1 trillion, according to an alarming
new report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Findus Sweden has gone live this month with Intentia's Movex supply
chain solution. The technology has been integrated with a number of
other systems, such as SAP and a mainframe system, to provide the
manufacturer with complete...
End-to-end traceability is like the table stakes in a poker game -
if you don't have it, you won't stay in the game, argues an
industry expert. This new way of thinking could have a significant
impact on food production,...
