WORLD NEWS
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PepsiCo opens a new US$238M snack plant in Poland
POLAND – PepsiCo, American food and drink giant has opened a new 1-billion-zloty (US$238M) snack plant in the southwestern Polish village of Święte, Bakery and…
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FAO food price index dips a two-year low in May amid significant price drops in cereals and vegetable oils
GLOBAL – The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Cereal Price Index declined nearly 5% in May, its lowest in two years, underpinned by…
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Jana Partners files lawsuit against Freshpet over breached fiduciary responsibilities
USA- Activist investor Jana Partners’s fire on New Jersey-based Freshpet intensifies as it files a lawsuit alleging the pet-food company breached its fiduciary duties. The…
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Russia continues to limit grain shipments from Ukrainian ports, Hungary asks EU to continue import curbs
UKRAINE- Ukrainian officials say that Russia continues to block the recently renewed Black Sea Grain Initiative by halting the registration of ships to all Ukrainian…
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Mexico moves to trade dispute settlement consultations to fight US GM corn dispute after formal consultations fail
MEXICO- The Mexican government said it would counter U.S. arguments over agriculture biotech measures, including plans to limit its use of genetically modified (GM) corn,…