NEW YORK - A New York raw milk cheese company whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono), has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard cheeses until it complies with food safety regulations. The U.S. District Court for the Northern…
CANADA - The Canadian government has unveiled plans to invest up to US$3 million in Fromagerie Bergeron Inc., a Quebec-based dairy processor as part of the Canadian Government’s Dairy Processing Investment Fund. The fund is part of the government’s plan in support of the dairy processors’ investments to improve productivity and competitiveness based on Canada-European…
EUROPE - The European Union has approved European Dairy Association (EDA) guidance for “cheese as raw material” towards the high safety and quality of cheese in the processing industry. It also approved the organization for the processed cheese sector, Assifonte’s “Good Manufacturing Practice Guidelines for Processed Cheese”- a major for food safety, consumer protection and…
LITHUANIA - Fonterra Co-operative Group has acquired a 10% shareholding AB Rokiskio Suris, deepening a long-standing commercial agreement with Lithuania’s biggest dairy producer, In the deal, Fonterra has invested US$8.2 million in Rokiskio to secure a supply line of high-value whey ingredients while opening up product options across Europe and the Middle East. According to…
USA – New Zealand dairy co-operative group Fonterra has announced that it is buying a stake in US-based whey protein concentrate and lactose manufacturer Columbia River Technologies, for an undisclosed sum. USA dairy co-operative and dairy producer Threemile Canyon Farms as equal shareholders in Columbia River Technologies, which was originally founded in 2013 as a…
BRAZIL - Arla Foods has divested its 8% share in the company to Grupo LaLa, following a change in ownership of the Brazilian largest dairy company Vigor S.A. Arla’s investment in Vigor, started in 1986 when Arla entered a 50/50 joint venture partnership with Vigor under the name Dan Vigor, which consisted of local cheese…
USA – US cheese producer Saputo Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Betin, Inc., doing business as Montchevre, in a bid to expand its presence in the cheese market. Montchevre manufactures, markets and distributes goat cheese in the United States, mainly under the Montchevre brand. It produces its products…
UK – Dairy UK, the trade association for British dairy producers, has announced its new chairman as Paul Vernon, the chief executive of Glanbia Cheese who has been elected to succeed Dr David Dobbin. "For me it is a huge privilege to be elected chairman of an organisation that puts itself at the forefront of…
INDUSTRY FOCUS: DAIRY INDUSTRY IN UGANDA This article appeared in the July 2014 issue of Food Business Africa magazine. The dairy processing industry in Uganda is one of the most promising on the continent. Nearly non-existent a few years ago due to political turmoil, the sector has over the year’s taken advantage of good weather…
NIGERIA – The dairy sector has emerged the second largest segment in the food and beverage industry in Nigeria with estimated revenue of N347 billion in 2013 and an estimated compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 per cent over the last three years.
