Food Business Africa- Week 13, News

AFRICAN NEWS HEADLINES

Raw pork, chicken meat sold in Kenyan supermarkets is contaminated

KENYA –???A new study led by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has found high levels of contamination in raw pork and poultry meat sold in leading supermarkets in Kenya, with 38.5% of the 611 bacterial isolates recovered being multi-drug resistant..?.?. .More

Premier Foods gets listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange

SOUTH AFRICA?-??Premier Group Limited, one of the leading consumer packaged goods businesses in?Southern Africa, has successfully listed on?the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.?. .?More

Kenya taps Colombia’s expertise in coffee production and marketing

KENYA?-?A?delegation of executives led by Cooperatives and MSME Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has gone to Colombia?to borrow?a leaf on how the country can raise production and better market its coffee?in international markets.?. .?More

Nestlé partners Barry Callebaut to enhance sustainability in cocoa production

IVORY COAST?- Two Swiss food giants, Barry Callebaut, and Nestlé have signed a long-term agroforestry project agreement in Ivory Coast, which will immensely benefit cocoa producers and intensify the agroforestry approach happening in Ghana and Ivory Coast.?.?.?. .?More

Gledhow Sugar Company enters business rescue?

SOUTH AFRICA –???Gledhow Sugar Company (GSC) has entered a voluntary business rescue proceeding a few months after Tongaat Hulett also placed its South African operations in the same legal process.?. .More

Sundale Schreiber makes first dairy shipment to the Middle East

SOUTH AFRICA –??Sundale Schreiber has made its first shipment of dairy products from its new state-of-the-art processing facility in the East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ)?to the Middle East in a move that is expected to further open more international markets for South Africa. . .More

GLOBAL?NEWS HEADLINES

?Lactalis exits Argentina with sale of cheese factory to local operator

ARGENTINA -?Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, has fully exited the Argentinian market with the sale of its factory to a local cheese operator. . .?More

Coca-Cola pulls Innocent dairy-free products off-shelf

UK-?Atlanta-based beverage company The Coca-Cola Company has pulled the plug on its dairy-free beverage brand Innocent after failing to meet sales expectations five years after its initial launch in the UK.?. .?More

IFF bolsters R&D capabilities with launch of two innovation labs in Denmark

DENMARK -??IFF, a global leader in solutions for food and drinks, health, biosciences, and scent, has expanded its innovation capabilities with two new flavor labs at its facility in Brabrand, Denmark. . .More

Tabassum Zalotrawala joins McDonald’s USA?as Chief Development Officer

USA?- Tabassum Zalotrawala has been appointed as Senior vice president and the Chief development officer of the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s USA effective April 24?. . .More?

PepsiCo invests in regenerative agriculture projects in USA

USA -?PepsiCo, one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, has committed a US$216 million multi-year investment in long-term, strategic partnership agreements to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across the United States.....?. .More??