Thursday, March 11, 2010
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March 11, 2010
JohnsonDiversey under new name
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (Sturtevant, USA) and JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of both entities has approved a change of their corporate names.
March 10, 2010
Germany to fund food security projects
fleischwirtschaft.com – ITALY, Rome. Germany will provide funding of more than $6 million to five FAO projects aimed at strengthening the food security of smallholders in Africa and elsewhere.
March 9, 2010
JBS SA announced fourth quarter results
fleischwirtschaft.com - BRAZIL, São Paulo. JBS S.A, São Paulo, the global leading producer of animal protein announces its results for the fourth quarter (4Q09) and for the full year of 2009.
March 8, 2010
Russia to reopen pork market to U.S.
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA/RUSSIA. The U.S. and Russia have reached an agreement to reopen the Russian market to U.S. pork and pork products, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.
March 5, 2010
AMIs public meeting on agenda items
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA, Washington. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed in Paris, France, April 12 - 16, 2010.
March 4, 2010
EU and Vietnam to launch free trade negotiations
fleischwirtschaft.com - VIETNAM, Hanoi. The EU and Vietnam have agreed to launch bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations following a meeting between EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi.
March 3, 2010
EFSA publishes opinions on function of health claims
fleischwirtschaft.com - ITALY, Parma. EFSA has published a second series of opinions on a list of 'general function' health claims compiled by Member States and the European Commission.
March 2, 2010
Operational improvements for Tyson Foods
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA, Miami. Speaking at the J.P.Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference, Tyson Foods, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Dennis Leatherby said Tyson has made significant progress in its day-to-day operations.
March 1, 2010
AMS makes changes to ground beef purchase programme
fleischwirtschaft.com - USA. The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced it will make a number of changes to its ground beef purchase programme, based on received recommendations from the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
February 26, 2010
EFSA consults on risk-benefit assessment of food
fleischwirtschaft.com - ITALY, Parma. The European Food Safety Authority's Scientific Committee has published guidance on the risk-benefit assessment of food for public consultation.

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