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Asia lifts French wine, spirits exports in 2011
www.just-drinks.com | 1 hour 49 minutes ago
French wine and spirits exports rose by 10.5% in value and 2.4% in volume in 2011, mainly thanks to Cognac and Bordeaux wine demand in Asia, according to trade body FEVS.

JBS to spin off Vigor dairy unit
www.just-food.com | 2 hours 1 minute ago
Major Brazilian meat processor JBS is to spin off and sell shares in its Vigor Alimentos dairy unit. Global Food industry business news and analysis

iss strengthens catering and restaurant management team - Cost Sector Catering
www.costsectorcatering.co.uk | 4 hours 34 minutes ago
ISS Facility Services Food and Hospitality has appointed Stephanie Hamilton as executive director of its UK operations.

Borders spud business is Scotland’s first fresh produce company to confer Homegrown Apprenticeship
www.prlog.org | 6 hours 11 minutes ago
Borders spud business is Scotland’s first fresh produce company to confer Homegrown Apprenticeship. Leading potato grower and potato product company Greenvale is out to grow its own young talent following official recognition of its site in the border town of Duns as a fully-fledged Modern

Tate & Lyle results sweetened by sugar prices
www.confectionerynews.com | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
An increase in the price for iso-glucose, driven by strong sugar prices, has boosted results at Tate & Lyle, according to city analysts, following the firm’s latest trading update.

PIA | Philippine Information Agency | Child labor in Ormoc-Kananga sugar district to end
www.pia.gov.ph | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
Philippine Information Agency, the development communication arm of the Philippine government, member of the Presidential Communications Group

allAfrica.com: Kenya: Mumias Sugar Set to Lose Sh400 Million As Ethanol Plant Delays
allafrica.com | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

Halal certified sugar from India reaches Gulf - Express India
www.expressindia.com | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
Dubai World\'s first halal certified sugar from India which contains no Islamically forbidden ingredients has entered the Gulf region.

Sugar trade association official: Regulating sugar like alcohol is ‘foolishness’ - The Daily
www.iberianet.com | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
Recent clamoring from some West Coast researchers to begin treating sugar like alcohol and tobacco by instituting a consumption tax on the commodity is nothing but "foolishness," said a sugar cane industry representative.

Khonburi Sugar to boost output capacity - The Nation
www.nationmultimedia.com | 7 hours 7 minutes ago
Khonburi Sugar to boost output capacity. Khonburi Sugar, a listed sugar miller, will increase its production capacity by 2,000 tonnes to 23,000 tonnes per day, expecting income to increase by...