Archive for August, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, U.S. — Cargill announced on Aug. 13 that it has completed a $5 million plant expansion at its El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico location.

The plant, which originally opened in 2004, will now triple in capacity to produce more than 9,000 tonnes of premix per month, and employ 85 people. It will produce premix for all species, including aquaculture, with an emphasis on poultry and swine, and will serve markets in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

“We are significantly improving ...

SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS, U.S. — All food items sold by Enjoy Life Foods are Non-GMO Project Verified. Yet Joel Warady, the company’s chief sales and marketing officer, said Enjoy Life Foods agrees with certain aspects, but certainly not all aspects, of the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, which seeks to prevent statewide labeling laws for food products with bioengineered/genetically modified ingredients.

“We believe that the need to have a national labeling standard is absolutely there,” Warady said. “I think we ...