Beverages
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UK Food Standards Agency recommends ban on slush-ice drinks sale to under four-year-old children
UK – The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a recommendation that slush ice drinks should not be sold to children under the age…
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Pharmaceutical company Otsuka to set up US$38M food & energy drinks factory in Egypt
EGYPT – Otsuka Pharmaceutical, a leading Japanese manufacturing company, has announced plans to set up a US$39.8 million healthy food and energy drinks factory in…
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Asahi Group creates global procurement subsidiary as growth slows in second quarter of the year
JAPAN – Japanese beverage holding company, Asahi Group, has established Asahi Global Procurement Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore, aimed at enhancing the Group’s…
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Molson Coors makes first spirits acquisition with purchase of Blue Run Spirits
USA – Molson Coors, a multinational drink and brewing company, has reached an agreement to acquire the Kentucky-based craft whiskey and Bourbon company Blue Run…
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Condemned alcoholic beverages disappearance leaves Mombasa port officials puzzled
KENYA – A 40-foot container of imported alcoholic beverages lined up for destruction in Mombasa has been found with only empty bottles, puzzling authorities on…