Rome | Reuters — All packets of pasta and rice sold in Italy will have to include labels of origin showing where the produce was grown, the government ruled on […] Read more
Italy demands origin labels for pasta, rice
Alabama finds atypical BSE case
Reuters — An 11-year-old cow in Alabama tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The cow tested positive for the atypical L-type […] Read more
JBS gets nod from Brazil court to divest assets
Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA has received permission from a Brazilian appeals court to sell assets as the world’s largest meatpacker copes with fallout from a corruption scandal […] Read more
Dow to sell part of Brazil corn seed business
Reuters — Dow Chemical said it had agreed to sell a portion of its corn seed business in Brazil to a unit of China’s CITIC Ltd. for US$1.1 billion as […] Read more
EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement
Brussels | Reuters — The European Union and Canada said on Saturday they had agreed to start a free trade agreement between the two sides on Sept. 21, paving the […] Read more
Brazilian top court justice upholds barring JBS asset sale
Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has upheld a lower court decision that ordered the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS SA, to halt the sale of US$300 million […] Read more
Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators
Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has filed a request for approval of its planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto with European Union regulators, as suitors line up […] Read more
Cheese and drugs wrangle holds up EU-Canada trade deal
Brussels | Reuters — Disputes over cheese and pharmaceuticals are holding up the start of a EU-Canada free trade agreement that both sides have championed as a landmark deal for […] Read more
Mexico gives conditional approval to Dow, DuPont merger
Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s antitrust watchdog said Tuesday it has given approval to DuPont and Dow Chemical to merge on the condition that they sell certain crop protection […] Read more
Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations
Basel | Reuters — Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must […] Read more
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