Mar
16
Tiger Brands takes the hassle out of healthy shopping
March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tiger Brands – the name behind All Gold, Tastic Rice, Black Cat and Koo– is set to make choosing the healthiest food option a breeze. As one of the country’s leading fast-moving consumer packaged goods companies, Tiger Brands is about to prove its commitment and empathy for its South African consumers during this Eat Well [...]
Feb
21
ManufacturingHub.co.za adds business travel resource
February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ManufacturingHub.co.za has added a business travel support tool for professionals in the South African Food, Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Cosmetic Manufacturing industries.
This will assist professionals attending business events, conferences to source:
◦Business accommodation
◦Car hire
◦Holiday Destinations across South Africa
For further information or to try it out, please click here.
Feb
10
Nampak Flexible shows world class at FTA International Awards
February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Nampak Flexible, Southern Africa’s leading flexible packaging supplier, received two award nominations for their Imana Chicken Noodle soup and Imana Cream of vegetable soup packs entered into the 2010 FTA (Flexographic Technical Association) International Awards.
Judging for the awards took place between the 24th and 26th of January 2010 in New York, where all entries, judged [...]
Feb
4
ISO gives food manufacturers new tool to control hazards
February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Thousands of food manufacturers worldwide stand to benefit from a newly published document in the ISO 22000 series designed to prevent and control food safety hazards.
ISO technical specification ISO/TS 22002-1:2009, Prerequisite programmes on food safety – Part 1: Food manufacturing, sets out requirements for prerequisite programmes needed to realize safe products and provide food that [...]
Dec
23
Nestle closes Zimbabwe factory
December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
International food group Nestle has confirmed that it is closing its operations in Zimbabwe after it refused to bow to pressure to buy its milk from a company owned by the wife of controversial president Robert Mugabe.
After being exposed in the media, Nestle withdrew its commercial relationship with Mugabe.
The company has apparently faced pressure in Zimbabwe [...]
Dec
15
Manuka Honey in South Africa
December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
I continue to be hounded by phone calls, SMS’s and e-mails of people asking for me to supply contact details for distributors of Manuka Honey in South Africa.
We have previously posted on this blog looking for suppliers and have had limited response with some industry experts indicating that it is quite difficult to import sizeable [...]