H&N Poultry Breeding Company announce Leadership change in North America

Heisdorf & Nelson Poultry Breeding Farms, known as “H&N Nick Chick” announces that Mr. Khalil Arar, president of H&N North America will retire on June 30, 2022. Khalil has served H&N North America since 2017 and had successfully grown the team and market share of the H&N breed, in particular the Nick Chick line. H&N North America also announced that Brian Joyer has accepted the role of president, effective March 1, 2022. Khalil and Brian will work closely to ensure a smooth transition. Brian has extensive experience in the US…

Fermentation-enabled Bio-Protection secures Chr. Hansen Innovation Award

Next-generation FRESHQ® wins the prestigious “Food Tech Innovation Award” at the world’s largest food & beverage event. A leading panel of industry experts selected Chr. Hansen’s FRESHQ® concept at this year’s prize-giving at Food Ingredients Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. The award is presented to a company that is breaking new ground in the food and beverage industry with an innovative, technical solution. Chr. Hansen’s next-generation FRESHQ® food cultures hit the bull’s eye in that context, removing the main technical barrier for the implementation of fermentation-enabled bio-protection to help reduce food waste. After proudly accepting…

China pledge for transition into a Cage-Free Layer Industry

Many Global Food Businesses and retailers intend to phase out caged eggs from their global supply chains by 2025. The current cage-free egg produced in china is very low. This poses a challenge for global brands to shift to cage-free egg production. The first formal standard to define what cage-free eggs are, and which eggs and egg products can be marketed as cage-free, has now been released in China. The new national standard on the production, distribution, and sale of cage-free eggs was released in late October by the China…