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Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) is to acquire Canadian pork producer HyLife Investments for $370m, expanding its presence in North America.

Mondelēz International has made its second investment as part of the SnackFutures programme it launched last year – this time investing in snack platform Hu.

Mondelēz International has bought a minority stake in Uplift Food, an early-stage start-up that produces prebiotic functional food supplements.

Norwegian Dairy Cooperative Tine has acquired UK cheese maker Ilchester Cheese, which becomes part of Norseland, Tine’s wholly owned subsidiary in the UK.

Two important meetings have taken the Friesland Foods-Campina merger to completion, subject to a decision by the European Commission.

Friesland Foods and Campina have reached agreement on the merger proposal that will create a new dairy company, FrieslandCampina, and a new dairy cooperative, FrieslandCampina.