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Food safety group FoodChain ID has acquired Brazilian certification body Sbcert, strengthening its position in livestock traceability and compliance.

Savencia has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Quatá Alimentos, a well-established cheese and dairy products manufacturer in Brazil.

Harmony Baby Nutrition, a biotech company specialising in infant formulas inspired by human milk, has received $5.9 million (BRL 30 million) in funding from Ação Conjunta FINEP–BNDES Chamada Pública 755.

Bonduelle, the French vegetable processing giant, has announced the sale of its sole factory in Brazil to local food group Stella d’Oro.

Heineken has opened a new brewery in Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, supported by an investment of more than €400 million.

PepsiCo has partnered with Griffith Foods and Milhão to launch a direct farmer incentive pilot programme promoting regenerative agriculture in Brazil’s Cerrado region.

IFF has partnered with Reservas Votorantim to focus on bioprospecting in Brazil’s largest private Atlantic Forest reserve, Legado das Águas.

Coca-Cola FEMSA is investing more than BRL 600 million (approx. $110 million) into its production plant in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil.

Solina, a player in the global savoury food solutions market, has announced its entry into the South American market through the acquisition of New Max Industrial, a Brazilian provider of savoury solutions, flavouring systems and natural colourants.