Food Industry News Roundup for Week of Dec. 13

NEOGEN combining 3M food safety with its own operations, USDA launches loan guarantee program and more news from the week.

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The 18th Annual Hunter Food News Study showed that the pandemic continued to dominates food news in 2021, driving a fundamental change in America's relationship with food, according to Hunter.

We did the traceability analysis, and 2021 is, in fact, nearly behind us. Here are some of the most popular QA stories from the year.

NEOGEN to Combine 3M's Food Safety Business with its Existing Operations
The goal of the combination, according to NEOGEN, is to create an innovative leader in the food safety sector with a comprehensive product range and a strategic focus on the category's long-term growth opportunities.

In a move that will dramatically reshape the pest control industry, Rentokil Initial announced on Tuesday it will buy Terminix Global Holdings for $1.3 billion in cash and 643.3 million new Rentokil initial shares in a deal that values the U.S. company at $6.7 billion.

The program's aim is to create more market opportunities, promote competition and strengthen America’s food supply chain.