Sensient Food Colors Italy, Cavriago, achieves International Food Standard accreditation, version 5, for the production of food-grade natural colors and vegetable concentrates.

Due to growth, Sharp Packaging Systems, Sussex, Wis., has moved several of its departments to a new 25,000-sq.-ft. facility in nearby Pewaukee.

Salt Lake City-based GOED, the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3, has appointed its 2012-2013 board of directors.

Crisp Sensation, Geneva, a developer of technology for crisp, crumb-coated snacks, names Gerrit Dreise its new sales director Europe.

Swiss chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut says it will significantly strengthen its position in cocoa processing with the acquisition of Petra Foods Ltd.’s cocoa ingredients division.

Sunwin Stevia International Inc., Deerfield Beach, Fla., is marketing six of its proprietary stevia formulations developed in conjunction with WILD Flavors GmbH, Zug, Switzerland, to food manufacturers in China.

Clextral, a world leader in twin-screw extrusion for food and cellulose materials in Firminy, France, has acquired Sudamerinox in Rancagua, Chile.

Brad Heit joins Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC, Taunton, Mass., as regional sales manager for the company’s Southwest territory.

Royal DSM of Heerlen, Netherlands, has acquired Cargill’s cultures and enzymes business. The integration of both businesses is expected to be complete by mid-2013.