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Austria-based PEZ is auctioning a set specialty dispensers for the union of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with the goal of raising funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission have set their sights on manufacturers, distributors and retailers selling e-cigarette liquid branded to resemble kid-friendly food products such as juice boxes, candy and cookies.

In February, Associate Editor Alyse Thompson visited Finca El Cacao, a 2,500-hectare cocoa plantation in Nicaragua owned and operated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG. The company, eager to open up its supply chain and highlight its progress in the Central American country, brought Alyse and German journalists to the plantation to show them how they do things.

Dallas-based private investment firm Highlander Partners has acquired the intellectual property, trademarks and associated licensing agreements for 10 chocolate and sugar confectionery brands from Huhtamäki Oyj, a global food and beverage packaging company headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

When Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak heard that CIA's Peter Greweling, professor of baking and pastry arts, would demonstrate the art of creating edible geodes out of chocolate and naturally-formed sugar crystals at PMCA’s production conference earlier this month, he had to reacquaint himself with what a geode is.