The chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) Katherine Rich has told Australian Food News today that the UK”s announced sugar tax will not help fight obesity. Under the UK tax, drinks which contain more ...
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After four years, Paul von der Heyde is stepping down as chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the furniture industry's Government lobbying body. The new chairman is Jonathan Hindle, group managing director of KI (Krueger ...
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Somma Food Group has launched a partnership with the New York City Public School System in offering Chickentopiatm Drumstix in over 1,700 of their schools. First served in December, Chickentopiatm Drumstix are served to New York City's ...
Through Cabela’s Outdoor Fund grant, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) will make Project ChildSafe gun locks and safety education literature available to all 50 state fish and wildlife agencies in 2016. The Cabela's ...
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IBM announced that its Watson IoT technology is being used by Honda R&D for monitoring and analyzing data from more than 160 sensors in Formula One (F1) cars. Now, drivers and crews can apply data and analytics in real-time to help ...
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Superfeet welcomed Linda Balfour as its new global director of marketing. This hire comes in conjunction with the brand launching a number of new products. Most recently, Superfeet launched insoles designed for hunting and lifestyle ...
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Early bird pricing is still available for FoodLegal’s “The Future is Here” April Symposium. To be hosted in Melbourne, the half-day morning event will include eight expert speakers and will cover the following topics: ...
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Children should learn mainly though play up until the age of eight, says head of LEGO Foundation Hanne Rasmussen. The LEGO Group has put £4 million into a new LEGO Professorship at Cambridge University to help forward research in ...
"Across the year, we estimate that 100 million children had a LEGO experience." The LEGO Group has revealed that revenue growth in 2015, excluding foreign exchange impacts, was 19 per cent year over year on a local currency basis. ...
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The first trade group named Plant Based Foods Association has been launched by 23 food companies to represent plant-based foods sector, which is $3.5bn industry that intends to support consumer health and environment. The association's ...
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Against: NatRoad Australians should brace themselves for higher prices whilst owner-operator truckers are at risk of losing their livelihood ,if a new Order takes effect next month – with The National Road Transport Association ...
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Koov is a kit made up of blocks and a microcontroller, which can be built into any shape, with the final figure capable of being controlled as a robot. Sony Global Education has announced its new educational kit known as Koov. The ...
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US-based food company General Mills is planning to more than double its organic acreage sourcing for ingredients, to reach its goal of 250,000 acres by 2019. The increase in acreage is to meet the growing demand for natural and organic ...
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BiPro USA will showcase its whey protein isolate at Glazier Clinics' football event in Tampa Bay, Florida, from March 4-6. The clinic will be the fifth Glazier event BiPro USA has attended in 2016. Glazier Clinics are some of the most ...
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The Cancer Council and the National Heart Foundation have released a report claiming Victorian fast food chains do not provide sufficient nutritional information. In the “Investigation into kilojoule menu labelling in Victorian ...
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