Tyson Foods announced it will urge its suppliers to implement a series of production practices that it deems representative of responsible food production. Those recommendations include the use of video monitoring in sow farms, ...
Tags: Tyson Foods, video monitoring, sow farms, improve animal care, pig farming
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), an organization charged with increasing the value and profitability of the U.S. beef, pork and lamb industries by enhancing demand in international markets, strongly supports passage of legislation ...
Tags: Meat, U.S.Meat Export, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act
The Humane Society of the United States recently ranked Colorado's animal-protection laws among the top 10 for overall effectiveness. But, this past Friday, the Weld County Prosecutor's Office determined that timing provisions in those laws ...
Tony Mitchell Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), the largest pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and packager of powder products in the world, has hired management veteran Anthony (Tony) Mitchell as its new president and chief operating ...
Tags: Pharma Tech, Tony Mitchell, COO, strategically and effectively
Holland will be covering toys, gifts and home accessories categories. Giftworks has appointed Mark Holland as its new national accounts manager. Holland (pictured) - who was previously at Carte Blanche - will be responsible for the ...
Tags: Giftworks, Mark Holland, Toy Compony
MamaMancini's Holdings, Inc., an emerging manufacturer and marketer of specialty pre-prepared, frozen and refrigerated "all natural" food products (as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture), today announced that it has ...
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A city known for its Gordian roundabouts and pedestrian-defeating roads is testing a clean new form of public transit: electric buses charged via induction. The borough of Milton Keynes, in the UK, will begin testing eight electric buses ...
An LMU team has, for the first time, created volcanic lightning in the lab and captured it on film. The new findings may permit rapid characterization of ash clouds released by volcanic eruptions and improve forecasting of their behavior. ...
Tags: volcanic lightning, volcanic eruptions, ash clouds, forecast
To prevent deaths and injuries to children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a new federal mandatory standard to improve the safety of bedside sleepers. The Commission voted unanimously (3 to 0) January 8, ...
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Colo-Colo and Under Armour unveiled the team's new Under Armour kits for the upcoming season. The unveiling also serves as the official announcement of the brand's global partnership and technical sponsorship of the most successful club ...
Tags: Football Club Kit, Apparel
It's known that electric vehicles could travel longer distances before needing to charge and more renewable energy could be saved for a rainy day if lithium-sulfur batteries can just overcome a few technical hurdles. Now, a novel design for ...
Tags: electric vehicles, lithium-sulfur batteries, new anode, renewable energy
ArthroCare Corp. of Austin, TX will pay $30 million to settle securities fraud-related charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ recently announced. Federal prosecutors say shareholders lost more than $400 million in mid-2008 ...
Tags: Surgical Instruments, Arthrocare, Fraud Case Securities
The CGA3EA series of automotive grade MLCCs from TDK Corporation meet the ESD immunity requirements per the IEC 61000-4-2 standard. The new components are available in package size 1608 (EIA 0603) and offer rated capacitances ranging from 1 ...
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AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has received T-Level MIL-PRF-49470 qualification approval for its 100V, 200V, and 500V BP characteristic (C0GThe main differences between ceramic ...
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Barren County, Ky., law enforcement authorities are investigating the alleged theft of 10 Arabian horses. Barren County Sheriff's Deputy Mike Houchens said that on Jan. 2 the horses were reported stolen from their housing facility near ...
Tags: Horse Thefts, Kentucky Agriculture