The "prime responsibility" for ensuring the safety of the UK's food supply lies with "retailers and food producers", Food Secretary Owen Paterson said this evening (11 February). Providing an update to the House of Commons on the horse ...
Tags: UK, food supply, Food Secretary Owen Paterson, Horse Meat Scare
Tela Innovations has filed patent infringement complaints against key mobile handset vendors, including LG, HTC, Nokia and Motorola Mobility, before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
European food researchers from 27 member EU states are set to meet in Brussels, Belgium, to establish plans to address the horsemeat mislabeling scandal. The EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain will outline plans to implement ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has introduced a new system of positive release for horses slaughtered in the country. The new system requires the horse carcasses to test negative in a phenylbutazone (bute) test before they are allowed ...
Tags: UK FSA, positive release, horse carcasses
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a US-based fast food chain, has unveiled new Chunky Chicken Pot Pie, just in time for the winter season. The Chunky Chicken Pot Pie is a blend of diced potatoes, green peas and carrots in a savory home-style ...
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Computerworld - When Americans sit down to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday, they're going to be chatting about the game and the commercials with their friends. But they won't necessarily be cracking jokes and commenting on plays with ...
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If ‘Horse-gate’ has anything to tell us, it’s that tight margins make for cut corners. Lessons, no doubt, will be learned. However, as any fool knows: pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys (maybe even to eat). An ...
Tags: labelling, packaging, packaging industry
US Steel reported Tuesday a Q4 net loss of $50 million, following a $44 million profit in Q3 2012. In Q4 2011, US Steel incurred a net loss of $211 million. For full-year 2012, US Steel reported a net loss of $124 million compared to a net ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has announced that horses that have been treated with the drug phenylbutazone or bute are not allowed to enter the food chain. The agency will conduct checks in slaughterhouses in order to ensure that horses ...
Tags: horse meat, food chain, food safety
The UK Food Standards Agency has admitted that it found traces of a cancer-causing drug in horse meat exported to Europe in 2012, but there is no link to the recent cases of horse DNA in burgers. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said today ...
Tags: UK Food Standards Agency, horse meat, 2012
Adhesive supplier Henkel and DaniMer Scientific, LLC have formed an alliance to develop hot-melt adhesives for packaging that use bio-based raw materials. The initial target for these bio-based hot-melt adhesives will be the consumer ...
The Institute of Food Science and Technology ‘s 2013 Spring conference, being held jointly with the Institute of Food Research will take place on 17-18 April 2013 in Norwich. Marks and Spencer is the prime sponsor for the ...
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Tesco has recalled some ranges of burgers in Ireland and the UK after food safety officials reported finding traces of horse meat in samples on sale in its stores, as well as in other retailers' outlets. Horse meat DNA was present in ten ...
Fast food chain McDonald's is ditching licensed toys in its Happy Meals for books – for five weeks. The Happy Readers campaign will run from January 9th to February 12th, during which Happy Meal customers will be able to enjoy a ...
Soil pollution is defined as the build-up in soils of persistent toxic compounds, chemicals, salts, radioactive materials, or disease causing agents, which have adverse effects on plant growth and animal health. The wars that hit the ...
Tags: Glass Industry, Soil Pollution, persistent toxic compounds, chemicals