The US Senate has approved a bill, which mandates nationwide labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The bipartisan bill, which mandates GMO labeling contents with words, pictures or a bar code on the ...
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CSC’s chairman Sung confirms his company’s investment valued at NT$4 billion in developing solar power business (photo courtesy of UDN.com).The Taiwan-based China Steel Corp. (CSC), the island's largest steelmaker by size, has ...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has initiated legal proceedings against Heinz over nutritional claims made on its Little Kids Shredz infant food range. Little Shredz have been sold in major Australian ...
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Australia's consumer watchdog has filed a lawsuit against H.J. Heinz Company, alleging that it made false and misleading representations in its advertisement for Little Kids Shredz products. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
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Taiwan’s overall export orders in May totaled US$33.73 billion, down 5.8 percent year on year (photo courtesy of UDN.com).Taiwan's export orders received in May totaled US$33.73 billion, down 5.8 percent year on year to represent the ...
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) announced a new usage-based insurance (UBI) and telematics insurance product that can help insurers price new products based on driving behaviors. The new UBI offering incorporates digital claims, ...
British bed manufacturer Hypnos has scooped two prestigious industry awards, Family Business of the Year for the South and South West Region at the Family Business Awards, and Most Highly Renowned Luxury Bed Company at the Lux Hospitality ...
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Panera Bread has announced to extend its clean commitment to remove ‘No No List’ additives across its entire portfolio of nearly 50 grocery products. As part of the move, the company will do away with the remaining artificial ...
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The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...
A May 25 Bloomberg report said that Chinese officials plan to ask their American counterparts during the upcoming eighth round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue about the chance of a Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate ...
Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030. The announcement was made at the Clean Energy Ministerial forum yesterday in San Francisco, ...
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China still faces severe steel oversupply, and a recent price surge is only due to temporary market expectations, a senior official said on Thursday. Steel prices increased significantly starting in March and declined mildly in May, as ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...
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TerraVia and Bunge are introducing whole algae DHA as a sustainable specialty feed ingredient, which is an omega-3 fatty acid important for humans and animals, especially fish, for healthy growth and development. The two companies will ...
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Consumer Technology Association (CTA) director of environmental policy and sustainability Allison Schumacher expressed concern regarding the passage of the packaging task force bill (S.B. 233) by Senator Ted Kennedy, Jr. "We share Senator ...
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