By Heather McTeer Toney, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Southeast will join the rest of the nation and countries across the world in celebrating Earth Day on April 22. The entire month of April is ...
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Monster Health Food, an Australian family-owned breakfast food company, has launched the first products to display the controversial Health Star Rating front-of-pack labelling system. The new packs will be on supermarket shelves this ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting the "Advancing Sustainable Ports" summit to mark the kickoff of a new EPA initiative to recognize ports that take action to improve environmental performance. EPA will also ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have approved the Buffalo Sewer Authority's plan to reduce the amount of sewage and stormwater run-off that flow from the city of ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak officiated at the groundbreaking of an integrated aroma ingredients complex, set up by BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) via their joint venture company BASF ...
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Medtronic's CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement device. (Courtesy Medtronic) Almost before the judge's signature was dry on Friday's federal district court preliminary injunction in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corp. ...
The FDA appears to be issuing another Class I designation involving Abbott Laboratories' voluntary recall of diabetes products. Back in January, the FDA said FreeStyle and FreeStyle Lite test strips could cause serious injury or death ...
Organic claims are appearing less on American restaurant menus Restaurants in the US have shifted their business practices to introduce a greater number and wider variety of claims that reflect trending food concerns, according to global ...
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People eat more breakfast cereal, by weight, when flake size is reduced, according to researchers from Penn State University. The study, which was published in the March 2014 edition of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and ...
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Chobani Australia is set to export to Singapore Maker of Greek-style strained yoghurt Chobani Australia has shipped its first palette of product to Singapore, 16 months after the opening of its $30 million yoghurt factory at Dandenong ...
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The issue of food safety has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years but despite huge improvements, some concerns and problems still persist. Fears about our food are moving away from issues about ensuring an adequate supply and ...
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German flavors and fragrances producer Symrise is in talks to acquire French ingredients maker Diana for around €1.3bn. The proposed deal will strengthen Symrise's presence in the flavor and nutrition market, and allow it to ...
The dairy market in Argentina will register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% during 2008-2018, finds a report by Canadean. According to the report titled, "Market Focus: Trends and Developments in the Dairy Food Sector in ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced research grants to Arizona State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals and nanomaterials throughout their ...
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American food company Dole has launched Dole Power Up Greens, a new line of packaged greens that can be used in a range of salads, smoothies, stir-fry dishes, among others. The new range includes Dole Power Up Baby Kale, Dole Power Up ...
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