In the wake of several foodborne illness outbreaks in the US, the country's watchdog has finalized two rules that requires firms to identify food safety risks and detail measures to prevent or minimize such risks from occuring. ...
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The Chinese central government released a guideline to make agriculture more intensive and environmentally friendly on Friday, as they seek to ensure adequate and safe food supply. The guideline, issued by the State Council, or China's ...
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Vietnam Meat Industries (Vissan) has opened a new food processing plant in Tien Son Industrial Zone in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The move is in line with the company's strategy to improve food supply capacity in Vietnam and in ...
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A new study reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found increased supply to be the main cause behind global obesity problems. In a report just published in the July 2015 Bulletin of WHO, researchers based in New Zealand ...
Tags: human health, global obesity, food energy supply, fitness equipment
According to a CEPEA Brazil report, Brazilian cotton prices were recovering in early June, driven by the need to purchase in the short-term and expectation of delay in availability of cotton in the new season. “Purchasers with needs ...
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Food packaging company Sealed Air has begun the construction of its new headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. The company will move to the new campus at LakePointe Corporate Center in early 2017, and is expected to employ around ...
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Australian-based Beston Global Food Company has revealed it has acquired milk producer United Dairy Power from the receivers. The South Australian based United Dairy Power which was an aggregator of milk suppliers across Victoria and ...
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ConAgra Grocery Products will pay $11.2m in fine for shipping contaminated peanut butter that caused salmonella poisoning across the nation from 2006 through 2007. This comes after a lawsuit was filed against ConAgra Grocery Products ...
US senator Kirsten Gillibrand has launched a new bill that would improve the recall process for meat and poultry products, giving the USDA mandatory recall authority over contaminated products. This comes after a new investigation ...
The University of California, Davis researchers have received $5m in grants from US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to carry out three new research projects. This financial support is part of USDA's ...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for unified efforts to enhance food safety, ensuring safe production, distribution, and preparation of food. He pointed that the safety threat evolves from new production, distribution and ...
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World Health Day 2015 focuses on food safety The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dedicated World Health Day 2015, which it is celebrating today, 7 April 2015, to highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food ...
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PwC is planning to aid governments and food companies to address the major issues of food safety, security and quality by declaring open its global food supply and integrity services business—established, developed and run from New ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 6 that two more flocks of commercial Minnesota turkey have been infected with the lethal avian flu, out of which one flock is already in an quarantine zone. According to the USDA, ...
The food imports in UAE would see an increase of up to $400bn in the coming ten years, compared to $100bn reported in 2014, said UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Al Mansouri. The country currently exports 85% of its food and is planning to ...