Paterson made his comments after an EU crisis meeting in Brussels, which took place yesterday (13 February). In a statement on the horse meat scandal, Paterson said: “Because of the urgency with which we have to deal what is clearly ...
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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 ...
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The UK government is to meet industry officials to determine whether the supply chain needs to be placed under greater scrutiny to ensure food security in the country. A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural ...
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UK police have raided two meat firms as part of an investigation into how beef products containing horse meat have been sold. The UK Food Standards Agency issued a statement yesterday evening (12 February) to say its officials and police ...
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The developers of many SSL libraries are releasing patches for a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to recover plaintext information, such as browser authentication cookies, from encrypted communications. The patching ...
Despite politicians promoted in last year's government reshuffle quickly grasping the key issues in food and drink, MPs are still using the sector as a "whipping boy" over public health issues, say its bosses. Too often politicans ...
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Müller Wiseman is building a new butter plant in Shropshire that will create 100 jobs by the end of 2013. Müller Wiseman's new butter plant in Shropshire will create 100 jobs by the end of the year The dairy firm is ...
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As published in the December 20 issue of Nature, an international consortium of scientists has assembled a 'gold standard' sequence of the simplest cotton variety (Gossypium raimondii) and compared it to 'draft' sequences of three other ...
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Farnell element14 has expanded its customer loyalty programme in the UK and Ireland. The distributor will offer customers up to £10,000 in business rewards on purchases from Farnell element14. This represents an increase on the ...
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As part of the recent Plant and Animal Genomic Conference held in San Diego, Dr. Don Jones of Cotton Incorporated presented the 2012 Cotton Biotechnology Award to five outstanding researchers that were instrumental in mapping the cotton ...
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The Australian sharemarket closed marginally lower after investors decided to reap their profits later in the day. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 3.1 points, or 0.07 per cent at 4716.6, while the broader All ...
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Ann Veronica Janssen’s ‘Rose’ Lumenpulse has signed an agreement with Lutron Electronics Light Show, which takes place from 30 January until 28 April, features art created from 1960 onwards by artists such as David ...
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FirstSpear, an elite warfighter tactical equipment designer and manufacturer, has announced the expansion of their technical apparel line. The company has brought on 20-year textile industry veteran Kate Paterson to serve as their Apparel ...
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The Ministry of Defence awarded CSC a £303m contract after learning of allegations the supplier was involved in the illegal rendition and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri. The department dismissed the allegations as ...
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Russia has agreed to ease a 16-year ban on the imports of beef and lamb from the UK. This move which is expected to contribute £80m to the UK food and farming industry over the next three years. The UK government expects to receive ...