The Canadian federal government plans to repeal the law that regulates the sizes of packaged foods sold in Canada. The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada national president Wayne Hanley has written an open letter to Canadian ...
One Harvest, packed salad manufacturer and fruit marketer, has unveiled a vacuum packed line for ready-to-eat, fresh baby beetroot named Love Beets. Love Beets can be eaten once they are peeled and freshly cooked in their own juices, with ...
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Uzbek authorities have increased the use of forced labor by adults and older children in the cotton sector during the past year, Human Rights Watch said. The move was apparently made to shift the burden away from younger children in ...
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India Ratings’ outlook for cotton textiles remains negative to stable for 2013 on account of subdued demand, although margins are expected to benefit from softening raw material prices. The outlook for synthetic textiles remains ...
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The UK's biggest solar energy farm is to be built on farmland in New Romney and will occupy a 114-acre site on agricultural land at Sycamore Farm in Millbank Lane. Ranks of photovoltaic cells – technically known as an array - will ...
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Chief Economist at Schnittker Associates, and former Ministry Advisor at the US Embassy in Baghdad. Iraq's 2013 winter grain prospects appear to be good to excellent condition at this time. Late fall and early winter rains as well as ...
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Now you can recover your DNA in real-time, as your gel runs, with the new DNA-VIEW Electrophoresis System from Alpha Laboratories Ltd. This versatile, portable, self contained horizontal gel electrophoresis system has an adapted lid, ...
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Over the weekend Hovis started to use EU grain. The move was a blow for UK farmers, who are already reeling from the relentless rains that made 2012 the second-wettest year on record. In a statement, a Premier Foods spokeswoman said: ...
With a current population of about 39,000, the Bunun used to be concentrated in mountainous regions of the Central Mountain Range’s central section. Following two massive migrations, they have spread to Nantou, Kaoshiung, Hualien and ...
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The U.S.Food and Drug Administration today proposed food-safety rules to help prevent contamination.One will target produce and the second would raise standards for food processors. One in six Americans suffer from a foodborne illness ...
Around 400 cotton farmers and field workers in Punjab and Sindh region have received training on clean cotton picking techniques and sustenance of cotton fibre quality norms pursuant to the training workshops organized by the Ministry of ...
Security researchers say a patch released by Yahoo earlier this week for a serious email vulnerability did not fix the problem, leaving users at risk. The cross-site scripting flaw was found by Shahin Ramezany, who goes by the nickname ...
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LED specialist Light Planet has announced a deal that will see them become the sole UK distributor for a multi-functional range of LED fittings manufactured by Lumi-Harvest Industries (LUMIX) Building on 20 years experience of ...
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Morrisons has once again booked a decline in like-for-like sales worse than the overall market, as the group struggles to maintain its share in the face of a highly price-focused consumer. According to management, the "greatest headwinds" ...
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For all the apocalyptic prognostications, 2012 turned out to be a relatively uneventful year from an information security standpoint. A cyber Pearl Harbor did not happen. Stuxnet and its kin did not take out any power grids or shut down ...
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