The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Pulmonx to commence an investigational device exemption (IDE) pivotal clinical study of its Zephyr Endobronchial Valve (EBV) therapy, designed to treat emphysema. The ...
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Gold'n Plump Poultry, the Midwest's largest fully integrated chicken producer, announced a new line-up for fresh boneless, skinless breast lovers. Using feedback from a panel of consumers who said they were looking for both packaging ...
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Once upon a world, we had homes with grand front porches. You'd see folks on the porch after dinner, sipping a beverage, chatting to other folk across the way as the sun sank in the sky. Passersby would nod, exchange a pleasantry, chuckle ...
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Halifax city hall s proposed wood-first policy is a thinly veiled marketing campaign by the timber industry and a misguided environmental protection measure. This is the wrong approach to greening our cities, roads, workplaces and homes. I ...
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A US 'activist' investor who has stamped his authority on Heinz, Cadbury and Kraft has taken a euro242M (€300M) stake in Danone, vowing to improve its profitability. Nelson Peltz, the head of Trian Partners, said the maker of ...
The living room is the second most used room in the house after the kitchen. I don't mean a formal living room, like I grew up with. I mean the room you and your family actually 'live' in! Some people might call it a family room or the t.v ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health has launched its range of mesophilic cultures for Tvarog, a curd based cheese, in order to accelerate its growth in the Eastern Europe. Tvarog has a consistency in between cottage and fresh cheese. ...
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Male manufacturing workers are the most likely of all Victorian workers to have a high risk of type 2 diabetes, a Monash University study of half a million WorkHealth checks has found. According to the health snapshot, more than one third ...
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Diabetes UK has called for a front-of-pack traffic-light labeling system for food products, in an effort to help tackle the rising tide of Type 2 diabetes. The focus was also on the importance of including carbohydrate content on all ...
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Tate & Lyle plc has launched a GBP30m (US$47.9m) fund that it hopes will drive its growth in speciality food ingredients. The fund will launch in the New Year and invest in start-ups and smaller companies in both developed and emerging ...
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US distributor United Natural Foods (UNFI) has recorded an increase in first-quarter profit. In the three months ended 27 October, net profit amounted to US$21.5m compared to earnings of $15.2m last year. Operating profit climbed 40.8% to ...
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According to preliminary government data, steel imports declined in October by 2.5% compared to September. Mr David Phelps president of AIIS said that "Steel imports declined again in October as demand softened across most product lines. ...
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California-based natural and organic food group Annie's has booked an increase in first-quarter sales and earnings. The company said yesterday (24 July) that net income increased to US$2.1m, up from $1.8m, as sales surged 20% to $34.3m. ...
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Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King today (9 October) called on the UK food industry to adopt common front-of-pack nutrition labels. King said the sector should "put aside their differences" and introduce "universal" labelling. ...
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California-based natural and organic food group Annie's has booked an increase in first-quarter sales and earnings. The company said yesterday (24 July) that net income increased to US$2.1m, up from $1.8m, as sales surged 20% to $34.3m. ...
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