In recent years, new types of dog food have emerged on the market that differ from traditional commercial pet food. Many companies have been successful in targeting niche markets, each with unique characteristics. A non-alcoholic "beer" for ...
The Silvercrest factory in the Irish Republic that sold burgers contaminated with horse DNA to Tesco, Burger King and the Co-operative Group, has been sold by its parent company ABP Food Group to Kepak Group. ABP has sold its Silvercrest ...
Tags: ABP, Agriculture, Food
The brand looks to capitalise on its ‘from farm to fork’ 100% Irish beef burgers and 100% chicken breast frozen products, with the relaunch rolling out last month. It has embarked on a complete re-brand. All of its packaging ...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it would launch a review into its handling of the horsemeat scandal. The food safety watchdog announced this at a board meeting in Cardiff. The independent investigation will be led by ...
Tags: Horsemeat Scandal, Food
Sino Agro Food, an organic food company with subsidiaries operating in China, has reported that its net revenues increased by 167% to $138.6m for the fiscal year 2012, compared with $51m in the previous year. The company's net income ...
Tags: Sino Agro Food, Revenues
Cruising down the Yangtze River, and subsequent visits to Shanghai, opens Derek's eyes to the true meaning of giving in China. On my first trip to China, while sailing on the Yangtze River from Chongqing to Shanghai, I was ...
In its preliminary 2012/13 results published today (17 April), the firm also confirmed that it is winding up its chain of 199 US Fresh & Easy shops, which has never made a profit, at cost of 1.2 billion. The UK’s biggest supermarket ...
Tests of beef products conducted across Europe showed that almost 5% of them were tainted with horse meat, and this percentage was higher in some countries such as France and Greece. In February, the European Union, Switzerland and Norway ...
Tags: Beef Products, Horse Meat
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional networking site, continues to beef up its content publishing platform with its agreement to acquire Pulse, which makes a mobile news aggregation, reader and content distribution application. ...
Tags: LinkedIn, Reader App
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has again suspended operations at Farmbox Meats over food safety concerns. FSA noted that the approval has been withdrawn over hygiene standards. However, the company has disputed the claims and plans to ...
Tags: FSA, Safety Concerns, Farmbox Meats
Manda Packing is expanding its recall to include approximately 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog head cheese, corned beef, and pastrami over concerns that the products may be contaminated with ...
About 50,000 tons of beef across Europe is being recalled by the food safety authorities in the Netherlands amid fears that it may contain horsemeat. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said that it alerted more ...
Tags: Beef, Horsemeat Concerns, Food
In March, the consumer price index (CPI) went up by 2.1 percent year-on-year. The prices grew by 2.0 percent in cities and 2.2 percent in rural areas. The food prices went up by 2.7 percent, while the non-food prices increased by 1.8 ...
Tags: Consumer Prices, CPI
Citing concern for patient and staff safety, officials at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have installed bulletproof glass around the emergency department's reception desk. The hospital was the site of a run-in in July between two ...
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Citing concern for patient and staff safety, officials at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have installed bulletproof glass around the emergency department's reception desk. The hospital was the site of a run-in in July between two ...
Tags: bulletproof glass, glass