Ritualized gift exchanges have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. When visiting someone's home, you traditionally take a gift. Many of those same gifts may work well during a western-style gift exchange. In other cases, Chinese ...
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Burger King has reintroduced, in a small number of its restaurants, some of the food colors that have been associated with possible hyperactivity in young children, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). The company has ...
South African food company Tiger Brands,which acquired 63.3%stake in Dangote Flour Mills,is planning to buy off the other minority shareholders in the company. In September 2012,Dangote Industries completed the sale of its 63.3%in Dangote ...
Tags: acquire, stake, shareholders, flour
Love and Marriage Affairs The lyrics from a Monba love song go like this: "Mountains though high in the northeast, cannot block the sun in the sky; parents though powerful at home, cannot stop their children from choosing their own ...
Nutrinova, the global sweetener and preservative business of Celanese, has launched the new Sunsation platform to help food and beverage manufacturers develop low- and no-calorie products that are better tasting. The first product in the ...
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The recycling rate for all aluminium packaging in the UK based on the figures released by Defra show that it has increased by more than 4% putting the overall recycling rate at 45%, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling ...
Tags: Aluminium Packaging Recycling, Packaging Recycling, metal packaging
At a recent beach clean, SAS (Surfers against Sewage) volunteers uncovered several plastic litter and packaging items at Saunton Sands, North Devon, which reportedly included 1968 and 1967 Wonder Crisp packets, and 1990 Snickers Bar ...
Tags: plastic litter, plastic packaging items, marine environment
Finland-based liquid packaging systems producer, Lamican Oy, has developed a new ambient recyclable packaging system for liquids. LamiCan 250ml, which offers up to one-year shelf life without the need of any costly product refrigeration/ ...
The Azerbaijani Technical Regulation and Standardisation Service has conducted check-ups of 47 food production facilities, as a part of its effort to ensure food safety in the country. The committee found that 32 sites were not complying ...
Tags: food production facilities, food safety, food safety regulations
Every Can Counts, a can recycling campaign, would work with Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to boost on-street recycling as the coming days witness more people visiting the town as tourists and spectators. The recycling message ...
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Following the success of the K Town pilot project in Göttingen, Karstadt opened a second K Town store in Cologne on 14 September. This new shop concept forms a key part of the "Karstadt 2015" strategy. K Town will contribute further to ...
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The Beijing Health Inspection Institute has announced that a new food safety standard will be enforced for food caterers from June 2013. The standard will be applicable for restaurants,bakeries,shops selling snacks,drinks and ...
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Reuters reported that US based rolled aluminium products group Novelis is building EUR 200 million aluminium recycling plant in Germany. Mr Tadeu Nardocci head of Novelis European unit said that completion of the plant, in Nachterstedt in ...
Frutarom Health,Switzerland,has announced that UniK2-the company's natural vitamin K2 MK-7,has received self-affirmed GRAS(Generally Recognized as Safe)status based on critical assessment and acceptance of a qualified,independent scientific ...
Tags: natural vitamin, dairy products, soy milk, fruit drinks, functional food
DMA, an industry provider in beverage formulations, compounding and aseptic packaging, will exhibit its expanding services and new product opportunities on 7-8 November 2012 at SupplySide West 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. The company committed ...
Tags: Beverage Packaging, aseptic packaging, non-aseptic technologies