Abstract: Solar terms originated in China. A solar term is any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon. Lichun refers to the spring and new ...
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A Lancashire-based meat and poultry supplier has opened a division in Australia after enjoying a record year for sales. Gilberts Foods goes Down Under with a new venture based in Brisbane Gilbert’s Foods supplies the UK’s ...
Cranswick’s new venture with premium pastry product manufacturer Yorkshire Baker will start food production next month. The Cranswick Gourmet Pastry Company is expected to create 130 jobs The new business will see the creation ...
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2 Sisters Food, a UK-based chicken meat processing company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Dutch food firm Vion's red meat and poultry activities for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, 2 Sisters Food will acquire ...
The Vion red meat and poultry businesses acquired by 2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) can expect some “major cost savings” by their new owner Ranjit Boparan, according to a leading City analyst. 2 Sisters has acquired 11 of ...
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The 2 Sisters Food Group has bought Vion’s UK poultry and red meat businesses for an undisclosed sum. 2 Sisters has acquired Vion UK's red meat and poultry businesses The company said the acquisition will help to meet growing ...
Biotechnology firm Intralytix has received generally recognized as safe (GRAS) certification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its food safety product, SalmoFresh. SalmoFresh is an antimicrobial preparation for controlling ...
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The horse meat scandal has dominated the media in recent weeks. From sensationalist tabloid headlines to Twitter gags, discussion on the topic has been widespread. It all started in January after traces of horse meat were found in ...
US-based Life Technologies, in partnership with Instituto de Medicina Genómica (IMEGEN), Spain, has developed the RapidFinder Equine ID Kit, which detects the presence of equine DNA extracted in meat samples. The kit can be used in ...
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Swedish retailer IKEA is withdrawing certain minced meat products from its store shelves after the tests revealed that the products contained traces of horse DNA. The company is withdrawing Familjen Dafgard's wiener sausages from stores ...
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European meat suppliers are selling a low quality meat known as desinewed meat (DSM) to UK sausage companies, and are using misleading labeling such as Baader meat and 3mm mince to represent the product. DSM is type of mechanically ...
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Prices for grocery items remain high, as unit prices in Nielsen-measured categories and retail channels have risen every month over the past two-and-a-half years. And the higher prices have consumers keenly focused on their budgets and how ...
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Thermoform packaging machinery manufacturer Multivac will promote DuPont Teijin Films’ new packaging concept, MYLAR COOK material at the International Boston Seafood Show to be held from 10-12 March 2013. The thermoformable film was ...
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UK-based Castle Foods is recalling its own ready-to-eat foods, labeled as Sangha Foods or Core Foods as they have been prepared in the facilities that are not approved for meat products, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). ...
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A worker has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling through the roof of Nestlé’s beverages factory in Dalston, Cumbria. The man was airlifted to hospital Emergency services were called at 10.30am ...