The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on April 6 that two more flocks of commercial Minnesota turkey have been infected with the lethal avian flu, out of which one flock is already in an quarantine zone. According to the USDA, ...
Despite efforts from the leading Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to carry out some cotton farming projects, Vietnam’s cotton production in 2014-15 is forecast less than the previous marketing year, according to ...
It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
The US Department of Energy has given conditional commitment loan worth $259m to Alcoa to manufacture high strength aluminum for light weight vehicles. The loan will support the aluminum makers Tennessee manufacturing facility, where the ...
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A commercial poultry flock in Minnesota was tested positive for a strain of H5N2 avian influenza, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This comes after two other farms in Pope and Lac qui Parle counties of western ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that six varieties of potatoes genetically engineered by J. R. Simplot are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts. Simplot's Innate potato varieties including ...
Advanced sealing technology maker Freudenberg-NOK is planning to install four (PEV) charging stations at its headquarters in Michigan, as a part of the Workplace Charging Challenge Pledge program created by the US Department of Energy ...
Tags: sealing technology, charging stations, electric vehicle
The US Department of Commerce earlier this year preliminarily lowered an average anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariff rate imposed on China-made PV modules in 2012 to 17.5% from the original 30% and will make a final decision in ...
Tags: Solar Cell, PV Modules
US-based company Premier Distribution Center is recalling nearly 50,953 pounds of pork and beef products over misbranding, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The recall has ...
Power supply makers and energy management solution providers including Delta Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Zippy Technology have all been aggressively pushing into the electric vehicle (EV) market, developing drive motors, battery ...
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Canadian establishment Sunrise Poultry Processors is recalling around 2,705 pounds of poultry products as they were imported without the benefit of full inspection, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety ...
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Total apparel imports by the United States stood at $81.780 billion in 2014, showing an increase of 2.49 per cent over imports of $79.797 billion made in 2013, according to the latest Major Shippers Report, released by the US Department of ...
Tags: Apparel Imports, Apparel
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency from 21% (reported last August) to 21.5%, as certified at the Technology and Applications ...
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Canadian Auto supplier Magna International has announced the completion of validation testing on multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) concept car. The light weight concept car has been developed by Magna in cooperation with Ford ...
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Qorvo Inc, a provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has reported December-quarter financial results for both RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and TriQuint ...
Tags: core technologies, solutions, Electrical