Jem-D International,a US-based provider of fresh vegetables,has employed AiroCide air sanitation system at its warehouse in Pharr,Texas. The company is using the technology in collaboration with its partner,Agricola El Rosal,a Mexican ...
US-based food company Heinz has launched a new range of ketchups in a jar which has been designed with adults in mind. The new range of ketchups are made with quality ingredients and a tomato taste. Heinz Tomato Ketchup Balsamic ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has published the results of its latest research, which includes a comparison of aflatoxin contamination levels in Brazil nuts kernels and their shells. The study results revealed that initially aflatoxin ...
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Hunt's,a brand owned by US-based ConAgra Foods,has launched Hunt's Dinner Sauces in three varieties at grocery stores in Lexington,Kentucky,US. The company noted that Hunt's Dinner Sauces provides a simple option that can be quickly ...
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US-based food retailer Fairway Market has launched its first Glatt Kosher catering menu,just in time for Thanksgiving. The Glatt Kosher menu includes oven ready Empire kosher turkey,slow roasted beef brisket,butternut squash bisque,apple ...
Citrus fruits carrying laser etching technology may become available in the US within a few months, as another option to sticky labels, following its approval by the FDA earlier this month. The technology is currently awaiting for the ...
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South Carolina-based McCall Farms, which specialized in vegetables that grow in the state including peas, beans, greens, okra, rutabaga and tomatoes, is working on a project to display the nutritional benefits of canned food on its labels. ...
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CROWN Food Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings has supplied metal cans for McCall Farms portfolio of southern-inspired vegetables sold across the United States. The Philadelphia-based company's cans were used for ...
India-based Keventer Agro has set up a R&D laboratory in the eastern city of Kolkata with an investment of INR35m ($6.23m), following an approval from the Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Keventer Group corporate ...
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, have devised methods to detect and discriminate more harmful forms of Salmonella bacteria, a development which may help prevent food poisoning outbreaks. According to researchers, ...
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Generally speaking, Chinese people preserve many deep-rooted folk customs during the first month after childbirth. "No hair-washing." "Consume as much tonic food as you can." These beliefs have been embedded in our heart. It seems a very ...
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The Lantern Festival (or Yuan Xiao Festival in Chinese) is an important traditional Chinese festival, which is on the 15th of the first lunar month, marking the end of celebrations of the New Year. The biggest attraction on Lantern ...
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In Chinese, 'Yugur' means 'wealth and solidity'. With a population of 13,719 as at the 2000 census, approximately 90 percent of the Yugur people live in the four areas of Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, and the rest in the Yugur village of ...
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Since the Stone Age the Bouyei ethnic minority have inhabited what is now Guizhou Province. Their main living areas are now Bouyei and the Miao's Autonomous Prefecture, Anshun and Guiyang City. This is a relatively large group with the ...
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Population and Distribution: The Chaoxian ethnic group (also written as 'Korean'), with a total population of 1,923,842 according to the census taken in 2000, is scattered mainly in Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces. Smaller ...
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