The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed fire retardant coatings that are environmentally friendly. Applied to polyurethane foam, the bio-based coatings greatly reduced the flammability of the common ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued updated draft advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant, and ...
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Florida Organic Aquaculture (FOA) has opened its new organic shrimp production and research facility in Fellsmere in Indian River County, a move which will create 512 jobs. The project was first announced in 2013, and is considered to be ...
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American seafood company Matlaw's has introduced a new brand and a full range of new products that are quick and easy to prepare. Products now available under the new brand include New England Style Stuffed Clams, Bacon & Cheese ...
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Many who suffer from allergies think moving would help them but U.S. researchers say people with allergies would have them no matter where they lived. "Before this study, if you would have asked 10 allergy specialists if allergy ...
US-based Frontier Soups has added a new Comfort Soup Four Pack of soup mixes with comfort food favorites. The new pack combines foods, including corn chowder, Italian wedding soup, chicken noodle soup, and savory chicken stew. It is ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil ...
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Just days after the publication of a study finding that chemical dispersants meant to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the oil more toxic, a study in Environmental Science & Technology ...
It's true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals ...
The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a ...
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More and more consumers and corporations are touting the benefits of "local" foods, often described as "sustainable," "healthy," or "natural." According to the trade publication, Sustainable Food News, "local" as a marketing claim, has ...
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High Liner Foods Incorporated ("High Liner Foods" or "the Company"), the leading North American value-added frozen seafood company, today reported financial results for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2013. All ...
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Land O'Lakes, a farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative, has added Teriyaki to its line of Sauté Express Sauté Starters. Sauté Express Sauté Starters are an all-in-one combination of seasoned butter and ...
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Walkers Snack Foods has recalled a batch of its Walkers Sensations Lime and Coriander Chutney Poppadoms as they contain egg and shrimp that are not mentioned on the labeling, the UK Food Standards Agency announced. The recalled Walkers ...
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