The National Assembly for Wales has approved a new law which will introduce a minimum price for alcohol in Wales. The legislation intends to reduce the amount of alcohol being consumed in the form of binge drinking, while reducing the ...
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The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol has come into force in Scotland, making it the first country in the world to implement such a law. The legislation has been welcomed by several health organisations including the Royal Society for ...
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The UK’s Public Health England (PHE) has asked the food industry to cut down calories in their products by 20% by 2024, in a move to implement the government’s strategy to tackle childhood and adult obesity. According to the ...
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The Scottish Government is planning to introduce 50p minimum unit pricing for alcohol from 1 May 2018. Scotland’s health secretary, Shona Robison said the decision was made after analysis of a public consultation, and the ...
Japanese automaker Honda Motor has agreed to pay a compensation of $605m related to the Takata airbag issue in the US. The settlement covers more than 16.5 million vehicles in the country, for installing potentially faulty airbag ...
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The UK Government has unveiled plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of its program to deliver clean air. As per the plan, the ban will only include stand-alone petrol or diesel vehicles and not hybrid or ...
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FCA US will supply an additional 500 of its Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo’s self-driving program. Last year, the automobile company delivered 100 modified minivans to Waymo. Production of the 500 minivansi s expected ...
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Waymo, previously known as Google's self-driving car project, has added 100 self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to its fleet. The vehicles, which were delivered by FCA, are currently being outfitted with Waymo’s fully ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Komeda Co., Ltd. (Komeda), and KDDI Corporation (KDDI) will begin an initiative on September 20, 2016 by utilizing a smartphone application called Driving Barista. The application is aimed at reducing the ...
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Otto and Anheuser-Busch have completed the world's first commercial shipment by self-driving truck. With support from the state of Colorado, Otto's self-driving truck hauled a fully loaded trailer of Budweiser beer more than 120 miles on ...
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UK pork products sold by some of the major supermarkets have been found to be contaminated with a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The University of Cambridge conducted a study to test 97 UK-produced ...
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The ATA has released its contract checklist, which aims to help trucking businesses ensure their contracts are fair and legal. The checklist responds to the lengthening payment terms faced by trucking businesses, as well as concerns that ...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Goodman Company, L.P., of Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $5.55 million civil penalty and has agreed to other terms of a consent decree (which is ...
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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
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At least $109 million is urgently required for the provision of seeds and other agricultural inputs and services 28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 ...
Tags: seeds, agricultural inputs, FAO