The Pro Mach Flexible Packaging Group plans to demonstrate its range of machine systems and options at Pack Expo scheduled to be held in Chicago from 6-9 November 2016. At this booth, customers can learn more about the high uptime, small ...
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A joint initiative between Thin Film Electronics ASA and Jones Packaging has now enabled the automated application of Thinfilm’s NFC OpenSense tags to paperboard pharma packaging on a Jones high-speed production line at the ...
South Africa has renewed imports of US chicken, beef and pork products, bringing an end to a 15-year trade dispute with the country. The South African government concluded months of discussions over 'the three meats' with the US, under ...
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South Korea has stalled the imports of US poultry and poultry meat following new cases of bird flu. This ban comes just two months after the Asian country resumed the shipments. However, imports of poultry meat treated with heat are not ...
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Chinese researchers say H1N1 swine flu viruses, which have circulated in pig populations since 1979, have obtained the ability to infect humans and may "pose the highest pandemic threat" among flu viruses currently in the animal population. ...
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The World Health Organization has said that people across the world are alarmingly confused about the role of antibiotics, and that this ignorance is fuelling the rise of drug-resistant superbugs. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the ...
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A listed Chinese herbal medicine maker on Thursday said its compound flu formula has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical tests. The decision has paved the way for Chinese herbal medicine to ...
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Traditional Chinese medicine has won more recognition in Western countries in recent years, but the 5,000-year-old medical science still needs a modern interpretation to break into the mainstream Western market. According to the ...
Assistant Minister of Commerce Tong Daochi led a delegation to Macao and inspected the supply of agricultural and sideline products to Macao by interior areas on February 9 to 10. The Delegation held talks with the Secretariat for Economy ...
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Assistant Minister of Commerce Tong Daochi led a delegation to Hong Kong to inspect the supply of agricultural and sideline products by interior areas on February 11 to 12. The Delegation held talks with Ko Wing-man, Hong Kong's secretary ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam over bird flu outbreak. This comes after the World Organisation for ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eased restrictions on Canadian poultry imports as the industry is recovering from the recent bird flu outbreak. Imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario were banned in April after a ...
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong has imposed a ban on poultry meat imports from Lao Cai Province, Vietnam over bird flu outbreak. This comes after the World Organisation for ...
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Egg and turkey prices in the US will surge more than expected this year as a result of the severe bird flu outbreak in the country. Figures released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that over 48 million chickens and turkeys ...
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Northwest Iowa has become the epicenter of the bird flu story that's developed over the last few weeks, with continued culls ordered as more birds -- now more than 20 million -- become exposed to the virus. Yet, now there's news that the ...
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