The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 22 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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An investigation by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRAC) has concluded drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus in humans. The investigation did not ...
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Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
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Nature’s Touch has issued a voluntary recall of Nature’s Touch Frozen Organic Berry Cherry Blend in Canada over the suspected Hepatitis A contamination. Nature's Touch Frozen Organic Berry Cherry Blend, with 'best before' ...
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UK's Local Government Association has urged alcohol makers to introduce calorie labels to their packaging in order to inform people about the calories the drink contains. It said that long-term health effects of drinking are known to ...
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A Chinese team has used a specialized 3D printer to produce tiny sections of the liver that could eventually be used a form a full artificial version of the organ, it announced on Friday. The hepatic lobules, of which there are around a ...
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Eighty-four-year-old Tu Youyou arrived in Sweden on Friday to collect China's first Nobel Prize in medicine for creating an anti-malarial drug that saved millions of people across the world. Half a century ago, the pharmacologist derived ...
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has issued a statement warning of a potential Hepatitis A risk associated with imported frozen berries. The warning comes after four diagnoses of Hepatitis A thought to be linked ...
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Clondalkin Flexible Packaging has backed an online petition by non-profit organization FoodWatch to take necessary steps to limit the migration of mineral oils into food products. The petition, which was launched last month in Europe, ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term of the year, begins this year on Sept 23 and ends on Oct 7. Autumn Equinox lies at the midpoint of autumn, dividing autumn ...
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Modern Day China Dining Etiquette Expect food to be delivered family-style in large bowls from which each diner serves himself. Avoid showing surprise when these foods appear; westernized Chinese dishes bear no resemblance to foods served ...
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Germany-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Wentus has developed a new barrier film for dry food products that claims to stop the entry of potentially harmful mineral oils from the outer packaging into food. The multi-layer barrier ...
A House of Lords committee is calling European Union (EU) to implement tighter regulations on taxation and labeling, in order to combat alcohol-related harm This comes as the committee thought that the EU alcohol strategy implemented from ...
Australia's meat pie producing company Patties Foods has decided to scrap its interim dividend following the frozen berries recall due to potential microbiological contamination. The company recalled contaminated products earlier this ...
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On February 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting to discuss how a new scientific study about a previously unknown contaminant relates to the ongoing cleanup at the Reich Farm Superfund site in Toms ...
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