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• Where does confiscated airport food go? - Fox News

  05-01-2016 21:18 via
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  Where does confiscated airport food go?
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  If you've ever traveled abroad and tried to bring back some produce or unwrapped food, it's likely a Customs and Border Protection officer agent confiscated it. But what happens to that ripe papaya or juicy apple after it's wheeled away? A new behind ...
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• Besieged Syrian Villages Run Short of Food, Medicine - ABC News

  05-01-2016 21:06 via
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  Besieged Syrian Villages Run Short of Food, Medicine
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  Pro-government fighters recently evacuated from two besieged villages in northern Syria described harsh conditions there with scarce food and medicine, saying some residents are eating grass to survive and undergoing surgery without anesthesia.
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• The Oregon 'Militia' Needs Food, So I Mailed Them Pictures Of It - Huffington Post (satire)

  05-01-2016 20:52 via
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  The Oregon 'Militia' Needs Food, So I Mailed Them Pictures Of It
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  Members of the armed group occupying a federal building on an Oregon wildlife refuge posted a plea on Facebook for care packages containing "snacks." It's an important reminder that if you want to overthrow the government, always start in a city that ...and more »
  

• Is it wrong to snitch food off your dining companion's plate? - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  05-01-2016 20:41 via
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  Is it wrong to snitch food off your dining companion's plate?
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  Tom Wallace, Star Tribune In many restaurants, snitching food from companions' plates is a time-honored behavior. Text size. comment. share · tweet · email. Print. more. Share on: Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on Pinterest. Copy shortlink:.
  

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• Thai Street Food, Now at the Lucky Bee on the Lower East Side - New York Times

  05-01-2016 20:37 via
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  Thai Street Food, Now at the Lucky Bee on the Lower East Side
  New York Times
  The Lucky Bee Rupert Noffs and his business partner, the chef Matty Bennett, are taking a farm-to-table approach to Thai street food. It's easy for Mr. Bennett, who was at the Fat Radish, a locavore spot. The setting, dominated by a big bar, is ...
  

• Why Urban Fresh Foods plumped for Lotus Bakeries' ownership - interview

  05-01-2016 17:34
  Urban Fresh Foods, the privately-owned UK firm behind the children's-focused snack brand Bear, said last summer it was looking at ways to expand internationally and suggested it could accept investment. Just before Christmas, the company, set up in 2007, announced it had agreed to a takeover bid from Belgium's Lotus Bakeries. Dean Best speaks to Urban Fresh Foods partner Giles Brook about what the deal means for the business.
  
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• The food industry in 2016 - Tapping global growth in e-commerce 

  05-01-2016 15:55
  Online shopping, apps, mobile proliferation and delivery services are transforming how consumers shop. In grocery, the changes sparked by e-commerce have been evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Nevertheless, across developed and developing markets, the growth in e-commerce outpaces bricks-and-mortar retail. In the latest instalment of our management briefing on what to watch in 2016, we take a look at the prospects for online grocery. What markets and categories will offer food ma
  
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• Do we eat more when food is labeled "healthy"? - CBS News

  05-01-2016 15:31 via
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  Do we eat more when food is labeled "healthy"?
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  Words matter when you're trying to eat right, new research suggests. People tend to overeat when they're consuming food that's been labeled "healthy," undermining their own efforts to improve their diet, the study found. People order larger portions ...and more »
  

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• Addressing safety concerns

  05-01-2016 15:00
  
  The growth of the consumer wellness movement and demand for healthy foods has resulted in companies like Kraft and Nestlé eliminating the artificial ingredients in their products.
  
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• Ultrasonic level transmitter

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  Incorporating a sensor and electronics, the Siemens Sitrans LU150 non-contacting ultrasonic level transmitter has a range up to 16 ft. and is used for the continuous level measurement of liquids and slurries in open or closed vessels.
  
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• Programmable transmitter

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  The Boekel Scientific Open Source Bio programmable transmitter measures and controls conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen and temperature.
  
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• Metering pumps

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  Wanner Model P200 Hydra-Cell metering pumps feature gearbox reducers with ratios from 60:1 to 5:1.
  
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• Metal detector system

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  The CEIA THS/RB-800 system includes a CEIA THS/SL21 series Slim-Line metal detector, round belt conveyor, an optional conveyor speed-sensing encoder and operating controls, preassembled on a sanitary support frame.
  
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• Level transmitter and sensor

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  The GF Piping Systems 2260 ultrasonic level transmitter and 2270 ultrasonic level sensor provide measurement and detection for nearly all types of liquids and vessels, from closed tank systems to open basins; they are suitable for a variety of water treatment, chemical processing and ultrapure water applications.
  
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• Elbow flow conditioner

  05-01-2016 14:00
  
  The Vortab elbow flow conditioner provides a mixing action that isolates flow irregularities and conditions the flow stream into a swirl-free, symmetrical velocity profile.
  
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• One of the country's poorest cities is suddenly becoming a food mecca - Washington Post

  05-01-2016 13:02 via
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  One of the country's poorest cities is suddenly becoming a food mecca
  Washington Post
  Veteran Detroiters always knew their city was a meat-and-potatoes town. To find more-eclectic cuisine meant doing what most people downtown did after work: Leave. No more. Detroit is in the midst of a culinary transformation. Rock-bottom housing stock ...and more »
  

• Parag Milk Foods eyes expansion after IPO approval

  05-01-2016 12:38
  Parag Milk Foods, the Indian dairy business, has received clearance from the Security Exchange Board of India for its IPO.
  
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• COFCO's China Foods sells confectionery business

  05-01-2016 12:17
  China Foods Ltd, of which state-owned Chinese food giant COFCO is a controlling shareholder, is selling its "loss-making" confectionery business to Tops Properties in a CNY611m (US$93.7m) deal.
  
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• Imlek's bid to buy Serbian dairy peer Niska Mlekara faces scrutiny

  05-01-2016 11:24
  Imlek's move to acquire fellow Serbian dairy group Niska Mlekara is to face an investigation from the country's competition watchdog.
  
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• Smithfield hails "significant progress" on animal welfare

  05-01-2016 09:35
  Smithfield Foods said that it has made "significant progress" on its animal welfare goal, established in 2007, to move all pregnant sows to group housing.
  
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• Russia signs meat, poultry deal with Iran

  05-01-2016 09:23
  A trade agreement signed between Russia and Iran could see Russia launch poultry and beef products into Iran as early as this month.
  
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• HKScan sells Swedish slaughterhouse operations

  05-01-2016 09:20
  
  Finnish meat group HKScan is selling off its slaughterhouse businesses in Sweden in order to focus on core activities in the market and finalise its joint venture with Svenska Köttföretagen.
  
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• Greencore expanding distribution capabilities on growing volumes

  05-01-2016 08:58
  Food-to-go manufacturer Greencore plans to more than double the number of people employed at its Hatfield distribution depot after securing a new customer win. 
  
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• PepsiCo expanding in impulse with Walkers Max launches 

  05-01-2016 08:30
  PepsiCo is extending its offering targeting impulse channels through the launch of new Walkers Max single serve crisps. 
  
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• Wild bee decline may threaten U.S. crop production

  05-01-2016 07:00
  A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that wild bees may be disappearing in many important U.S. farmlands—including California’s central valley, the Midwest’s corn belt, and the Mississippi river valley.
  
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• Umami may increase palatability, liking of food

  05-01-2016 07:00
  A study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that umami ingredients may increase consumer acceptability of food and also enhance positive emotions without compromising the health perception of the item.
  
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• FDA revokes approval for use of long-chain perfluorinated compounds in food packaging

  05-01-2016 07:00
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revoking its food additive regulation for use of three long-chain perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in response to a Food Additive Petition filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Food Safety, the Breast Cancer Fund, the Center for Environmental Health, Clean Water Action, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Children’s Environmental Working Group, and Improving Kids’ Environment.
  
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• FDA extends comment period on use of the term ‘natural’

  05-01-2016 07:00
  In direct response to requests from the public, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for the use of the term “natural” on food labeling.
  
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