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• Tuckshop shake-up: New food rules - Courier Mail

  07-03-2016 23:58 via
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  Tuckshop shake-up: New food rules
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  Healthy eating habits can also protect the environment, according to recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The panel's vice chair Alice Lichtenstein discusses with Sara Murray. Photo: Getty. February 20th 2015; a year ago ...and more »
  

• Delaware ensures food safety at farmers markets - The News Journal

  07-03-2016 23:50 via
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  Delaware ensures food safety at farmers markets
  The News Journal
  Food safety doesn't worry Lisa Flowers when she shops at farmers markets. When the Milford resident buys baked goods or jams at a farmers market, she believes the food is safer than what she gets in a grocery store. She said she has so much more ...
  

• Snack attacks mean more money for food-makers - Quad-Cities Online

  07-03-2016 23:35 via
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  Snack attacks mean more money for food-makers
  Quad-Cities Online
  The market for snacks, sold at Walgreens and other retailers, is growing rapidly, analysts say, and manufacturers are working to cash in on the popularity. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/TNS). Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016 4:27 pm | Updated: 4:27 ...and more »
  

• Win Tickets to Pebble Beach Food and Wine's Grand Tasting Tents - Eater SF

  07-03-2016 23:27 via
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  Win Tickets to Pebble Beach Food and Wine's Grand Tasting Tents
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  Pebble Beach Food and Wine is back for another year of carefully curated decadence (see last year's hangover observations for reference). And this year, Eater SF is giving away two pairs of tickets to the notoriously upscale Grand Tasting events, which ...
  

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• Michael Pollan Has the (Food) Question We Should Be Asking Trump and Hillary - Esquire.com

  07-03-2016 23:26 via
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  Michael Pollan Has the (Food) Question We Should Be Asking Trump and Hillary
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  Michael Pollan, one of our greatest thinkers on the subject of eating, didn't plan on writing about food. "I kind of backed into it," he says. More than a decade ago, he became curious about our dependency on fast food and the correlation between ...
  Michael Pollan on the Future of Food and Wood-Pulp ParmesanGrub Streetall 6 news articles »
  

• Polygamous leader to remain jailed in food stamp fraud case - Fox News

  07-03-2016 23:24 via
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  Polygamous leader to remain jailed in food stamp fraud case
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  SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamist sect leader accused of orchestrating a yearslong, multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud will remain behind bars as he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting testimony from family and friends who said he would not ...
  Lyle Jeffs ordered to remain in custody in FLDS food stamp fraud caseDeseret Newsall 187 news articles »
  

• The Week in Food Events: A Beery Bocce Tournament, Union Kitchen Tasting - Washingtonian.com

  07-03-2016 22:48 via
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  The Week in Food Events: A Beery Bocce Tournament, Union Kitchen Tasting
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  Drink beer and play bocce for a cause at Pinstripes. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt. Tweet Share. Flamenco fest: Celebrate the Spanish folk art of singing, dancing, and guitar playing during Jaleo's the two-week long Flamenco Festival, which kicks off ...
  

• I spent a week eating vegetarian fast-food from all the major chains — and it was absolutely terrible - Business Insider

  07-03-2016 22:33 via
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  I spent a week eating vegetarian fast-food from all the major chains — and it was absolutely terrible
  Business Insider
  As someone who loves both meat and chain restaurants, I was only partially prepared when I adopted a 100% fast-food diet, with no meat allowed. After spending a week trying to eat healthy while consuming nothing but fast food, I figured that going ...and more »
  

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• A Local Food Pantry Goes Digital - Bensonhurstbean

  07-03-2016 22:26 via
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  A Local Food Pantry Goes Digital
  Bensonhurstbean
  Sometimes life hits hard. Suddenly, you may find you are unemployed, without benefits, with a spouse, three children, and a dog to feed. Our neighborhood has a couple of programs — aside from WIC and SNAP — where families can get help in an ...
  

• 5 Food Switches That Can Make You Look Years Younger - Huffington Post

  07-03-2016 22:24 via
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  5 Food Switches That Can Make You Look Years Younger
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  What you eat can determine, to a large extent, how you look and how quickly you age. There are good and bad foods, no doubt about it, and what you put in your mouth can make a profound impact on your appearance. So here are five simple food switches ...and more »
  

• France Becomes The First Country In The World To Ban Supermarket Food Waste - DOGOnews

  07-03-2016 22:09 via
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  France Becomes The First Country In The World To Ban Supermarket Food Waste
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  On January 13, 2016, France became the first country in the world to pass a law requiring supermarkets to donate food that is approaching its expiration date instead of throwing it away. The regulation that applies to supermarkets over 4,000 square ...
  

• Food-makers cashing in on snacks' moment - The Detroit News

  07-03-2016 21:43 via
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  Food-makers cashing in on snacks' moment
  The Detroit News
  The market for snacks, sold at Walgreens and other retailers, is growing rapidly, analysts say, and manufacturers are working to cash in on the popularity. (Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans / TNS). Three squares are so passe. Snacking is having a moment, and ...and more »
  

• Trading food stocks: SHAK, YUM & DNKN - CNBC

  07-03-2016 21:09 via
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  Trading food stocks: SHAK, YUM & DNKN
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  Today on the "Halftime Report" our experts debated which food stock you should add to your portfolio. Pete Najarian has his eyes on McDonald's, and he's lovin' it. He's bullish on the stock for three reasons: he likes what CEO Steve Easterbrook has ...
  

• Polygamous Leader to Stay Jailed in Food Stamp Fraud Case - ABC News

  07-03-2016 20:42 via
  Polygamous Leader to Stay Jailed in Food Stamp Fraud Case
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  A polygamist sect leader accused of orchestrating a yearslong, multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud will remain behind bars as he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting testimony from family and friends who said he would not flee because he ...and more »
  

• Japanese street food rides into Chicago on ramen's success - Chicago Tribune

  07-03-2016 20:07 via
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  Japanese street food rides into Chicago on ramen's success
  Chicago Tribune
  At Ramen Takeya, the takoyaki meets all the requirements: crispy crust, creamy interior, small chunks of octopus and generous topings of sauce, mayo, bonito flakes and aonori. At Ramen Takeya, the takoyaki meets all the requirements: crispy crust ...
  

• GoGo squeeZ recalls applesauce pouches due to food product residue - WABC-TV

  07-03-2016 19:42 via
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  GoGo squeeZ recalls applesauce pouches due to food product residue
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  Applesauce maker GoGo squeeZ is voluntarily recalling some of its product pouches due to the discovery of food product residue in two product pumps at a plant in Michigan. The company released a statement saying the pouches did not meet its quality ...
  GoGo Applesauce Recalled over Potential AdulterationFood Safety Newsall 111 news articles »
  

• Confusion Over Taco Food Truck Spurs Call For Written Rules In Newington - Hartford Courant

  07-03-2016 19:00 via
  Confusion Over Taco Food Truck Spurs Call For Written Rules In Newington
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  NEWINGTON — Town planner Craig Minor is recommending the zoning commission write formal rules for outdoor food vendors after the town recently shut down a food truck on the Berlin Turnpike. "There's really a big question of how we handle food trucks ...
  

• Climate deadline looms for African food crops - BBC News

  07-03-2016 18:50 via
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  Climate deadline looms for African food crops
  BBC News
  Researchers have produced a timescale of how projected climate change is set to alter the face of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Climate change is widely projected to have a significant adverse impact on food security if no adaptation measures are ...
  Urgent need to transform key food producing regions in Africa by 2025Phys.Org
  Time short to protect Africa's food supply from climate change - ScientistsGhanaWeball 30 news articl
  

• How to fight inflammation with food - Fox News

  07-03-2016 18:35 via
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  How to fight inflammation with food
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  Inflammation is hot topic these days because it's the root cause of many unwanted symptoms and health issues. Inflammation can be caused by stress, mold, pesticides, mercury, hidden parasites, bacteria and viruses in our body as well as by eating an ...and more »
  

• Listeria spurs recall of sandwiches made for Starbucks - Food Safety News

  07-03-2016 17:58 via
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  Listeria spurs recall of sandwiches made for Starbucks
  Food Safety News
  Starbucks Coffee Co. has removed certain breakfast sandwiches from 250 locations because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The sandwiches, made by Progressive Gourmet Inc., Wilmington, MA, may have been heated at Starbucks ...
  Starbucks Just Issued a Food Recall and Now None of Our Favorite Places Are SafeE! Onlineall 48 news articles »
  

• Big Food Changes Its Recipe - Bloomberg

  07-03-2016 17:49 via
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  Big Food Changes Its Recipe
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  Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world.and more »
  

• Michael Pollan on the Future of Food and Wood-Pulp Parmesan - Grub Street

  07-03-2016 17:04 via
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  Michael Pollan on the Future of Food and Wood-Pulp Parmesan
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  Michael Pollan and Alex Gibney's new docuseries Cooked, adapted from the author's 2013 book, is now streaming on Netflix. Following the format of the original book, it is broken into four parts, each of which has the influential activist and thinker ...and more »
  

• Foodservice focus February 2016 - Sysco moves for Brakes, Chipotle tries to win back custom

  07-03-2016 17:00
  
  February saw US foodservice giant Sysco move for European player Brakes, Chipotle seek to restore consumer confidence in the business and Smashburger among a clutch of operators continuing to expand internationally.
  
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• Soup tasting raises funds for Bastrop County food pantry - Austin American-Statesman

  07-03-2016 16:31 via
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  Soup tasting raises funds for Bastrop County food pantry
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  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the Statesman delivered to your inbox. Close to 700 people made it out to the 12th annual Empty Bowl Project fundraiser benefiting the Bastrop County Emergency Food Pantry on Feb. 27.
  

• Mondelez International launches "wholesome, savoury" Good Thins

  07-03-2016 15:48
  Mondelez International has launched a snack brand in the US it says is responding to consumer demand for "more wholesome, savoury snack options".
  
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• This could be the food of the future—if you can handle it - Ars Technica

  07-03-2016 15:33 via
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  This could be the food of the future—if you can handle it
  Ars Technica
  The boxes at my door were plastered with red drawings of bugs and the blunt warning: “Live Insects.” I could hear audible scratching and shuffling—and even what I thought was an errant “chirp”—as I placed them on my kitchen counter. I slowly opened ...and more »
  

• How Amazon tie-up will strengthen Morrisons in food manufacturing 

  07-03-2016 14:47
  The tie-up between Morrisons, the UK's fourth-largest food retailer, and online giant Amazon has raised eyebrows across the sector. Glynn Davis looks what the deal could mean for Morrisons' manufacturing base.
  
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• Six food businesses closed over safety breaches - Irish Times

  07-03-2016 14:34 via
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  Six food businesses closed over safety breaches
  Irish Times
  Six food businesses had closure orders served on them in February for breaking food safety laws. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published details on Monday of orders served by environmental health officers . A closure order is served where ...
  Two burrito restaurants among six food businesses hit with closure ordersNewstalk 106-108 fm
  Restaurants in three counties issued with food safety closure ordersB
  

• Arla plans to close UK dairy

  07-03-2016 14:34
  Arla Foods said today (7 March) an "extensive" review of its processing requirements in the UK has prompted the dairy giant to put forward plans to close its fresh milk processing facility at its Hatfield Peverel dairy. 
  
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• World's Food-Import Bill Just Shrank $9 Billion to Five-Year Low - Bloomberg

  07-03-2016 14:27 via
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  World's Food-Import Bill Just Shrank $9 Billion to Five-Year Low
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  The world's food bill just fell $9 billion from a previous estimate as a glut of oil and ships cut transportation costs, adding to an oversupply of everything from grains to sugar, according to the United Nations. Countries around the globe probably ...and more »
  

• Temperature loggers

  07-03-2016 14:00
  
  Saelig EasyLog EL-CC-1 Cold Chain flat, compact, IP67-sealed temperature loggers come preconfigured for use with chilled, frozen and ripening goods.
  
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• Modbus modules

  07-03-2016 14:00
  
  Engineered for Rockwell Automation CompactLogix units, Molex Modbus modules connect the controllers to any Modbus/TCP or Modbus serial network.
  
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• Manufacturing software

  07-03-2016 14:00
  
  Hertzler GainSeeker Suite SPC software makes disparate manufacturing data accessible and actionable; it allows users to triage, prioritize and address issues.
  
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• Hand pallet truck

  07-03-2016 14:00
  
  The Crown PTH 50 Series hand pallet truck can be used in a variety of material handling environments, including warehousing, food processing and logistics.
  
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• Carbon-graphite bearings

  07-03-2016 14:00
  
  Designed for dry running at temperatures ranging from 350°F to 1,000°F in oxidizing atmospheres and 350°F to 6,000°F in non-oxidizing atmospheres, Metcar carbon-graphite, self-lubricating bearings remain dimensionally stable; they are not subject to melting, softening or deformation.
  
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• Unilever launches "handheld" Ben & Jerry's ice cream in UK

  07-03-2016 13:37
  Unilever has introduced ice-cream sandwiches under its Ben & Jerry's brand in the UK, the first "handheld" products in the range.
  
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• Unilever launches Solero Red Berries in UK

  07-03-2016 13:15
  Unilever is targeting health-conscious consumers with the launch of its latest Solero ice cream in the UK.
  
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• Mars to invest in Uncle Ben's, Ebly production in France

  07-03-2016 12:57
  Mars Inc is pumping almost EUR2m (US$2.2m) into expanding production of its Ebly and Uncle Ben's products in France.
  
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• Campbell Soup Co. pulls V8 Protein bars and shakes

  07-03-2016 11:58
  Campbell Soup Co. has decided to stop selling its V8 Protein range of bars and shakes in the US.
  
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• Looking back at another Charleston Wine + Food festival - Charleston Post Courier

  07-03-2016 11:09 via
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  Looking back at another Charleston Wine + Food festival
  Charleston Post Courier
  This weekend's weather and the Culinary Village seating options were compatible with napping. (Hanna Raskin). ×. The biggest surprise of the Charleston Wine + Food festival was not Sean Brock and Danny Bowien showing up at Waffle House to grill ...and more »
  

• United Biscuits launches McVitie's Teacakes

  07-03-2016 09:30
  
  United Biscuits is expanding its McVitie's brand with the launch of a range of McVitie's Teacakes in two flavours. 
  
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• Cargill acquires FPL Food beef processing plant 

  07-03-2016 09:29
  
  Cargill has acquired a ground beef processing plant located in Columbia, South Carolina, from FPL Food. 
  
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• Burton's 'closing in' on 2 Sisters-owned Fox's 

  07-03-2016 09:22
  
  Burton's Biscuits is reportedly closing in on a GBP330m takeover of Boparan-owned biscuit brand Fox's Biscuits in a deal that could see the company sell off its Cadbury license. 
  
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• Investor urges Bob Evans Farms to offload packaged foods arm

  07-03-2016 09:06
  Sandell Asset Management is once again urging Bob Evans Farms offload its packaged foods unit.
  
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• Public demands what feds suggest: Traceability via food labels - Food Safety News

  07-03-2016 07:03 via
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  Public demands what feds suggest: Traceability via food labels
  Food Safety News
  While the Food Safety Modernization Act doesn't require transparency, it encourages it, but equally important for food manufacturers, consumers are increasingly demanding traceability. “Companies are under pressure from consumers, as trust is the ...
  

• Food safety scientist unravels questions about food safety act - Food Safety News

  07-03-2016 07:03 via
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  Food safety scientist unravels questions about food safety act
  Food Safety News
  That was one of the first questions Don Stoeckel, a food-safety scientist with Cornell University, posed to the farmers and processors attending his presentation on the federal Food Safety Modernization Act during the Ag Summit in Skagit County, WA, on ...
  

• USDA releases Nutrition Research Roadmap to guide federal nutrition research

  07-03-2016 07:00
  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research (ICHNR) has released the first Nutrition Research Roadmap designed to guide federal nutrition research.
  
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• USDA offers $6.8 million in grants to support healthy school meals

  07-03-2016 07:00
  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) School Breakfast Program, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, has made it possible to feed more than 14 million students breakfast each school day.
  
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• Plant Based Foods Association launches

  07-03-2016 07:00
  Twenty-three food companies have announced the launch of the Plant Based Foods Association, the first trade group to represent the plant-based foods sector—a $3.5 billion industry that supports consumer health and the environment.
  
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• New Global Energy forms joint venture with moringa farm

  07-03-2016 07:00
  New Global Energy, a public company focused on aqua-farming, agriculture, and health and wellness, has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a joint venture agreement with the world’s largest moringa farm.
  
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