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• Researchers have found a 'striking' new side effect from eating fast food - Washington Post

  15-04-2016 23:11 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Researchers have found a 'striking' new side effect from eating fast food
  Washington Post
  This story and its headline have been been updated, with "alarming" being changed to "striking." See below for more details. Critics of the fast-food industry have long warned about the perils of our addiction to processed food. Big Macs and Whoppers ...and more »
  
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• Pancheros Supports 250-Mile Run for Leukemia

  15-04-2016 22:15
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pancheros supports 250-mile run for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.Exclusive Brief: 0Pancheros Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Mexican chain known for its better-built burritos, announced its partnership with Ryan Wade’s One Step At a Time initiative. In an effort to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (L.L.S.), Wade will run a total of 250 miles through the state of Iowa. Pancheros has donated a significant amount to the cause and will be
  
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• Taco John's Works to Enhance Customer Experience

  15-04-2016 22:09
  
  Taco John's works to enhance customer experience with Steritech.Exclusive Brief: 0Taco John’s doesn’t care if a guest visits one of its restaurants in Longmont, Colorado, or Long Island, New York. The Mexican quick-serve chain wants the food, setting and service to be consistently excellent. To reach that goal, Taco John’s has signed a three-year deal with Steritech, a nationally recognized leader in brand experience services.Chains: Taco John's
  
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• Sharky's Opens First Location Beyond California

  15-04-2016 22:04
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Sharky's opens first location beyond California in Tualatin, Oregon.Exclusive Brief: 0Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill, a premium fast-casual restaurant and lifestyle brand offering an award-winning and innovative Mexican-inspired menu, has opened its first location outside of California in Tualatin, Oregon. Sharky’s Woodfired Mexican Grill now has a total of 24 restaurants, with plans to strategically open additional corporate and franchis
  
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• Mars Food tells customers to go easy on the pasta sauce - CNBC

  15-04-2016 18:53 via cnbc.com
  
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  Mars Food tells customers to go easy on the pasta sauce
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  Mars Food plans to tell customers to eat some of its Dolmio pasta sauces and macaroni cheese only once a week to maintain a balanced diet because of the products' high levels of salt, sugar or fat. The scheme is part of a larger initiative by the ...
  Some Food Packages Will Tell You How Often You Should Eat What's InsideABC News
  Mars Food Brand Says You Should Only Eat Some of Its Foods on an “Occasional” BasisTeenVog
  
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• Will Genetically 'Edited' Food Be Regulated? The Case Of The Mushroom - NPR

  15-04-2016 18:42 via npr.org
  
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  Will Genetically 'Edited' Food Be Regulated? The Case Of The Mushroom
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  If you snip a bit of DNA from a vegetable, but add no new genes, does that vegetable qualify as a genetically modified organism, or GMO? It's a hot question for government regulators, and it's no longer theoretical. Yinong Yang, a researcher at Penn ...
  Genetically Modified Food May Not Be Regulated Due To CRISPR-Designed MushroomTech Times
  CRISPR creates a way out of regulation for GMO foodTechCrunchall 29 news artic
  
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• Amy's Kitchen aims to balance growth against commitment to quality - interview 

  15-04-2016 16:17
  US organic vegetarian food group Amy's Kitchen believes it has significant opportunities to ramp up sales. However, the company must balance its growth aspirations against the need to maintain the quality and values it says have been key to its success. Katy Askew spoke to VP of marketing at Amy's Kitchen, Bridget Dwyer, to find out more.
  
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• Food industry news of the week - McCormick ends interest in Premier, Mars' advice for consumers, Raisio offloads licence to UK cereal lines

  15-04-2016 15:36
  McCormick & Co. this week walked away from the negotiating table, ending its interest in UK group Premier Foods plc. Raisio, the Finnish food maker, after feeling the pressure in the UK breakfast cereal sector, handed the licence to Honey Monster and Good Grain to local firm Brecks. And Mars surprised the sector by revealing it would advise consumers to only meet some of its food occasionally as part of a series of health-focused initiatives.
  
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• Halloren "back on track" after 2015

  15-04-2016 15:31
  Klaus Lellé, the CEO of Halloren, claimed the Germany-based confectioner is "back on track" after a year of rising sales and core earnings, although restructuring measures pushed the company into the red.
  
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• Vion sees pork pressure continuing after 2015 sales hit

  15-04-2016 15:30
  
  Vion, the Netherlands-based meat processor, returned to profitability in 2015 but saw sales slide amid pressure on pork prices.
  
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• Researchers have found an “alarming” new side effect from eating fast food - Washington Post

  15-04-2016 15:04 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Researchers have found an “alarming” new side effect from eating fast food
  Washington Post
  Critics of the fast food industry have long warned about the perils of our addiction to processed food. Big Macs and Whoppers might taste good, but put too many of them in your body and it will expand as Violet Beauregard's did in Willy Wonka & The ...and more »
  
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• Greenland Seafood buys French peer Gelmer

  15-04-2016 14:42
  Greenland Seafood, a German producer of seafood products, has snapped up French business Gelmer from its owner Asarmona Holdings.
  
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• How Costco Is Focusing On Its Organic Food Supply? - Forbes

  15-04-2016 14:34 via forbes.com
  
  How Costco Is Focusing On Its Organic Food Supply?
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  As the demand for organic foods in its stores increases, Costco is looking at innovative ways to ensure a high quality supply. Reports suggest that the company is working with farmers to help them buy land and equipment to grow organic food products.
  
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• No casual link exists between food waste, food insecurity - Daily Californian

  15-04-2016 14:15 via dailycal.org
  
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  No casual link exists between food waste, food insecurity
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  A certain formula exists when it comes to reporting on issues of food waste. It often starts with a shocking statistic: A third of the food we produce worldwide ends up in landfills. If the audience is American and the author is feeling particularly ...and more »
  
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• Safety relays

  15-04-2016 14:00
  
  Phoenix PSRmini 6mm-wide safety relays have 1 or 2 normally open (N/O) safety-rated contacts, while the 12mm models have up to 3 N/O safety-rated contacts.
  
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• Motor clutch/brake

  15-04-2016 14:00
  
  Designed for fractional to 3hp drives, the Force Control Industries Posidyne size 1.5 clutch/brake has a multiple disc design that produces high torque and cycle rates up to 300 per min.
  
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• Metallic cable gland

  15-04-2016 14:00
  
  Featuring FDA-approved material for a range of food and beverage applications, the Lapp SKINTOP hygienic stainless steel cable gland meets IP68 and 69K standards.
  
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• Integrated control platform

  15-04-2016 14:00
  
  The Mitsubishi iQ-R Series integrated control platform incorporates sequence, motion, safety, process and C language control.
  
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• Mars Food Tells Customers to Go Easy on the Pasta Sauce - NBCNews.com

  15-04-2016 13:24 via nbcnews.com
  
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  Mars Food Tells Customers to Go Easy on the Pasta Sauce
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  Mars Food plans to label some of its Dolmio pasta sauces, macaroni cheese and other products as fit for consumption only once a week due to high levels of salt, sugar or fat. The scheme is part of a larger initiative by the privately held U.S. food ...
  Major food brand says some of its products too unhealthy to eat every dayMashable
  Mars Food tells consumers not to eat their products on a daily basisEurActiv
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• Nonprofit takes food to veterans in central Ohio - Columbus Dispatch

  15-04-2016 12:38 via dispatch.com
  
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  Nonprofit takes food to veterans in central Ohio
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  View Slideshow Request to buy this photo FRED SQUILLANTE | Dispatch Scott Bloch, left, hands onions to Richard Mason, commander of VFW Post 3297 in Delaware. Bloch is a member of Col. Benson Hough American Legion Post 457 in Sunbury, where ...
  
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• Food packaging: the Irish products that have good taste all wrapped up - Irish Times

  15-04-2016 12:07 via irishtimes.com
  
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  Food packaging: the Irish products that have good taste all wrapped up
  Irish Times
  In this column over the past two weeks, I've been giving food packaging a hard time. From the unnecessary over-packaging of ready-peeled oranges to the imaginary farms adorning Tesco's new range, food packaging is an area of the industry that we need ...
  
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• Be a Food-Waste Warrior - Parade

  15-04-2016 11:06 via parade.com
  
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  Be a Food-Waste Warrior
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  Answer: False (mostly). Up to 90 percent of Americans toss food they don't need to, says Gunders. “Many foods will stay good for days or even weeks after the date on the package.” With the exception of infant formula, these terms aren't federally ...
  
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• Food vendor industry growing in Cedar Rapids - KCRG

  15-04-2016 11:01 via kcrg.com
  
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  Food vendor industry growing in Cedar Rapids
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  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) – Food Trucks and carts have grown in popularity across the country, and over the past year many have popped up in downtown Cedar Rapids. City officials are asking for the public's help with its new food vendor ...and more »
  
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• Innovative Bites acquires UK sweet maker Bonds of London 

  15-04-2016 10:00
  Innovative Bites, the UK-based American food wholesaler, has acquired UK confectioner Bonds of London in a deal that will double the firm's turnover. 
  
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• WhiteWave Foods quiet on Alpro plant expansion plans

  15-04-2016 09:58
  WhiteWave Foods' plant-based food and beverage arm Alpro has declined to comment on speculation it is investing EUR50m (US$56.3m) to triple production of dairy-free products at the Issenheim plant by the end of next year.
  
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• Tyson Foods names ex-Coca-Cola exec Monica McGurk SVP of strategy and new ventures

  15-04-2016 09:57
  Tyson Foods has appointed ex-Coca-Cola executive Monica McGurk to lead its corporate strategy and new ventures unit.
  
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• Kraft Heinz to enter UK frozen ready meal category with Macaroni & Cheese launch

  15-04-2016 09:57
  Kraft Heinz it to debut in the UK frozen ready meal category with the launch of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
  
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• Bumble Bee strikes supply deal for MSC certified tuna 

  15-04-2016 09:57
  Bumble Bee Seafoods has reached a supply agreement with Pacifical, the marketing arm established by the eight countries who have signed up to the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) in the Western Central Pacific Ocean, to source Marine Stewardship Council certified tune. 
  
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• Amplify launches chocolate, chilly SkinnyPop popcorn 

  15-04-2016 09:57
  Amplify Snack Brands is extending its SkinnyPop popcorn line with the addition of two new flavours: dusted dark chocolate and jalapeño. 
  
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• WhiteWave quiet on Issenheim plant expansion plans

  15-04-2016 09:14
  WhiteWave Foods' plant-based food and beverage arm Alpro has declined to comment on speculation it is investing EUR50m (US$56.3m) to triple production of dairy-free products at the Issenheim plant by the end of next year.
  
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• Innovative Bites acquires sweet-maker Bonds of London 

  15-04-2016 09:14
  
  UK-based American food wholesaler, Innovative Bites, has acquired UK confectioner, Bonds of London, in a deal that will double the firm's turnover. 
  
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• Food File: a trail of good food across Ireland - Irish Times

  15-04-2016 08:02 via irishtimes.com
  
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  Food File: a trail of good food across Ireland
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  GOOD FOOD IRELAND BIRTHDAY TREATS. Good Food Ireland is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching a series of “food and drink experiences, cooking adventures and culinary tours” – both bespoke itineraries and date-specific packages – that can ...
  
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• This food delivery service allows you to order for your dog too - Mashable

  15-04-2016 06:15 via mashable.com
  
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  This food delivery service allows you to order for your dog too
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  Your hungry dog can now eat alongside you when you get food delivered to your house. Image: corbis. 247b14b. By Johnny Lieu 6 hours ago. If your dog is the type to start panting and demanding a slice of your pizza when it gets delivered to your door ...
  
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• Mobile food pantry takes fresh food where it's needed - Reading Eagle

  15-04-2016 06:09 via readingeagle.com
  
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  Mobile food pantry takes fresh food where it's needed
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  Tables of fruit, juice and frozen meats decorated the sidewalk in front of Berks Community Health Center. It wasn't a farmers market that brought out the fresh food to the city's curb. Thanks to a $150,000 grant from Giant's Our Family Foundation, the ...
  
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• Expert breaks down how food can affect dreams - SFGate

  15-04-2016 05:24 via sfgate.com
  
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  Expert breaks down how food can affect dreams
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  Think back to the last time you had a particularly vivid dream or nightmare. Can you remember what type of food you had beforehand? Turns out different kinds of foods can have an effect on our dream world. Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, director of the Stanford ...
  
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• 50 Children Fall Ill After Eating Food At 4 Mumbai School Events - NDTV

  15-04-2016 05:17 via ndtv.com
  
  50 Children Fall Ill After Eating Food At 4 Mumbai School Events
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  While three students were taken to Hinduja Hospital in Khar, two were rushed to Holy family hospital in Bandra. (Representational Image). Mumbai: Around 50 school students have fallen ill allegedly after they had consumed food packets served to them ...and more »
  
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• 10th annual 'Canstruction LA' design competition benefits LA Regional Food Bank - KABC-TV

  15-04-2016 04:45 via abc7.com
  
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  10th annual 'Canstruction LA' design competition benefits LA Regional Food Bank
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  The 10th annual 'Canstruction LA' event benefits the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help feed the hungry. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid=1291761" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. KABC.
  
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• Popular food trucks prepare for 'crazy year' - DesMoinesRegister.com

  15-04-2016 03:07 via desmoinesregister.com
  
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  Popular food trucks prepare for 'crazy year'
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  Des Moines food trucks raked in more than $100,000 during the one-day Food Truck Showdown in October. Watching 12,000 people eat Korean barbecue tacos, Kalua pig sliders, and sweet and savory crepes was enough to assure Nick Kuhn that the mobile ...and more »
  
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• Reliance on food banks must not become the norm, says charity - The Guardian

  15-04-2016 01:35 via theguardian.com
  
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  Reliance on food banks must not become the norm, says charity
  The Guardian
  Britain's biggest food bank network has warned that reliance on charity food is in danger of becoming “the new normal” for low-income families in financial crisis. The Trussell Trust, which oversees 424 food banks in the UK, said it gave out enough ...
  Food bank usage at record high - and the true scale of hunger could be far greaterThe Independent
  Britain's food banks hand out 10 MILLION meals i
  
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• Changes afoot for safety assessments of food packaging - Packaging Digest

  15-04-2016 00:42 via packagingdigest.com
  Changes afoot for safety assessments of food packaging
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  Short video from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) explains what materials are included in the list of food-contact materials and how chemicals from the materials can migrate into the food. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has ...
  
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• Fast Food Linked to 'Industrial Chemicals' Phthalates - TeenVogue.com

  15-04-2016 00:13 via teenvogue.com
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  Fast Food Linked to 'Industrial Chemicals' Phthalates
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  No one's really under the impression that fast food is good for them, but it may not be the harmless indulgence we tend to think of it as. A new study from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. confirms that fast ...
  Your Fast Food Meal Probably Comes With a Side of Industrial ChemicalsMen's Journal
  Fast food may come with a side of phthalate chemicalsCBS News
  Study: Eating fas
  
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