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• Dumpster diving: shedding light on food waste - Fox17

  11-05-2016 23:54 via fox17online.com
  
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  Dumpster diving: shedding light on food waste
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  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With 40 percent of all food in America thrown out and never eaten, 49 million people nationwide struggle with hunger at some point, according to Feeding America West Michigan. FOX 17 took the lid off this major problem to see ...
  
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• Wendy's Serves Up Big Kiosk Expansion As Wage Hikes Hit Fast Food - Investor's Business Daily

  11-05-2016 23:16 via investors.com
  
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  Wendy's Serves Up Big Kiosk Expansion As Wage Hikes Hit Fast Food
  Investor's Business Daily
  Wendy's (WEN) said that self-service ordering kiosks will be made available across its 6,000-plus restaurants in the second half of the year as minimum wage hikes and a tight labor market push up wages. It will be up to franchisees whether to deploy ...and more »
  
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• FDA to Redefine What 'Healthy' Food Really Means - NBCNews.com

  11-05-2016 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
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  FDA to Redefine What 'Healthy' Food Really Means
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  How is it possible a sugary cereal could be considered healthy but not almonds, avocados and salmon? Because the science of healthy eating has changed since the Food and Drug Administration wrote the current guidelines in the 1990s. Believe it or not, ...
  Soon 'natural' and 'healthy' claims on food labels may actually mean somethingQuartz
  Reminder: Just Because Your Food Is Labeled 'Healthy' Doesn't Mean That It IsGiz
  
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• Feds bust largest food stamp scam in U.S. at Opa-locka flea market - 7Online WSVN-TV

  11-05-2016 23:02 via wsvn.com
  
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  Feds bust largest food stamp scam in U.S. at Opa-locka flea market
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  OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (WSVN) -- The fish market at the Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market is now the home of the largest food stamp fraud scheme ever in the United States, according to federal investigators. Wednesday morning, the fish market at the flea market ...
  Opa-Locka Flea Market Raided In Alleged Food Stamp ScamCBS Local
  Food stamp trafficking scheme compromises 500 identities in Palm Beach Coun
  
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• Opa-Locka Flea Market Raided In Alleged Food Stamp Scam - CBS Local

  11-05-2016 22:13 via miami.cbslocal.com
  
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  Opa-Locka Flea Market Raided In Alleged Food Stamp Scam
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  Police raided a market in Opa-locka in connection to an alleged food stamp scam. (Source: CBS4). 2. Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter. OPA-LOCKA (CBSMiami) — More than two dozen people are facing federal and state charges in connection to ...
  Food stamp trafficking scheme compromises 500 identities in Palm Beach CountyWPBF West Palm Beach
  PBSO probe leads to federal food stamp fraud arrestsPalm Beach Po
  
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• Massive Restaurant & Food Market Opening In NYC's Former Flagship Barnes & Noble - Gothamist

  11-05-2016 21:49 via gothamist.com
  
  Massive Restaurant & Food Market Opening In NYC's Former Flagship Barnes & Noble
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  Barnes & Noble's former flagship location at 105 Fifth Avenue shuttered in 2014, leaving behind a 25,000-square-foot hole that's finally being filled. Beginning May 13th, an enormous food complex will open its phase one with a cafe and wine bar concept ...
  
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• Italian Judge Rules It's Okay For The Hungry To Steal Food - GOOD Magazine

  11-05-2016 21:46 via good.is
  
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  Italian Judge Rules It's Okay For The Hungry To Steal Food
  GOOD Magazine
  It could be basic compassion or it could be Pope Francis's influence, but Italy's highest court just ruled that the theft of a small amount of food when one is starving isn't a punishable offense. Roman Ostriakov, a homeless Ukrainian man, stole cheese ...
  
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• Canadians spend more than Americans on food, but less than Italy, Germany and Australia, Agriculture Canada report ... - London Free Press

  11-05-2016 20:39 via lfpress.com
  
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  Canadians spend more than Americans on food, but less than Italy, Germany and Australia, Agriculture Canada report ...
  London Free Press
  Angela Nadalin sorts through a basket of apples while shopping for fresh produce at The Doris Family Produce stand in the Covent Garden Market in London, Ont. on Wednesday May 11, 2016. (CRAIG GLOVER, The London Free Press) ...and more »
  
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• Universal Robina Corp. H1 sales, earnings up

  11-05-2016 20:16
  
  Universal Robina Corp., the Philippines-based food group, saw its sales and profits grow in the first half of its financial year.
  
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• Mountaire Farms buys ex-Townsend Poultry plant in US

  11-05-2016 20:16
  
  Mountaire Farms, the US poultry processor, has struck a deal to buy the former Townsend Poultry plant in Siler City in North Carolina.
  
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• US calls for WTO action over China poultry duties

  11-05-2016 19:56
  
  Washington has turned to the World Trade Organization in its dispute with China over the duties Beijing places on US chicken broiler products.
  
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• Food for thought: Airmen asked to take AF food services survey - Air Force Link

  11-05-2016 19:46 via af.mil
  
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  Food for thought: Airmen asked to take AF food services survey
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  Airman 1st Class Jorge Rijo, a 436th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineer, grabs a to-go fruit cup during the soft opening of the Patterson Dining Facility on Nov. 17, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The dining facility now offers ...and more »
  
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• Watchdog inspects VA kitchen after reports of roaches in food - Fox News

  11-05-2016 19:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Watchdog inspects VA kitchen after reports of roaches in food
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  The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General went “hunting for bugs” in the middle of the night at two VA kitchens Tuesday after a Conservative Review investigation revealed allegations of an infestation so severe that cockroaches were served in ...and more »
  
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• Michigan food giant to pay $1.85M after feds find gender-based discrimination - MLive.com

  11-05-2016 19:07 via mlive.com
  
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  Michigan food giant to pay $1.85M after feds find gender-based discrimination
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  GFS is one of North America's largest food distribution companies with more than 170 U.S. locations. In addition to its government contracts, the company supplies restaurants, schools, universities and hospitals. (Courtesy photo). Print Email.and more »
  
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• Everyone Is Super Confused About Food Labels - CityLab

  11-05-2016 18:56 via citylab.com
  
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  Everyone Is Super Confused About Food Labels
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  A new survey shows how the lack of standardization is contributing to the food waste crisis. Jessica Leigh Hester · @jessicahester; 12:56 PM ET; Comments. Share on Facebook; Tweet. Image REUTERS/Lucas Jackson REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. When do ...and more »
  
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• Purdue represented on commission to tackle global food security - Purdue Agricultural Communications

  11-05-2016 18:36 via purdue.edu
  Purdue represented on commission to tackle global food security
  Purdue Agricultural Communications
  The commission, called The Challenge of Change: Engaging Public Universities to Feed the World, includes Gebisa Ejeta, distinguished professor of agronomy and the 2009 World Food Prize laureate; Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Purdue ...
  
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• Secondary recalls over those Listeria contaminated veggies are piling up - Food Safety News

  11-05-2016 18:21 via foodsafetynews.com
  
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  Secondary recalls over those Listeria contaminated veggies are piling up
  Food Safety News
  The expected “secondary” recalls from the Listeria outbreak identified in March, and which may date as far back as 2013, are piling up. In March, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta connected reports on eight people ...
  Trader Joe's Expands Initial Frozen Food RecallCBS Local
  Major Frozen Food Recall Expands Due To Listeria ContaminationWeste
  
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• Dean Foods purchases Friendly’s ice cream business

  11-05-2016 18:01
  
  Texas-based Dean Foods Company has agreed to buy the manufacturing and retail ice cream business of Friendly’s Ice Cream, LLC for $155 million.
  
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• Bush Brothers launches home-made hummus in a can

  11-05-2016 17:46
  Bush Brothers & Co. has announced the launch of a canned hummus product in the US.
  
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• Stamp Out Hunger food drive returns Saturday - St. Cloud Times

  11-05-2016 17:03 via sctimes.com
  
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  Stamp Out Hunger food drive returns Saturday
  St. Cloud Times
  Stamp Out Hunger returns this Saturday as a way to help people in need of food right from your mailbox. Postal workers will collect food and money donations on their usual routes. The food will go to local charities and food shelves. "Food always stays ...
  Mail carriers to pick up food donations SaturdayGlens Falls Post-Star
  USA's biggest food drive on Saturday, and you don't have to leave your houseWBTV
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• Hungry Howie's Reports Six Years of Same-Store Sales Growth

  11-05-2016 16:56
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Hungry Howie's has 24 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth.Exclusive Brief: 0Hungry Howie’s Pizza, originator of the Flavored Crust pizza, announces continued same-store sales growth for 24 consecutive quarters, in addition to achieving over $342 million in sales for 2015. The chain’s recent rebranding and focus on customer engagement continue to make Hungry Howie’s a top choice for pizza nationwide.Chains: Hungry Howi
  
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• Breweries and food trucks: A fine match any day -- and a reason for a new CNY festival - Syracuse.com

  11-05-2016 16:56 via syracuse.com
  
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  Breweries and food trucks: A fine match any day -- and a reason for a new CNY festival
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  Teaming up craft beer and food trucks: Kevin Williams and Rockney Roberts of Willow Rock Brewing Co. with Charles Cerminaro and Matt Leo from Toss 'n Fire Wood-fired Pizza. Toss 'n Fire sets up frequently on Fridays or Saturdays in the parking lot at ...and more »
  
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• Pushing Our Food System to Extremes - Natural Resources Defense Council

  11-05-2016 16:41 via nrdc.org
  
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  Pushing Our Food System to Extremes
  Natural Resources Defense Council
  Imagine this: Your house gets flooded to the rafters with a hurricane-driven stew of briny water and toxic chemicals, and stays that way for weeks. When you're finally able to go home, your neighborhood has no power, no street signs, and no place to ...
  
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• Hospital researching patch that could reduce food-allergy reactions - 9NEWS.com

  11-05-2016 16:10 via 9news.com
  
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  Hospital researching patch that could reduce food-allergy reactions
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  Five-year-old Lily Levesque is a well-known face in the halls of Children's Hospital because she's part of a study that periodically brings her to the hospital. 9NEWS at 7 a.m. 5/11/2016. TaRhonda Thomas, KUSA 7:56 AM. MDT May 11, 2016. Courtesy: ...and more »
  
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• Pie Five Serves Dessert as American as Apple Pie

  11-05-2016 16:09
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pie Five Offers Granny's Apple Pie dessert for a limited time.Exclusive Brief: 0Pie Five Pizza’s new limited-time dessert offering will have guests feeling sweet as pie. Granny’s Apple Pie features a snickerdoodle crust layered with tender cobbler-spiced apples and topped with a sweet cinnamon streusel crumble. Pizza and pie aficionados will be able to cut into this American classic at Pie Five restaurants nationwide for a limited time only
  
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• La Madeleine Joins Children's Hunger Fund

  11-05-2016 16:05
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: La Madeleine aims to raise $300,000 for Children's Hunger Fund.Exclusive Brief: 0La Madeleine Country French Café, the Dallas-based bakery café brand with more than 80 locations nationwide, announced its commitment to raising funds that will provide 1.2 million meals to children in need through Children’s Hunger Fund.
  In May, la Madeleine will launch its heartfelt effort in tandem with Children’s Hunger Fund by raising $300,00
  
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• Hershey sets "sustainable sugar" pledge

  11-05-2016 15:50
  
  Hershey, the US confectionery giant, today (11 May) pledged to use only sugar from "responsible and sustainable sources" by 2020.
  
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• ConAgra makes non-GMO commitment for Alexia

  11-05-2016 15:45
  ConAgra Foods has announced it will be taking all of its Alexia branded products non-GMO by the end of the year.
  
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• Kraft Heinz cuts 40 jobs in US

  11-05-2016 15:44
  Kraft Heinz has confirmed 40 jobs in Pittsburgh are to be cut amid moves to outsource some administrative roles.
  
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• Wayback Brings Some Luck to Friday the 13th

  11-05-2016 15:43
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Wayback gives away free burgers to 'lucky' customers.Exclusive Brief: 0To superstitious Americans, Friday the 13th is known as the unluckiest day of the year. People will be on guard to ensure that they don’t break a mirror, spill the salt shaker, walk under a ladder, or cross the path of a black cat. But Wayback Burgers, serving delicious, fresh, never-frozen burgers, hand-dipped milkshakes, and more amidst an atmosphere reminiscent of a hometow
  
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• Vollrath's Gravity Soft Serve Featured on Discovery Channel

  11-05-2016 15:33
  
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Vollrath's Gravity Soft Serve to be featured on Discovery Channel.Exclusive Brief: 0Stoelting Foodservice, a division of The Vollrath Company and manufacturer of frozen dessert equipment, announced its F231 Gravity Soft Serve/Yogurt Freezer will be a featured product in an upcoming episode of "Machines: How They Work" airing 10:32 p.m. (EST) May 12 on the Discovery Science Channel.Chains: Menchie's
  
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• Taste from the 'secret menu' at Asian Food Fest - Cincinnati.com

  11-05-2016 15:31 via cincinnati.com
  
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  Taste from the 'secret menu' at Asian Food Fest
  Cincinnati.com
  Chinese restaurants often have a secret menu, written in Chinese and offered only to Chinese customers. It's always intriguing for those of us who are handed the regular menu. Presumably, we're missing out on more authentic dishes, foods less geared to ...and more »
  
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• Local food truck owners sue Baltimore over 300-foot buffer rule - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  11-05-2016 15:25 via baltimoresun.com
  
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  Local food truck owners sue Baltimore over 300-foot buffer rule
  Baltimore Sun (blog)
  Joann Calwell, Jolly Pig food truck owner talks about a new bill in the Generall Assembly that would streamline the way food trucks are licensed and inspected across the state. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun video). Joann Calwell, Jolly Pig food truck ...
  Food truck operators sue Baltimore over city codeWBAL Baltimore
  Do Food Trucks Have A Right To Compete With Nearby Restaurants?The Consumer
  
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• Shelf-ready packaging

  11-05-2016 15:00
  
  Moving products quickly and easily through the supply chain has always been an attractive quality of shelf-ready packaging or SRP.
  
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• 5 important things to know about food allergies - The Seattle Times

  11-05-2016 15:00 via seattletimes.com
  
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  5 important things to know about food allergies
  The Seattle Times
  Food allergies are becoming more common; they can start at any time; they are not the same as food intolerance; and other useful nuggets. Share story. ON NUTRITION. It's food allergy-awareness week (and month). If you have a food allergy, you are ...and more »
  
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• Looking for an Oasis in America's Food Deserts - NC State News

  11-05-2016 14:46 via news.ncsu.edu
  
  Looking for an Oasis in America's Food Deserts
  NC State News
  Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Blake Samanas, a writer for NC State's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This Q&A first ran on the college's web site. Where does your food come from? For many in the United States, that important ...
  
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• How Oxfam rates food majors on worker issues in their supply chains - and how the companies reacted

  11-05-2016 14:10
  Three of the seven issues on which Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign rates the world's ten largest food and drinks companies relate directly to wages, workers' rights and working conditions in their agricultural supply chains. Here, just-food sets out the NGO's evaluations under the three criteria - women, farmers and workers - along with the companies' reactions.
  
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• France to trial four nutritional labelling codes this autumn

  11-05-2016 14:10
  France's Ministry of Health has announced that three-month trials will take place in selected supermarkets this autumn on four nutritional labelling codes.
  
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• Smart food labeling - it's only natural - The Hill (blog)

  11-05-2016 14:00 via thehill.com
  
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  Smart food labeling - it's only natural
  The Hill (blog)
  Catering isn't an easy business in the best of times. Orders pile up, clients ask for changes with little notice, you're reworking recipes constantly. But at least that's what it takes for businesses like ours to succeed. What's not fair is when your ...
  The Case for Banning 'Natural' From Food LabelsTakePartall 22 news articles »
  
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• Self-driving vehicle

  11-05-2016 14:00
  
  Designed for light loads in factories and warehouses, the Clearpath Robotics OTTO 100 vehicle uses a self-driving operating system to provide the autonomous transport of up to 220-lb. loads...
  
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• Parfait cup line

  11-05-2016 14:00
  
  Used to automatically produce yogurt or dessert parfait cups, the Hinds-Bock Parfait Cup line features an automatic cup denester, indexing platen conveyor, automatic filling machine and cup kick-out system with an accumulator table.
  
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• Monitoring control panel

  11-05-2016 14:00
  
  The Cantrell line monitoring control panel tracks information for picking and evisceration overhead conveyor systems.
  
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• Tazaki Foods to bring Korean food kimchi to UK

  11-05-2016 13:56
  Tazaki Foods, owner of the Japanese food brand Yutaka, is to launch Korean "superfood" kimchi in the UK.
  
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• Orkla reverses plan to close two Norway plants

  11-05-2016 13:28
  Orkla has announced it is no longer pressing forward with plans to restructure operations at its plants in Rygge in Norway.
  
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• Fighting Poisoned Food and Unnecessary Subsidies: A Talk with Provenance's Teddy Klopf - The Independent Weekly

  11-05-2016 13:23 via indyweek.com
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  Fighting Poisoned Food and Unnecessary Subsidies: A Talk with Provenance's Teddy Klopf
  The Independent Weekly
  When he's silent, his fingers bounce from the surface of a table in Provenance, the downtown Raleigh restaurant he opened earlier this year. And when he speaks, his hands become semaphores, helping to highlight words and emphasize the importance of ...
  
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• Chipotle hires former critic to help improve food safety - Fox News

  11-05-2016 13:13 via foxnews.com
  
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  Chipotle hires former critic to help improve food safety
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  Chipotle Mexican Grill has retained two leading food safety experts - including a critic of the burrito chain's early response to disease outbreaks last year - as it redoubles its efforts to guard against health scares. David Acheson, a former official ...
  Chipotle hires food safety critic; Office Depot, Staples call off $6.3B merger; Macy's sales tankYahoo Finance
  Chipotle hired big gun food safety expertsNation's Resta
  
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• Mars to use renewable energy to power UK plants

  11-05-2016 13:00
  Mars Inc has announced it will use only renewable energy to power its UK plants.
  
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• Abbott launches Curate kids snack bar line

  11-05-2016 11:52
  US infant formula and pharma group Abbott Laboratories has extended its Curate bar snacking range to target children in the US.
  
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• Hochwald Foods to sell sausage business

  11-05-2016 11:16
  Hochwald Foods has announced the sale of its canned-sausage and sausage product making subsidiary in Germany to entrepreneur Maximilian Tönnies.
  
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• Total Produce planning Nordic venture

  11-05-2016 09:26
  
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