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• Grocery Stores Are Selling You Knockoff Cheeses — Plus More Food Fraud Revealed - People Magazine

  08-08-2016 21:16
  
  Grocery Stores Are Selling You Knockoff Cheeses — Plus More Food Fraud Revealed
  People Magazine
  Forbes Columnist, Larry Olmsted, has learned about the best and worst of the global food industry and his findings are easy to sum up: A lot of the foods we're eating from our favorite restaurants and supermarkets are fake. This means your red snapper ...
  
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• This App Lets Restaurants Easily Sell Unused Food - Grub Street

  08-08-2016 21:03
  
  Grub Street
  This App Lets Restaurants Easily Sell Unused Food
  Grub Street
  Humans waste 1.3 billion tons of food per year, a considerable amount of which is the, frankly, still-delicious stuff restaurants toss at the end of the day — bread freshly baked that morning, chopped produce that didn't get used, sauces, leftover ...and more »
  
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• Getting food? Look for this sign - Cincinnati.com

  08-08-2016 19:33
  
  Cincinnati.com
  Getting food? Look for this sign
  Cincinnati.com
  Anyone who eats out or gets groceries in Hamilton County might see a sign about the heroin epidemic soon. Hamilton County Public Health environmental health inspectors were distributing 1,500 heroin awareness posters on Monday to restaurants, from ...
  
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• Man served food he's allergic to, waiter arrested - WJXT Jacksonville

  08-08-2016 18:50
  
  Man served food he's allergic to, waiter arrested
  WJXT Jacksonville
  (LAKANA) - A man suffered a severe allergic reaction at a Canadian restaurant after disclosing his seafood and salmon allergy. The waiter was arrested and faces charges. The patron ordered beef tartare at Le Tapageur restaurant in Quebec.and more »
  
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• Jack in the Box Reportedly Fires Teen for Giving a Vet Free Food - GoodHousekeeping.com

  08-08-2016 18:33
  
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  Jack in the Box Reportedly Fires Teen for Giving a Vet Free Food
  GoodHousekeeping.com
  A teenager's kind gesture for a veteran ultimately cost him his job, says a Jack in the Box worker accused of "mishandling funds." Two-year employee Alex Mesta knew the regulars at the Bakersfield, California location, including one veteran who usually ...and more »
  
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• Growing Population Needs Less Waste, Not More Food: Experts - Huffington Post

  08-08-2016 17:36
  
  Huffington Post
  Growing Population Needs Less Waste, Not More Food: Experts
  Huffington Post
  Stephan Martinez, owner of Le Petit Choiseuil bistrot, poses with a garbage container to collect food waste in Paris February 12, 2014. A group of Paris restaurants is turning food scraps into biogas and compost ahead of a new law that will force ...and more »
  
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• Tyson Foods Awards Grant to Help Arkansas Tech Address Food Insecurity - KARK

  08-08-2016 17:32
  
  KARK
  Tyson Foods Awards Grant to Help Arkansas Tech Address Food Insecurity
  KARK
  RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (News Release) - Tyson Foods, Inc. has presented Arkansas Tech University with a $67,760 grant that will allow the institution to fight hunger within its own population. The grant will assist in the creation of the Green and Gold ...and more »
  
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• Sea beet leaves and elderflower: Learning to forage for food - Madison.com

  08-08-2016 17:11
  
  Madison.com
  Sea beet leaves and elderflower: Learning to forage for food
  Madison.com
  This July 12, 2016 photo shows Fonthip Boonmak left, James Feaver, center, and Boonmak's son Jimmy Harmer, right, gathering edible sea beet leaves near southern England's Jurassic Coast. Feaver is a foraging guide who offers a course through his ...and more »
  
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• Germany Organic Food Market Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2021 - Surge in Online Retailing of Organic ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  08-08-2016 17:11
  
  Germany Organic Food Market Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2021 - Surge in Online Retailing of Organic ...
  PR Newswire (press release)
  Germany is the largest European economy, and the country's organic food market is being driven by high disposable income, increasing health consciousness among consumers and growing organic farming. Additionally, rising environment consciousness ...and more »
  
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• Inside Bindaas, Rasika's New Street Food-Centric Sibling - Washingtonian.com

  08-08-2016 16:24
  
  Washingtonian.com
  Inside Bindaas, Rasika's New Street Food-Centric Sibling
  Washingtonian.com
  When restaurateur Ashok Bajaj opened the Bombay Club in 1988, he introduced Washingtonians to Indian fine dining. Then Rasika debuted in 2005 with chef Vikram Sunderam, who continued to push boundaries with a modern Indian approach that's unique ...and more »
  
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• What fast food is, and isn't, in DC - Washington Post

  08-08-2016 16:08
  
  Washington Post
  What fast food is, and isn't, in DC
  Washington Post
  Peter Bayne called his partners in Smoked & Stacked as soon as he got the bad news. The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs had determined that their sandwich shop, featuring smoked meats by former “Top Chef” contestant Marjorie ...
  
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• Delivery App Turns Waste Food Into Dinner - Newsweek

  08-08-2016 15:51
  Newsweek
  Delivery App Turns Waste Food Into Dinner
  Newsweek
  Rubbish being recycled Volunteer workers sort food waste and rubbish for recycling at the Glastonbury Festival recycling center in Glastonbury, England, on June 29, 2009. The Too Good to Go app, due to launch in London this month, delivers food to ...
  This app lets you buy unsold food that restaurants would have wastedTelegraph.co.uk
  Too Good To Go app lets you order cheap takeaway food that would be wastedDaily Mail
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• 6 Common Food Additives Legal in America But Banned Abroad - EcoWatch

  08-08-2016 15:40
  
  EcoWatch
  6 Common Food Additives Legal in America But Banned Abroad
  EcoWatch
  There is a long list of food additives that are legal in the U.S., despite being illegal in other countries. To be fair, just because something is banned in one country doesn't necessarily mean that the non-banning countries have it wrong. But for the ...
  
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• Tyson Foods ups earnings forecast

  08-08-2016 15:36
  
  Tyson Foods, the US meat giant, today (8 August) raised its earnings per share forecast after reporting "record" earnings in the third quarter.
  
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• Dean Foods Q2 sales down, profits up

  08-08-2016 15:36
  
  Dean Foods, the US dairy group, today (8 August) booked higher second-quarter earnings but saw its net sales decline year-on-year.
  
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• Roach milk inspires food supplement - SciDev.Net

  08-08-2016 15:10
  
  SciDev.Net
  Roach milk inspires food supplement
  SciDev.Net
  [BANGALORE] Milk secreted by a cockroach species, to feed its young, is the base for a potent nutritional supplement being developed by Indian and international scientists. “While cockroaches are oviparous (egg-laying animals), the Diploptera punctata ...
  Cockroach Milk Could Be The Next Green Health Food CrazeDaily Callerall 4 news articles »
  
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• Donald Trump loves fast food. Here's why. - The Week Magazine

  08-08-2016 15:05
  
  The Week Magazine
  Donald Trump loves fast food. Here's why.
  The Week Magazine
  Donald Trump loves fast food. ("The Big Macs are great," he said during a CNN townhall earlier this year. "The Quarter Pounder. It's great stuff.") He also cares a lot about cleanliness. And while the two might not seem to go together, Trump has ...and more »
  
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• Packaged Facts: Kids Control Household Food Purchase Choices - PR Newswire (press release)

  08-08-2016 15:04
  
  Packaged Facts: Kids Control Household Food Purchase Choices
  PR Newswire (press release)
  ROCKVILLE Md., Aug. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The parents might bring home the bacon, but it's probably the kids who pick the brand. Despite their size and obvious lack of discernible income, children have a disproportionate sway over household grocery ...and more »
  
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• Thai Union H1 sales up, profits down

  08-08-2016 14:50
  Seafood company Thai Union has booked increased first-half sales of THB65.70bn (US$1.8bn) for 2016, boosted by its consolidation of the recent acquisition of German canned seafood processor Rugen Fisch, rising raw material prices for skipjack and salmon and the depreciation of the Thai baht against the US dollar and euro.
  
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• Three Recipes For Healthy Rainbow Food - Glamour

  08-08-2016 14:09
  
  Glamour
  Three Recipes For Healthy Rainbow Food
  Glamour
  Rainbow-hued food is all over Pinterest and Instagram—mostly, though, in the relatively unhealthy form of ROYGBIV bagels and pretty tie-dye lattes (yes; a thing). But there are health benefits of a real fruit-​and-veggie-based rainbow meal, even more ...
  
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• Amplify Snack Brands buys UK crisp maker Tyrrells

  08-08-2016 14:07
  US-based Amplify Snack Brands has struck a deal to buy UK crisp maker Tyrrells from Bahrain-based private-equity firm Investcorp in a cash-and-shares deal worth GBP300m (US$392m).
  
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• Peristaltic cased pumps

  08-08-2016 14:00
  
  Delivering flow rates from 2.64 to 0.92 gpm, Watson-Marlow 530 peristaltic cased pumps are used for food and beverage metering and transfer applications, such as the addition of flavorings, finings and ferments.
  
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• Interchangeable conveyor drives

  08-08-2016 14:00
  
  Certified under IP66 and IP69K criteria, Winsmith stainless steel conveyor drives have a single-piece design plus a sealed housing.
  
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• High-speed camera

  08-08-2016 14:00
  
  Recording high-speed production lines for analysis or troubleshooting, the Fastec Imaging IL5 5MP camera records over 3,200 fps at VGA resolution and more than 18,000 fps at smaller resolutions.
  
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• Bulk bag conditioner

  08-08-2016 14:00
  
  The Block-Buster hydraulic bulk bag conditioner from Flexicon uses hydraulically-actuated rams to automatically adjust in height during conditioning cycles.
  
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• AOI system

  08-08-2016 14:00
  
  The Saki BF-10BT 2D offline automated optical inspection system simultaneously inspects both sides of a circuit board with user-selectable 10 and 20µm dual resolution.
  
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• Amplify Snack Brands touts brand "momentum" as H1 sales, profits rise

  08-08-2016 13:57
  Amplify Snack Brands, the US company behind SkinnyPop popcorn and Paqui tortilla chips, today (8 August) booked an increase in first-half sales and profits alongside news of its move to buy UK crisp maker Tyrrells.
  
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• Primanti Brothers gives free food for a year to more than 100 customers at grand opening - Southgate News Herald

  08-08-2016 13:12
  
  Southgate News Herald
  Primanti Brothers gives free food for a year to more than 100 customers at grand opening
  Southgate News Herald
  That's how early the Primanti Brothers grand opening was supposed to start Wednesday morning, though for some it started more than six hours earlier. Trenton resident Nancy Dauzy arrived just before 11 p.m. the night before, soon after a few family and ...and more »
  
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• Hampton Creek CEO defiant over Just Mayo sales claims

  08-08-2016 12:48
  The CEO of Hampton Creek has hit back at claims the US eggless mayo maker used employees to support an undercover operation to buy hundreds of jars of flagship product Just Mayo while investors were sought to buy equity in the fledgling firm.
  
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• Should food stamp recipients be able to buy groceries online? Feds launch program - AL.com

  08-08-2016 12:34
  
  AL.com
  Should food stamp recipients be able to buy groceries online? Feds launch program
  AL.com
  Food Stamps Outage Should food stamp recipients be able to order food online? (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Gareth Clary | GulfLive.com. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon launch a pilot program to allow food stamp users to order their ...
  
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• The Yoga-Mat Chemical's Quiet Fast-Food Exit - Bloomberg

  08-08-2016 12:15
  
  Bloomberg
  The Yoga-Mat Chemical's Quiet Fast-Food Exit
  Bloomberg
  In early 2014, a blogger known as Food Babe launched a petition pushing sandwich chain Subway to remove an obscure chemical also used in yoga mats from its bread. Two days and more than 78,000 signatures later, Subway announced it was taking out ...and more »
  
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• TasFoods appoints Donna Wilson CFO

  08-08-2016 12:00
  Recently-formed Australian food group TasFoods has announced the appointment of Donna Wilson as chief financial officer.
  
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• McDonald's US sales disappoint, Bloomin' Brands makes Middle East push, Starbucks' Italian investment - foodservice focus, July 2016

  08-08-2016 11:57
  July saw McDonald's announce slowing sales growth in the US, hitting the fast-food operator's shares. US casual dining group Bloomin' Brands announced two deals that gave a flavour of its international strategy. And Starbucks invested in bakery chain Princi to supply its fledgling upmarket concepts Roastery and Reserve.
  
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• West Side's Taste of the Valley 2016: Guide to food and music - MassLive.com

  08-08-2016 11:23
  
  MassLive.com
  West Side's Taste of the Valley 2016: Guide to food and music
  MassLive.com
  It may be called West Side's Taste of the Valley, but the restaurants and vendors like Granville Country Store with a history dating back to 1851, come from all over to feed hungry food fest-goers – some 40,000 last year – on the West Springfield Town ...
  
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• Food Manga: Where Culture, Conflict And Cooking All Collide : The ... - NPR

  08-08-2016 10:41
  
  NPR
  Food Manga: Where Culture, Conflict And Cooking All Collide : The ...
  NPR
  In Japan, a country rich with visual storytelling, food has skyrocketed as a genre of manga — and the stories often depict a struggle for self-improvement.and more »
  
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• Simplot buys three sauce brands in Australia

  08-08-2016 10:00
  
  Simplot, the US-based agri-food group, has acquired three cooking sauce brands in Australia held under licence by UK food business Symington's from Unilever.
  
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• Stoats launches Toasted Oaty Flakes

  08-08-2016 09:48
  
  Scottish oats company, Stoats, has launched a 100% wholegrain cereal with premium oats - Toasted Oaty Flakes.
  
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• Simplot buys three sauces brands in Australia

  08-08-2016 09:48
  
  Simplot, the US-based agri-food group, has acquired three cooking sauce brands in Australia held under licence by UK food business Symington's from Unilever.
  
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• Fonterra announces 2016/2017 earnings per share

  08-08-2016 09:48
  
  Fonterra has issued a forecast for "solid" earnings per share for the dairy giant's 2017 financial year, although the company conceded its estimate for the farmgate milk price it will pay farmers means suppliers face a "challenging season".
  
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• BayWa books first-half boost aided by NZ's T&G

  08-08-2016 09:08
  Germany-based agribusiness BayWa has booked an 18% EBIT increase boosted by the performance of its majority-owned New Zealand-based T&G fruit export business.
  
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• FDA issues warnings to seafood, beef and vegetable facilities - Food Safety News

  08-08-2016 07:40
  FDA issues warnings to seafood, beef and vegetable facilities
  Food Safety News
  The most recently posted warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration went to a seafood exporter in Indonesia, a beef operation in Missouri, an acidified foods manufacturer in Virginia, a vegetable processor in Washington state, and a ...
  
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• Largest food facilities must meet preventive rule by Sept. 16 - Food Safety News

  08-08-2016 07:10
  
  Food Safety News
  Largest food facilities must meet preventive rule by Sept. 16
  Food Safety News
  That's how Donna Garren, regulatory affairs and technical specialist with the American Frozen Food Institute, describes the challenge that food facilities are grappling with as they move toward the deadline for compliance with the Food and Drug ...
  
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• Stone receives OSU award

  08-08-2016 07:00
  Ohio State University has named Herbert Stone the recipient of the 2016 Harris Award, which is given annually to recognize excellence in and contributions to the discipline of food science.
  
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• Kent Precision Foods acquires PouchTec Industries

  08-08-2016 07:00
  Kent, a family-owned food products and animal feed manufacturer, and PouchTec Industries have announced that Kent subsidiary Kent Precision Foods Group (KPFG), headquartered in St. Louis, has acquired PouchTec effective July 29, 2016.
  
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• Hearthside Food Solutions acquires Oak State Products

  08-08-2016 07:00
  Hearthside Food Solutions has announced the acquisition of Oak State Products, a privately held contract manufacturer of cookies, bars, and other baked foods located in Wenona, Ill.
  
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• Frutarom buys Redbrook of Ireland

  08-08-2016 07:00
  Frutarom Industries, a manufacturer of flavors and specialty fine ingredients, has signed an agreement to purchase 100% of the shares of the Irish company Redbrook Ingredients Services for approximately $44.8 million.
  
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• Food truck owner frets over family's struggle to eat in Venezuela - WRAL.com

  08-08-2016 01:04
  
  WRAL.com
  Food truck owner frets over family's struggle to eat in Venezuela
  WRAL.com
  In Venezuela, falling oil prices, and, some say, the government's failure, have led to a very troubled economy and food shortages for common people. Triangle-area relatives, including Maricol Tinea, owner of The Corner Venezuelan food truck, watch with ...and more »
  
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