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• Do fast-food calorie labels really help? - CBS News

  29-11-2016 23:53
  
  CBS News
  Do fast-food calorie labels really help?
  CBS News
  Does it help to know that a double quarter-pounder with cheese delivers 740 calories? Probably not, a new study suggests. Starting next May, fast-food chains with more than 20 locations in the United States must display calorie counts on menus. But ...and more »
  
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• Cuomo Vetoes Bill to Bring Healthy Food to More New Yorkers - Natural Resources Defense Council

  29-11-2016 23:22
  
  Natural Resources Defense Council
  Cuomo Vetoes Bill to Bring Healthy Food to More New Yorkers
  Natural Resources Defense Council
  While families across the country gathered together to give thanks and celebrate at dinner tables near and far, legislation sat on Governor Cuomo's desk that would have helped increase the amount of fresh, healthy food available to vulnerable New Yorkers.
  Cuomo vetoes food-bank credit for farmersThe Journal News | LoHud.com
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• Fast Food, Airport, And Health Care Workers Stage Nationwide Walkout - The Consumerist

  29-11-2016 22:58
  
  The Consumerist
  Fast Food, Airport, And Health Care Workers Stage Nationwide Walkout
  The Consumerist
  The threatened strike of low-paid workers at Chicago's O'Hare airport didn't happen at Thanksgiving time as originally proposed, but did occur today as part of a nationwide series of strikes. In some cities, protesters blocking public streets were ...
  Fast food, health workers demonstrate at Denver airportMiami Heraldall 76 news articles »
  
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• Chicago failing on food safety inspections, audit finds - Chicago Tribune

  29-11-2016 22:40
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Chicago failing on food safety inspections, audit finds
  Chicago Tribune
  Kimberly Franklin, a Chicago Department of Public Health sanitarian, inspects soft drink nozzles at a Subway restaurant in the South Loop in 2013. An audit by the city's Office of Inspector General shows fewer than half of city food establishments ...and more »
  
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• Chicago failing on food safety inspections, audit finds - Chicago ... - Chicago Tribune

  29-11-2016 22:40
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Chicago failing on food safety inspections, audit finds - Chicago ...
  Chicago Tribune
  New audit finds Chicago food inspections to be "curious and troubling landscape."
  City Rarely Inspects Restaurants (Until Food Poisoning Reported ...DNAinfoall 9 news articles »
  
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• Restaurant employee touches hair, nose before handling food,... - Local 10

  29-11-2016 22:08
  
  Local 10
  Restaurant employee touches hair, nose before handling food,...
  Local 10
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - An employee inside Marge's Garden Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale was observed touching his hair and nose before handling food. Not only that, but state records also show that the employee continuously wiped his hands on a ...and more »
  
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• Cuomo vetoes food-bank credit for farmers - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  29-11-2016 21:58
  
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Cuomo vetoes food-bank credit for farmers
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  ALBANY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Monday again vetoed a bill that would give farmers a tax break worth up to $5,000 a year for food donated to food banks. The vetoed legislation would have allowed professional farmers to claim a tax credit worth 25 ...
  Cuomo Vetoes Bill to Bring Healthy Food to More New YorkersNatural Resources Defense Councilall 47 news articles »
  
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• City Rarely Inspects Restaurants (Until Food Poisoning Reported): Watchdog - DNAinfo

  29-11-2016 20:47
  
  DNAinfo
  City Rarely Inspects Restaurants (Until Food Poisoning Reported): Watchdog
  DNAinfo
  Less than half of Chicago restaurants were inspected for food safety during 2015 as required by state law, according to an audit released Tuesday by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson. View Full Caption. Shutterstock. CITY HALL — Less than half of ...and more »
  
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• Filipino Food Worth the Wait at Bad Saint in Washington - New York Times

  29-11-2016 20:22
  New York Times
  Filipino Food Worth the Wait at Bad Saint in Washington
  New York Times
  WASHINGTON — I have now spent roughly twice as many hours standing on the sidewalk outside Bad Saint as I have spent inside eating its Filipino food. This is not an ideal ratio, but at least I had company. Bad Saint, in this city's Columbia Heights ...
  
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• Funds still needed for new Smithville Food Pantry facility - Austin American-Statesman

  29-11-2016 20:00
  
  Austin American-Statesman
  Funds still needed for new Smithville Food Pantry facility
  Austin American-Statesman
  A new 3,500 square-foot building for the Smithville Food Pantry is planned at MLK and Lee streets. FRAN HUNTER/ FOR SMITHVILLE TIMES. Smithville Food Pantry is one step closer to breaking ground on its new facility after receiving a zoning change and ...
  
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• Consumers don't expect low-fat food to taste good - MarketWatch

  29-11-2016 19:32
  
  MarketWatch
  Consumers don't expect low-fat food to taste good
  MarketWatch
  Consumers in a study rated cheese with health-related labels lower in taste than the same cheese with regular labels. By. BeckieStrum. Consumers might be demanding more low-fat food, but new research suggests that perhaps they'd be better off not ...
  
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• Healthier food, drink options for your holiday celebrations - Chicago Sun-Times

  29-11-2016 19:00
  
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Healthier food, drink options for your holiday celebrations
  Chicago Sun-Times
  It's that time of the year again, the season when it seems all the butter, sugar and carbs that find themselves shunned during the warmer months come home to roost in the form of back-to-back family dinners, office holiday parties, potlucks with ...
  
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• NASA is engineering calorie-dense food bars to feed astronauts bound for Mars - Quartz

  29-11-2016 18:53
  
  Quartz
  NASA is engineering calorie-dense food bars to feed astronauts bound for Mars
  Quartz
  NASA is developing a line of high-tech, nutrient-dense food bars for its planned Orion missions into space. They are meant for sustaining space travelers during the two-and-a-half years it will take to fly to Mars and back. When it comes to packing ...
  NASA developing food bars light enough for astronauts to bring to MarsA.V. Cluball 21 news articles »
  
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• Cranswick to open new UK plant

  29-11-2016 18:28
  Cranswick, the UK food group, is to open a new factory to expand the production of its olives, antipasti and pizza toppings arm Continental Fine Foods.
  
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• The "Internet Of Food," DNA Testing, And The Quest For The Perfect Diet - Fast Company

  29-11-2016 18:22
  
  Fast Company
  The "Internet Of Food," DNA Testing, And The Quest For The Perfect Diet
  Fast Company
  You are what you eat. But everybody's different, and everybody should eat differently. Technology can help. The "Internet Of Food," DNA Testing, And The Quest For The Perfect. [Photo: Flickr user S T K J A]. Mike Elgan 11.29.16 11:30 AM. "Let food be ...
  
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• investigators search for origin of fatal food in Antioch - KFSN-TV

  29-11-2016 18:20
  
  KFSN-TV
  investigators search for origin of fatal food in Antioch
  KFSN-TV
  The meal was served on Thursday at the American Legion Hall on West 6th and E streets in Antioch. Health department investigators are interviewing patients and testing samples as they try to determine what killed three people and made five others sick.
  Possible foodborne illness strikes Northern California familyFood Safety Newsall 65 news articles »
  
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• Big City Food Migrates to Florida - New York Times

  29-11-2016 18:16
  New York Times
  Big City Food Migrates to Florida
  New York Times
  Florida is upping its chic quotient with the importing of two New York City institutions. Sant Ambroeus, the Italian restaurant that has outposts on the Upper East Side as well as in SoHo, the West Village and Southampton, has arrived in Palm Beach ...
  
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• Vitasoy H1 profits rise despite US disposal hitting sales

  29-11-2016 18:15
  
  Hong Kong-listed plant-based food and beverage maker Vitasoy International Holdings grew its profits in the first half of its financial year despite the sale of much its business in the US leading to a drop in revenue.
  
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• 5 Sustainable Food Getaways in America's Green Pastures - Forbes - Forbes

  29-11-2016 18:11
  
  Forbes
  5 Sustainable Food Getaways in America's Green Pastures - Forbes
  Forbes
  When my wife and I travel, we always try to stay at hotels that focus on sustainability, not only in their overall practices but also in their restaurant. Over the past ...and more »
  
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• 5 Sustainable Food Getaways in America's Green Pastures - Forbes

  29-11-2016 18:10
  
  Forbes
  5 Sustainable Food Getaways in America's Green Pastures
  Forbes
  When my wife and I travel, we always try to stay at hotels that focus on sustainability, not only in their overall practices but also in their restaurant. Over the past decade, it's become much easier to find hotels that recognize the value in serving ...and more »
  
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• Lithuanian dairy firm Vilkyskiu Pienine sees profits recover

  29-11-2016 17:50
  Vilkyskiu Pienine, the Lithuania-based dairy firm, has booked a profit for the first nine months of the year after running up loss at the halfway point of 2016.
  
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• Dr Oetker outlines 2020 sales "vision" for India

  29-11-2016 17:27
  Dr Oetker is looking to grow its sales in India more than six-fold by 2020 on the back of the growth of categories in which the Germany-based food giant already operates in the country, range expansion and entering new sectors.
  
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• 26 arrested in fast-food, airport workers' protest for higher pay in New York - WABC-TV

  29-11-2016 17:07
  
  WABC-TV
  26 arrested in fast-food, airport workers' protest for higher pay in New York
  WABC-TV
  Anthony Johnson reports from Newark Airport, where workers protested in a push for higher pay. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan). WABC. Eyewitness News. Tuesday, November 29, 2016 02:49PM. LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) --. Hundreds of workers ...and more »
  
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• Nestle loses Singapore appeal hearing on Kit Kat trademark

  29-11-2016 17:05
  Singapore's Court of Appeal has dismissed a move by Nestle to overturn an earlier ruling in the country that said the company's trademarks on the shape of its Kit Kat bar must be removed.
  
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• Could Honey Bee Brood Be a Food of the Future? - Seeker

  29-11-2016 16:17
  
  Seeker
  Could Honey Bee Brood Be a Food of the Future?
  Seeker
  A new study investigates the potential of honey bee larvae and pupae to help feed a growing human population. BY RICHARD FARRELL. Thinkstock/Inventori. Could honey bee brood (larvae and pupae) graduate from a niche delicacy to a more widely eaten ...and more »
  
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• Pilgrim's Pride swoops for US poultry peer GNP

  29-11-2016 14:44
  
  Pilgrim's Pride has struck a deal to buy fellow US poultry processor GNP for US$350m.
  
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• McCormick to buy Italian flavours business Enrico Giotti

  29-11-2016 14:41
  US spices and seasonings group McCormick & Co. said today (29 November) it is to acquire Italian flavours business Enrico Giotti.
  
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• Food and photos: the simple things that connect you to Final Fantasy XV - The Verge

  29-11-2016 14:25
  
  The Verge
  Food and photos: the simple things that connect you to Final Fantasy XV
  The Verge
  Final Fantasy XV's world is a fantastical place filled with magic-powered robots, flying cars, towering monsters, and powerful weapons locked away in ancient tombs. But it's also a game where you can sit by a campfire and slurp some instant ramen with ...and more »
  
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• PepsiCo launches Merry Milkman cottage cheese in Kyrgyzstan

  29-11-2016 14:15
  
  PepsiCo has launched a cottage cheese product under its Merry Milkman brand in Kyrgyzstan with the start-up of a new production line at its Bishkeksut facility in the country.
  
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• Nomad Foods claims "progress" as sales fall again

  29-11-2016 13:27
  Nomad Foods, the UK-based frozen foods group, today (29 November) claimed to be making progress despite reporting another quarter of falling sales.
  
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• Water cuts and rising food prices leave Mosul facing crisis - Reuters

  29-11-2016 13:18
  
  Reuters
  Water cuts and rising food prices leave Mosul facing crisis
  Reuters
  An Iraqi soldier holds an Islamist State flag, after pulling it down during a military operation against Islamic State militants in Al-Qasar, southeast of Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani. 10/10. left. right. An Iraqi soldier ...and more »
  
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• Aldi launches own-label infant formula in UK

  29-11-2016 13:10
  Aldi has started selling an own-label line of infant formula in the UK for the first time.
  
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• Snyder's-Lance sells Diamond of California culinary nut business

  29-11-2016 12:33
  Snyder's-Lance is to sell the Diamond of California culinary nut business the US snack maker acquired last year through its acquisition of Kettle Chips maker Diamond Foods.
  
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• Research finds common grass could help boost food security - Phys.Org

  29-11-2016 12:18
  
  Phys.Org
  Research finds common grass could help boost food security
  Phys.Org
  Australian researchers have discovered that the common Panic grasses could hold the secret to increasing the yields of cereal crops and help feed the world with increasing temperature extremes and a population of nearly 10 billion people by 2050.
  
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• 7 Food Network chef scandals - Fox News

  29-11-2016 11:58
  
  Fox News
  7 Food Network chef scandals
  Fox News
  The Food Network employs the many of the top trendy, charismatic chefs, but those cooking experts don't always behave themselves. The network has had its fair share of scandals. Here are some of the moments that made headlines: ...
  
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• Granarolo invests in Italian free-from firm San Lucio

  29-11-2016 11:21
  Italian dairy business Granarolo has acquired a 30% stake in local lactose-free cheese snacks business San Lucio.
  
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• This may be why you fall into a food coma, according to science - Fox News

  29-11-2016 11:02
  
  Fox News
  This may be why you fall into a food coma, according to science
  Fox News
  The “food coma” is a well-known phenomenon. Who hasn't taken a seat at the Thanksgiving table, eaten their weight in sweet potato casserole, and promptly fallen asleep in front of the TV? It seems the after-dinner snooze effect is real, but scientists ...
  
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• Granarolo moves into bakery through Pandea Dietetica buy

  29-11-2016 09:28
  Granarolo, the Italian dairy business, has continued its diversification with a move into the bakery sector through the acquisition of local business Pandea Dietetica.
  
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• Cranswick H1 sales, profits buoyed by lower input prices

  29-11-2016 09:22
  Cranswick today (29 November) booked higher half-year sales and earnings, with lower input prices driving the UK-listed meat processor's "strong" volume growth.
  
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• CSM Bakery Solutions dismisses Moody's downgrades

  29-11-2016 09:12
  CSM Bakery Solutions has brushed off downgrades from credit agency Moody's, with the US bakery group insisting it is looking forward to a "successful" 2017.
  
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• Australian baker Temptation Bakeries sold to Bakers Investment Group

  29-11-2016 08:34
  Australian baker Temptation Bakeries has been sold to private-equity firm Bakers Investment Group for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Tempered U.S. restaurant industry growth for 2017

  29-11-2016 07:00
  As consumer traffic declines, it appears that both 2016 and 2017 will not be as positive as first anticipated based on Technomic’s U.S. restaurant industry forecast released in May 2016.
  
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• Protein and salt may drive post-meal sleepiness

  29-11-2016 07:00
  A study published in the journal eLife shows that higher protein and salt content in food, in addition to the amount consumed, may lead to increased drowsiness after eating.
  
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• Pilgrim's Pride buys GNP for $350 million

  29-11-2016 07:00
  Pilgrim’s Pride has announced a definitive agreement to acquire GNP, a provider of premium branded chicken products in the Upper Midwest region of the United States, for $350 million.
  
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• Clasen unveils new name

  29-11-2016 07:00
  Clasen Quality Coatings has announced the company is changing its name to Clasen Quality Chocolate (CQC), effective immediately.
  
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• Dining under Putin: How sanctions are fueling a Russian food revolution - CNN

  29-11-2016 06:16
  
  CNN
  Dining under Putin: How sanctions are fueling a Russian food revolution
  CNN
  (CNN) Russia has always had a great tradition of making tasty meals from very little. Where else would you find fried eggs with jam, gelatinous aspic creations or almost microscopically chopped "okroshka" soups on the menu? With Moscow in the grip of ...and more »
  
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