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• The food market in 2017 - the food policy hotspots in Latin America, Asia and Australia

  24-01-2017 18:52
  In part two of his survey of the food policy areas to watch worldwide in 2017, just-food's contributing editor Ben Cooper runs the rule over the likely developments in Latin America, Asia and Australia this year.
  
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• The food market in 2017 - the food policy hotspots in Latin America, Asia and Australasia

  24-01-2017 18:52
  In part two of his survey of the food policy areas to watch worldwide in 2017, just-food's contributing editor Ben Cooper runs the rule over the likely developments in Latin America, Asia and Australia this year.
  
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• Walsh Mushrooms buys Irish peer Golden Mushrooms amid Brexit-sparked "volatility"

  24-01-2017 18:23
  Ireland-based Walsh Mushrooms has acquired local peer Golden Mushrooms, a deal it called "a positive move" for the sector as it readjusts after the UK's vote to leave the EU.
  
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• COFCO Meat Holdings expects jump in FY profits

  24-01-2017 18:02
  
  COFCO Meat Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed pork processor, has said it expects to report a jump in annual profits in March.
  
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• The next anchor at your mall could be a food hall - MarketWatch

  24-01-2017 16:13
  
  MarketWatch
  The next anchor at your mall could be a food hall
  MarketWatch
  As department stores struggle, a new type of tenant may take their place: food halls. “Food will be an anchor tenant for many major real-estate developments in this country,” said Damian Mogavero, a culinary industry insider who spoke to MarketWatch ...
  
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• Seafood producer chooses stainless solution

  24-01-2017 15:00
  
  "Once you go stainless, you should never have to repair or replace that again," says Rob Sinico, Gorton's.
  
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• Beingmate Baby & Child Food forecasts 2016 loss

  24-01-2017 14:42
  
  Beingmate Baby & Child Food, the China-based infant formula business, has said it expects to post a net loss of CNY750-800m for 2016.
  
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• Dutch government agency recommends eating less meat

  24-01-2017 14:36
  A Dutch government agency today (24 January) recommended eating less meat and increasing consumption of vegetables as part of a "comprehensive approach" to combating chronic diseases.
  
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• Australia's Gundagai Meat Processors start expansion project

  24-01-2017 13:57
  
  Australia's Gundagai Meat Processors (GMP) has started work on an AUD30m (US$22.7m) expansion project to upgrade operations at its plant in Gundagai, New South Wales, with the creation of 76 new full-time jobs.
  
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• The world's fastest-growing population is also a massively untapped food and fashion market - Quartz

  24-01-2017 13:46
  
  The world's fastest-growing population is also a massively untapped food and fashion market
  Quartz
  Imagine a group of more than 1 billion consumers who are underserved in the conventional marketplace yet eager to purchase goods that suit their particular lifestyle. Wouldn't you want in? A report by Euromonitor estimates that Muslims will make up ...and more »
  
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• Reuters Award Seeks Food Writers for Cash Prize - Food Tank (blog)

  24-01-2017 13:33
  
  Food Tank (blog)
  Reuters Award Seeks Food Writers for Cash Prize
  Food Tank (blog)
  Through May 31, 2017, The Thomas Reuters Foundation and Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition are calling all journalists, bloggers, freelancers, and individuals covering a variety of food issues to enter for a chance to win €10,000 (US$10,743), ...
  
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• Food truck owner sees Super Bowl opportunity as game changer - KHOU.com

  24-01-2017 12:13
  
  KHOU.com
  Food truck owner sees Super Bowl opportunity as game changer
  KHOU.com
  Several food truck business owners are relishing the opportunity to serve food during Super Bowl events. Larry Seward, KHOU 11:10 PM. CST January 23, 2017. Patricia Jackson-Harris, owner of Miss Patty's Seafood-N-Chicken, considers serving food at ...
  
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• J & J Snack Foods books higher Q1 sales, earnings

  24-01-2017 11:36
  US group J & J Snack Foods has booked increased sales and earnings for its first quarter, boosted by its foodservice business.
  
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• 'Speed Dating' For Farmers And Chefs: ISO A Perfect Local-Food Match - NPR

  24-01-2017 11:05
  
  NPR
  'Speed Dating' For Farmers And Chefs: ISO A Perfect Local-Food Match
  NPR
  Last week, as official Washington obsessed over the Coming Of Trump, there was a gathering in our nation's capital that had almost nothing to do with the inauguration or politics. It took place at a sleek and stylish restaurant/brewery called ...and more »
  
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• 4 new ways to stop food cravings - Fox News

  24-01-2017 11:04
  
  Fox News
  4 new ways to stop food cravings
  Fox News
  Day after day it's the same story. You get up and have a balanced breakfast (egg whites), and it's salad for lunch. You're planning to work out, and google-ing healthy dinner recipes--you're on track for a day of absolutely perfect eating. And then the ...
  
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• This simple trick will keep food fresh longer - AOL News

  24-01-2017 11:02
  
  AOL News
  This simple trick will keep food fresh longer
  AOL News
  This post was created by our Shop on AOL curators, who share the best products at great prices. Are you constantly throwing out spoiled food? This simple trick for vacuum sealing your food will keep it fresh three times longer! Meet the Air Lock Vacuum ...
  
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• Creator of 'PetsWell Pantry' strives to provide pets with fresh, organic food all across the country - kjrh.com

  24-01-2017 10:07
  
  kjrh.com
  Creator of 'PetsWell Pantry' strives to provide pets with fresh, organic food all across the country
  kjrh.com
  TULSA -- An idea to improve the health of pets and prolong their lives led one woman in Green Country to launch her own line of pet food products. Lien Alsup started PetsWell Pantry in 2015 because she wanted what was best for her own two dogs, and she ...and more »
  
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• Pinnacle Foods updates 2016 earnings forecast

  24-01-2017 09:19
  
  Pinnacle Foods, the US group behind brands including Duncan Hines and Gardein, has provided a new forecast for its 2016 underlying earnings per share.
  
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• Why - as it stands - takeover of Mead Johnson is unlikely

  24-01-2017 08:59
  A new year, re-heated M&A speculation. Takeover talk is again centred on US-based infant formula group Mead Johnson, often seen as a target since it was spun off by pharma group Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2009. In the past, the chatter has focused on whether Danone would buy the Enfamil maker. Now, Nestle is in the spotlight. However, as Dean Best reports, such a deal looks unlikely - and, at present, the prospect of other suitors appears just as slim.
  
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• Aryzta blames "disappointing" trading on US costs, Brexit impact

  24-01-2017 08:59
  Aryzta today (24 January) warned the underlying earnings for its current financial year were "tracking around 20%" down on the previous 12 months, with the bakery products supplier pointing to challenges in North America and the impact of Brexit.
  
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• Ukraine-based confectioner Roshen to halt production at Russian plant

  24-01-2017 08:23
  
  Ukraine-based confectioner Roshen, owned by the country's president Petro Poroshenko, plans to halt production at its Lipetsk confectionery plant in Russia in April with the expected loss of around 700 jobs.
  
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• Sprout Fresh Food Store to open in Pontiac - The Oakland Press

  24-01-2017 07:55
  
  The Oakland Press
  Sprout Fresh Food Store to open in Pontiac
  The Oakland Press
  Cole Yoakum, founder of Micah 6 community, stands in front of the Sprout Fresh Food Store, 580 Huron St. in Pontiac, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Photo By Natalie Broda. By Natalie Broda, [email protected],, @NatalieBroda on Twitter.
  
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• USDA invests $13.6 million in citrus greening research

  24-01-2017 07:00
  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced four grants totaling more than $13.6 million to combat the citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing).
  
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• Mondelēz divests Australian grocery business

  24-01-2017 07:00
  Mondelēz International has reached an agreement to sell most of its grocery business in Australia and New Zealand to Bega Cheese for $460 million AUD (approximately $348 million USD).
  
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• GanedenBC30 receives GRAS status for use in infant formulas

  24-01-2017 07:00
  Ganeden has announced that GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) has been granted GRAS status for infant formulas from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
  
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• FDA announces draft guidance to help sprout operations maintain safety

  24-01-2017 07:00
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued for public comment a draft guidance to help sprout operations meet new standards designed to help keep sprouts free of contamination and safe for consumers to eat.
  
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• Chen receives WFFC scholarship

  24-01-2017 07:00
  The Women in Flavor and Fragrance Commerce (WFFC) awarded IFT student member Christina Chen with its 2017 WFFC Flavor Scholarship Award.
  
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• BASF, Nuritas collaborate to discover new bioactive peptides

  24-01-2017 07:00
  BASF Human Nutrition and Nuritas have announced a collaboration to discover and commercialize health-benefiting bioactive peptide networks within specific target areas.
  
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• Ardent Mills joins Partners in Food Solutions to strengthen Africa’s food security

  24-01-2017 07:00
  Ardent Mills, the flour-milling and ingredient company, is joining Partners in Food Solutions, a U.S. nonprofit, as its newest corporate partner.
  
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• US lawmakers propose sanctions for Venezuela food corruption - The Denver Post

  24-01-2017 05:31
  
  The Denver Post
  US lawmakers propose sanctions for Venezuela food corruption
  The Denver Post
  A youth uses his pillow as a bag to collect rice from the pavement that shook loose from a food cargo truck waiting to enter the port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, the port that handles the majority of Venezuela's food imports. By The Associated Press ...and more »
  
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• As food scene grows, Triangle is hungry for more - WRAL.com

  24-01-2017 04:30
  
  WRAL.com
  As food scene grows, Triangle is hungry for more
  WRAL.com
  Raleigh, N.C. — Triangle Restaurant Week kicked off Monday with more than 90 restaurants offering lunch and dinner pre-fix meals. Triangle Restaurant Week has been around for a decade and, in that time, the food scene has grown and the Triangle still ...
  
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• Store has been in Skyland neighborhood 65 years - The Denver Post

  24-01-2017 04:00
  
  The Denver Post
  Store has been in Skyland neighborhood 65 years
  The Denver Post
  Gerald Hamel, left, helps customers Steve Gaskin and Rick Jennings II, right, at the check out counter. Both Gaskin's and Jennings's families have been shopping at the Mart for many years. Frank's Food Mart, an establishment in the north Park Hill ...
  
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• Food Truck Invasion returns to Indian RiverSide Park in Jensen Beach - TCPalm

  24-01-2017 03:54
  
  TCPalm
  Food Truck Invasion returns to Indian RiverSide Park in Jensen Beach
  TCPalm
  Holly Wich, of Jensen beach, dives into a platter of french fries and barbecued meats alongside her boyfriend, Austin Hilton, of Port St. Lucie, who eats a pulled pork sandwich, at the Jensen Beach Food Truck Invasion event Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, at ...
  
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• Fast food worker accused of putting blood on burger turns self in - WSPA.com

  24-01-2017 03:40
  
  WSPA.com
  Fast food worker accused of putting blood on burger turns self in
  WSPA.com
  COLUMBUS, Miss. (WJTV) — Columbus Police have made an arrest in the criminal investigation where a fast food worker allegedly put menstrual blood on a customer's hamburger. According to the Columbus Commercial Dispatch, 18-year-old Sky Juliett ...
  Fast-Food Worker Accused Of Smearing Menstrual Blood On BurgerHuffington Post
  Former Jack's Worker Accused of Food Contaminating SurrendersWCBIall 8 news ar
  
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• Food truck gathering place to close - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

  24-01-2017 01:29
  
  Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  Food truck gathering place to close
  Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  The Makers and Tasters food truck marketplace at Kewalo Basin will close after Friday's Eat the Street event, the company announced today. The first Eat the Street of the year will be the last event staged at the 1011 Ala Moana Blvd. site by Street ...
  Food truck park, marketplace closing; Eat the Street moves to Kakaako Waterfront ParkKHON2all 3 news articles »
  
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• N.J. shop owner admits $840K food stamp fraud scheme - NJ.com

  24-01-2017 00:34
  
  NJ.com
  N.J. shop owner admits $840K food stamp fraud scheme
  NJ.com
  TRENTON -- An Irvington man on Monday admitted in federal court to running a food stamps-for-cash scheme that cost the government more than $800,000 over two years. Miguel Antonio Azcona pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Mary L. Cooper in ...
  
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• Top 10 trends at the San Francisco Winter Fancy Food Show - The Mercury News

  24-01-2017 00:00
  
  The Mercury News
  Top 10 trends at the San Francisco Winter Fancy Food Show
  The Mercury News
  Cheese by the truckload, salumi by the boatload — San Francisco's annual Winter Fancy Food Show is a glutton's paradise. More than 1,400 food purveyors from around the world attended this year's specialty food trade show, which runs Jan. 22-24 at ...
  Food show spins protein, beets and, yes, kombuchaSFGateall 2 news articles »
  
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