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• China reviews plans for changes to e-commerce rules

  22-03-2017 23:09
  
  China appears to have decided against introducing tighter rules governing the country's cross-border e-commerce channel.
  
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• Pork dumplings recalled

  22-03-2017 21:38
  
  Los Angeles-based retail firm J & Y Dasung, conducting business as Som See Neh, has recalled about 178,335 pounds of frozen pork dumpling products that did not undergo federal inspection.
  
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• Mountain View: Off the Grid food fest returns to Computer History Museum - The Mercury News

  22-03-2017 21:29
  
  The Mercury News
  Mountain View: Off the Grid food fest returns to Computer History Museum
  The Mercury News
  The Off the Grid food truck festival will return Friday, March 24, to Mountain View. (Doug Duran/Staff archives). By Linda Zavoral | [email protected] |. PUBLISHED: March 22, 2017 at 1:29 pm | UPDATED: March 22, 2017 at 1:51 pm. The Off ...
  
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• Chipotle trying to regain trust after food-safety crisis tarnished reputation - Florida Times-Union

  22-03-2017 21:17
  
  Florida Times-Union
  Chipotle trying to regain trust after food-safety crisis tarnished reputation
  Florida Times-Union
  A sign for the Chipotle restaurant in Pittsburgh's Market Square is seen Feb. 8, 2016. (Associated Press, file). Chipotle Mexican Grill, whose rapid growth was fueled by millennials enamored of the chain's signature fresh ingredients, is looking to ...and more »
  
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• The Food Network made a clone of Kitchen Nightmares based on Yelp reviews - The Verge

  22-03-2017 20:57
  
  The Verge
  The Food Network made a clone of Kitchen Nightmares based on Yelp reviews
  The Verge
  What if you took Kitchen Nightmares and removed Gordon Ramsay? What if, instead of basing your restaurant improvement show around your host's expertise, can't-look-away vulgar tirades, and non-stop hustle, you centered everything around fussy Yelp ...
  
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• Farm Share of US 'Food Dollar' Slips Again - AgWeb

  22-03-2017 19:55
  AgWeb
  Farm Share of US 'Food Dollar' Slips Again
  AgWeb
  On average, the marketing share of a given food dollar is 84.4% and the farm share makes up the remaining 15.6%. © AgWeb. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas. December 18, 2014. By Ben Potter AgWeb.com. Social Media and Innovation Editor. Email. The share ...
  
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• Katie Couric Is a Master at Making Dirty Food Jokes - PEOPLE.com

  22-03-2017 19:35
  
  PEOPLE.com
  Katie Couric Is a Master at Making Dirty Food Jokes
  PEOPLE.com
  Katie Couric, award-winning journalist, philanthropist and global anchor for Yahoo! News, has a funny side. While on set of her online cooking show, Full Plate with Katie & John, Couric cracked herself up with more than one dirty joke about food. “Let ...and more »
  
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• Immigrant Food Factory Workers Threatened with Mass Termination Choose Resistance - Common Dreams

  22-03-2017 19:34
  Immigrant Food Factory Workers Threatened with Mass Termination Choose Resistance
  Common Dreams
  WASHINGTON - Workers, elected officials and community supporters rallied outside Tom Cat Bakery Wednesday to protest the threatened mass firing of dozens of immigrant workers following a Department of Homeland Security investigation. As members of ...and more »
  
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• Summer food service program training opportunities coming up - The Gleaner

  22-03-2017 19:28
  
  The Gleaner
  Summer food service program training opportunities coming up
  The Gleaner
  Renata Wolfe, left, and Penny Griffin cut up and sing as they prepare fruit cups for the Henderson County Schools Summer Feeding Program at HCHS Wednesday morning, June 25, 2014. All the food for the 9 feeding locations is prepared at the high school ...and more »
  
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• Meet lohud food writer Joanna Prisco at Beerfest - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  22-03-2017 18:59
  
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Meet lohud food writer Joanna Prisco at Beerfest
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Beer lovers can spend Saturday afternoon sampling beers and microbrews from local breweries at Beerfest Westchester. Also on hand will be the Irish-by-way-of-Yonkers rock band Shilelagh Law. In between samples, stop by the lohud booth and meet food ...
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About Food This Week - Washingtonian.com

  22-03-2017 18:50
  
  Washingtonian.com
  Everything You Need to Know About Food This Week
  Washingtonian.com
  Every week, Washingtonian food editor Jessica Sidman rehashes the latest news from Washington's food and drink scene in a newsletter, which you can subscribe to here. Hi there,. Food Editor Jessica Sidman here. Well, the cherry blossoms might be a bit ...
  
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• Jewish Food Festival on Sunday in Schenectady - Albany Times Union

  22-03-2017 18:49
  
  Albany Times Union
  Jewish Food Festival on Sunday in Schenectady
  Albany Times Union
  Sue Kimball from Clifton Park, and a member of the Congregation Gates of Heaven, pulls out a tray of knishes from the oven on Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Schenectady, N.Y. Members of the synagogue are working ... more. Photo: PAUL BUCKOWSKI.
  
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• Mom Sued For Food Fight Beatdown - TMZ.com

  22-03-2017 18:20
  
  TMZ.com
  Mom Sued For Food Fight Beatdown
  TMZ.com
  0322_Danielle-Bregoli_tmz Danielle Bregoli, aka the "Cash Me Outside" girl, is being accused of unleashing a can of whoop ass on a 27-year-old Florida woman ... but it's her mom who's being sued for the beatdown. Bregoli's mom, Barbara Ann, is named in ...and more »
  
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• This Restaurant Plates Food on the Back of Your Hand - Eater

  22-03-2017 18:16
  
  Eater
  This Restaurant Plates Food on the Back of Your Hand
  Eater
  Diners are accustomed to eating food with their hands — but how about eating food off the back of their hands? To kick off the nine-course tasting menu at his new restaurant Brown & Bean in Plymouth, England chef Anton Piotrowski plates each element ...and more »
  
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• Brazil seeks to cool concerns over meat probe

  22-03-2017 18:12
  Brazil, facing an increasing number of countries putting restrictions on its meat exports, has attempted to emphasise its probe into alleged corruption in the country's meat industry is focusing on specific incidents and to talk up the quality of production.
  
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• Kraft Food Ingredients adds Heinz brands to portfolio - Chicago Daily Herald

  22-03-2017 17:04
  Chicago Daily Herald
  Kraft Food Ingredients adds Heinz brands to portfolio
  Chicago Daily Herald
  GLENVIEW -- Kraft Food Ingredients has added Heinz Ketchup and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce. along with a variety of Heinz vinegars, relishes and sauces to its portfolio of brand products. The products are now available in several sizes and ...
  
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• Andrew Puzder replaced as fast-food company's CEO - The Commercial Appeal

  22-03-2017 16:52
  
  The Commercial Appeal
  Andrew Puzder replaced as fast-food company's CEO
  The Commercial Appeal
  According to a report on Tuesday, Andrew Puzder, who withdrew his name from consideration as nominee for U.S. Labor Secretary, is stepping down as CEO of CKE Restaurants Holdings in April this year. USA TODAY. Puzder-photo. Andrew Puzder has ...
  Andrew Puzder to step down as CKE fast-food CEO in April: companyReutersall 46 news articles »
  
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• Irish dairy Ornua eyes south-east Asia push

  22-03-2017 15:47
  Ireland-based dairy business Ornua is lining up a fresh push into south-east Asia.
  
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• Watch: Helena's Is Home to the Best Hawaiian Food on Oahu - Eater

  22-03-2017 15:35
  
  Eater
  Watch: Helena's Is Home to the Best Hawaiian Food on Oahu
  Eater
  Helena's Hawaiian Food is one of Oahu's most respected institutions. First opened in 1946 by Helen Chock, the restaurant won the James Beard Foundation Regional Classic Award in 2000 for its simple menu of traditional island offerings. Helena's is a ...
  
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• Food donations in Utah thin after the holidays - Daily Herald

  22-03-2017 15:02
  
  Daily Herald
  Food donations in Utah thin after the holidays
  Daily Herald
  After the rush of holiday cheer and feelings of giving and service, the supply at food pantries and food banks tends to thin — but hunger continues. According to Mike Carter, founder of Tabitha's Way North Utah County, food donations are very high ...
  
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• Tell Us About The Most Popular Fast Food In Your Country - BuzzFeed News

  22-03-2017 14:50
  
  BuzzFeed News
  Tell Us About The Most Popular Fast Food In Your Country
  BuzzFeed News
  1. OK, guys, it's time to admit it: It might not be the ~healthiest~, but we all love fast food. It's delicious. And there's nothing wrong with enjoying a classic burger and fries. Tell Us About The Most Popular Fast Food In Your Country. View this ...and more »
  
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• UK food firms say voluntary sugar reduction target "impossible" by 2020

  22-03-2017 14:40
  The UK's Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said today (22 March) "it will not be technically possible or acceptable to consumers" to meet a voluntary 20% sugar reduction target by 2020 set by the government.
  
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• Sample these four food events in Seattle this weekend - The Seattle Times

  22-03-2017 14:02
  
  The Seattle Times
  Sample these four food events in Seattle this weekend
  The Seattle Times
  Cloudburst Brewing is one of the breweries at the Washington Cask Beer Festival. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times). Pike Place Market's Arcade Lights, Washington Cask Beer Festival, Taste Washington and Georgetown Bites all take place the weekend of ...and more »
  
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• Why companies should do internal audits during off hours

  22-03-2017 14:00
  
  Third-party auditors rarely come into food plants during night shift, which really is a mistake.
  
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• We Want You to Write About Food - Houston Press

  22-03-2017 13:02
  
  Houston Press
  We Want You to Write About Food
  Houston Press
  Do you obsess over food nonstop? Do you line up at the door of the newest restaurants in town or know about all sorts of hidden gems that never get covered, or have a particular fondness for Belgian Farmhouse Ales that you wish you could share with ...and more »
  
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• Danone invests in water sustainability at Spanish dairy plant

  22-03-2017 12:40
  
  French dairy giant Danone is investing around EUR2m (US$2.1m) to install a wastewater treatment system for its Tres Cantos yogurt and dairy products facility near Madrid, Spain.
  
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• General Mills sales woes continue - analysis

  22-03-2017 12:26
  General Mills this week reported another quarter of falling sales, leading industry watchers to wonder if the US food giant will lessen its focus on its margin target but, more critically, whether the company can revitalise its top line. Hannah Abdulla reports.
  
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• Her Memory Fading, Paula Wolfert Fights Back With Food - New York Times

  22-03-2017 11:01
  New York Times
  Her Memory Fading, Paula Wolfert Fights Back With Food
  New York Times
  Paula Wolfert, the pioneering cookbook author, in her kitchen in Sonoma, Calif. She follows a special diet she designed in hopes of combating dementia. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times. SONOMA, Calif. — The first thing Paula Wolfert wants to make ...
  
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• OFD Foods to build freeze-drying services plant

  22-03-2017 10:40
  Freeze-dried meals manufacturer OFD Foods has announced plans to build a US$25m facility in New York state with the creation of 30 full-time jobs.
  
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• Chinese supermarkets pull Brazil meat from shelves as food safety fears grow - Reuters

  22-03-2017 10:37
  
  Reuters
  Chinese supermarkets pull Brazil meat from shelves as food safety fears grow
  Reuters
  BEIJING Some of China's largest food suppliers have pulled Brazilian beef and poultry from their shelves in the first concrete sign that a deepening scandal over Brazil's meat processing industry is hitting business in its top export market. The moves ...
  Brazil's meat exports drop sharply amid food scareDeutsche Welleall 162 news articles »
  
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• Kraft Heinz sets cage-free egg, cutting carbon footprint deadline

  22-03-2017 09:19
  Kraft Heinz has announced a set of new sustainability targets that commit to decreasing its environmental footprint and creating a sustainable supply chain. 
  
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• Canada, Switzerland, Japan restrict Brazil meat imports

  22-03-2017 09:12
  Canada, Switzerland and Japan are among the latest markets to have issued restrictions on meat imports from Brazil as the fall-out from the Latin American country's investigation into its meatpacking sector continues.
  
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• Valio gets European Investment Bank loan for dairy product development

  22-03-2017 08:57
  Finnish dairy group Valio has been awarded a loan of up to EUR30m (US$32.4m) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the development of dairy products.
  
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• Swiss dairy Emmi books higher annual profits

  22-03-2017 08:37
  
  Switzerland-based dairy group Emmi today (22 March) reported a near-17% rise in annual profits, boosted by moves to improve its productivity.
  
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• SXSW panelists explore the food tech revolution

  22-03-2017 06:00
  Known for bringing tens of thousands of the most innovative people in technology from around the world, the recent SXSW Interactive conference featured sessions covering an array of topics—from health and government to design and branding. The conference also tackled the intersection of food and tech in specialized sessions that took place March 11–13 in Austin, Texas’ Driskill hotel.
  
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• Isoflavones may reduce mortality for women with breast cancer

  22-03-2017 06:00
  A study published in the journal Cancer suggests that post-diagnosis consumption of foods containing isoflavones—estrogen-like compounds primarily found in soy food—may be associated with a decrease in all-cause mortality for women with some breast cancers.
  
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• EU adopts new safety rules for agri-food chain

  22-03-2017 06:00
  The European Parliament has adopted the new Regulation on Official Controls, proposed by the European Commission, which provides a package of measures that will strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain.
  
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• Social media obsesses over 'unicorn' food - Fox5NY

  22-03-2017 04:01
  
  Fox5NY
  Social media obsesses over 'unicorn' food
  Fox5NY
  NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - What happened to the simple food we all grew up eating? If food doesn't present well on a plate, it may not be on a menu for much longer, according to Daniela Galarza from Eater.com. A colorful trend is picking up speed in the ...
  
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• US Hotel Chains to Target Food Waste by Rethinking Menus - Voice of America

  22-03-2017 00:43
  
  Voice of America
  US Hotel Chains to Target Food Waste by Rethinking Menus
  Voice of America
  FILE - About a third of food produced around the world is spoiled after harvest and during transportation, or thrown away by shops and consumers. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA). Share. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on Google+ · Email to a Friend.and more »
  
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