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• 2017 Top 100: The World’s Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies

  06-09-2017 21:30
  
  Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Mars, Cargill among top companies.
  
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• India's Ruchi Soya eyes corporate revamp

  06-09-2017 17:27
  Ruchi Soya is to look at plans to restructure the business in a bid to "unlock the value" of the Indian edible oil and soy foods supplier, its managing director has said.
  
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• Calavo books "record" sales but profits down on avocado harvest

  06-09-2017 17:22
  Calavo Growers posted "record" revenue in its third quarter but saw net income decline due to what the US fresh produce supplier said was an avocado crop "in transition'' and costs related to the "rapid expansion'' of its Renaissance Food Group arm.
  
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• Food industry anger at leaked UK 'plans' to end free movement of labour

  06-09-2017 16:16
  UK bodies representing the food industry and farming have given a big thumbs down to supposed government thinking on the free movement of labour into the country contained in a Home Office document leaked to The Guardian newspaper.
  
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• Tiger Shot By Cops In ATL After Attacking Dog Near Fast Food Joint - TMZ.com

  06-09-2017 15:57
  TMZ.com
  Tiger Shot By Cops In ATL After Attacking Dog Near Fast Food Joint
  TMZ.com
  An actual tiger got loose on the streets of Atlanta early Wednesday morning -- but was shot and killed by cops after it jumped into the backyard of a home and attacked a small dog. No word on where the tiger came from -- but it was spotted prowling ...
  
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• Food Network Goes Off Air After Every Possible Iteration Of Ingredient Combinations Completed - The Onion (satire)

  06-09-2017 15:02
  The Onion (satire)
  Food Network Goes Off Air After Every Possible Iteration Of Ingredient Combinations Completed
  The Onion (satire)
  NEW YORK—Causing hundreds of thousands of television sets to go black and silent across the nation, Food Network reportedly went off the air Tuesday evening after exhausting every possible combination of ingredients. “Unfortunately, after 24 years ...
  
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• Kosher baby food firm Bambinos opens facility in Alaska

  06-09-2017 14:48
  US firm Bambinos Baby Food, which specialises in kosher and organic meals, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Anchorage, Alaska.
  
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• East Texas Food Bank helping Harvey affected areas - cbs19.tv

  06-09-2017 14:44
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  East Texas Food Bank helping Harvey affected areas
  cbs19.tv
  TYLER, TX - The East Texas Food Bank in Tyler has been more busy than normal. It's the staging area for many of the donated food items across the country. The food bank has been open 7 days a week, sometimes at strange hours, making sure food gets ...
  
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• Emmi launches reduced-sugar YoQua yogurts

  06-09-2017 14:37
  Swiss dairy group Emmi is adding to its range of YoQua protein yogurts with the launch of two reduced sugar varieties to meet demand for more healthy foods.
  
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• Mars CEO Grant Reid issues rallying cry on climate change

  06-09-2017 14:23
  Grant Reid, the CEO of US-based Mars, has become the latest food industry chief executive to call for the sector to do more to alleviate its impact on climate change.
  
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• Inaugural Baltimore Food Truck Week coming in November - Baltimore Sun (blog)

  06-09-2017 14:11
  Baltimore Sun (blog)
  Inaugural Baltimore Food Truck Week coming in November
  Baltimore Sun (blog)
  Crowds gather at the Taste of Three Cities food truck festival in Patterson Park. As the weather cools, business drops for food trucks. An inaugural Baltimore Food Truck Week is planned for November to boost awareness of food trucks during colder months.
  
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• Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival founder dishes on her influences - OCRegister

  06-09-2017 14:05
  OCRegister
  Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival founder dishes on her influences
  OCRegister
  Stefanie Salem claims her greatest strengths are “grit, perseverance and a very positive attitude.” But there is even more to this statuesque brunette, creator of the Newport Beach Wine & Food Festival. She may don a big smile, but you can instantly ...
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About Denver Food + Wine Festival This Week - 303 Magazine

  06-09-2017 14:01
  303 Magazine
  Everything You Need to Know About Denver Food + Wine Festival This Week
  303 Magazine
  The Denver Food + Wine Festival started 13 years ago as a small, four-hour tasting event. Now, this huge, six-day festival is a mainstay in Denver. Always the week after Labor Day, this year's event has been in the works since the day the festival ...and more »
  
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• Spain's Ebro Foods buys majority stake in Italy's Geovita

  06-09-2017 13:45
  Spain's Ebro Foods bought a 52% stake in Italy's Geovita Functional Ingredients and its subsidiary Geovita Nutrition for EUR16.5m (US$20m) as part of its growth in the healthy food category.
  
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• Fipronil - EU says worst is over but food safety to be tightened up

  06-09-2017 13:42
  A meeting of European Union agriculture ministers in Estonia yesterday (5 September) to discuss the fipronil contaminated eggs crisis suggested the outbreak has now been mostly contained.
  
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• Large crowd gathers for Food Truck Rally - Petoskey News-Review

  06-09-2017 13:24
  Petoskey News-Review
  Large crowd gathers for Food Truck Rally
  Petoskey News-Review
  Lindsay Gingrich/News-ReviewOne of the favorite food trucks at the Petoskey Food Truck Rally was Pigs Eatin' Ribs, which featured pulled pork tacos. Lindsay Gingrich/News-Review. Large crowd gathers for Food Truck Rally. Lindsay ...
  
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• Armyworm hits northern Cameroon, worsening food crisis - Reuters

  06-09-2017 13:07
  Armyworm hits northern Cameroon, worsening food crisis
  Reuters
  YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Crop-eating fall armyworms have attacked nearly 37,000 hectares of maize in northern Cameroon, officials said on Wednesday, accentuating an already dire humanitarian crisis provoked by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram's ...and more »
  
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• McDonald's Japan Sees New Store Expansion After Food Scandals - Bloomberg

  06-09-2017 12:51
  McDonald's Japan Sees New Store Expansion After Food Scandals
  Bloomberg
  McDonald's Japan is adding to its restaurant count for the first time in five years, underscoring a turnaround that prompted its U.S. parent to reverse a decision to sell a stake in the company. Sarah Casanova. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg ...and more »
  
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• Startups Are Finally Taking On Food Stamps - WIRED

  06-09-2017 12:50
  WIRED
  Startups Are Finally Taking On Food Stamps
  WIRED
  Felicia Graybill uses her smartphone for everything: sending email, checking Facebook, and even monitoring her bank account. But for years, when the 28-year-old Brooklyn mom went to check on her food stamps benefits she might as well have been using a ...and more »
  
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• US yogurt maker Chobani launches food incubator in Australia

  06-09-2017 12:33
  Chobani, the US yogurt maker, has launched a second food incubator - this one in Australia.
  
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• Ardo buys majority stakes in VLM Foods, Compania Frutera La Paz

  06-09-2017 12:31
  European frozen produce company Ardo Group has bought a majority stake in processed food supplier VLM Foods, giving it access to the North American market.
  
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• Eating along the B line: The can't-miss Korean, Japanese and Chinese fast food at this Midtown food hall - New York Daily News

  06-09-2017 12:01
  New York Daily News
  Eating along the B line: The can't-miss Korean, Japanese and Chinese fast food at this Midtown food hall
  New York Daily News
  Dumplings from Mama come in a variety of colors and flavors like pork (pink), chicken curry (green) and kimchi (yellow). (Gregg Vigliotti/For New York Daily News). BY Rachel Wharton. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 6:00 AM.
  
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• Goodman Fielder, Bega Cheese, Parmalat 'eye Murray Goulburn assets'

  06-09-2017 10:30
  Dairy companies including Australia's Goodman Fielder and Bega Cheese, as well as Italian giant Parmalat, are reported to be eyeing under-pressure Aussie cooperative Murray Goulburn.
  
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• 150 jobs saved as Waitrose cake supplier sold out of administration

  06-09-2017 10:28
  UK cake maker More Food, which supplies retailers including Waitrose and Budgens, has been acquired out of administration for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Tyson Foods to spend US$320m on new poultry plant in eastern Kansas

  06-09-2017 10:24
  US chicken giant Tyson Foods plans to build a US$320m poultry complex in eastern Kansas, with production targeted to begin in mid-2019.
  
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• Bimbo opens new plant in Colombia

  06-09-2017 10:24
  Grupo Bimbo, the world's largest bakery business, has opened a factory in Colombia to meet "current demand".
  
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• Italy takes uniltateral action on tomato product labelling to counter Chinese imports

  06-09-2017 09:57
  Italy's campaign to introduce labelling on food to identify the source of origin is to be extended to tomato-based products.
  
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• Food deserts limit access to healthy foods for low-income people - Colorado Springs Independent

  06-09-2017 09:08
  Colorado Springs Independent
  Food deserts limit access to healthy foods for low-income people
  Colorado Springs Independent
  The King Soopers on Hancock Expressway and Academy Boulevard lies within a low-income, low-access (LILA) neighborhood, according to the U.S. Economic Research Service's Food Access Research Atlas. According to a Colorado Springs Parks, ...
  
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• Food, glorious food - Worcester Telegram

  06-09-2017 07:02
  Worcester Telegram
  Food, glorious food
  Worcester Telegram
  What would a community event be without good food? Here are the current vendors ready to tickle your taste buds at Olde Home Day: Church of the Good Shepherd: Seafood chowder, grilled chicken kabobs, meatballs and corn on the cob. Clinton PTA: Fried ...
  
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• USDA seeks new members for microbiological criteria for foods committee

  06-09-2017 07:00
  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) is recruiting 17 new members for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).
  
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• U.S. obesity rates are leveling off

  06-09-2017 07:00
  Adult obesity rates are showing signs of leveling off, according to the 14th annual “State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America” report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
  
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• U.S. federal court upholds seafood traceability rule

  06-09-2017 07:00
  According to Food Safety News, a new U.S. federal plan to combat seafood fraud by requiring the fishing industry to trace their catches from boat or farm to the U.S. border has survived a court challenge.
  
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• Avocados may be good for the eyes, brain

  06-09-2017 07:00
  A study published in the journal Nutrients suggests that consuming one fresh avocado per day may lead to improved cognitive function in healthy older adults due to increased lutein levels in the brain and eye.
  
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• AACT names Saldivar recipient of John Kitt Memorial Scholarship

  06-09-2017 07:00
  The American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT) has announced that the recipient of the 2017–2018 John Kitt Memorial Scholarship is Alejandro Saldivar—a senior at the University of California, Davis.
  
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• SEIU adds more members following food service fight - Post-Bulletin

  06-09-2017 06:57
  SEIU adds more members following food service fight
  Post-Bulletin
  Following the high-profile fight between Mayo Clinic and SEIU Healthcare Minnesota that began in the summer of 2016, the union's numbers continue to expand in Rochester. SEIU announced Monday at a Labor Day picnic in Rochester that food service ...
  
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• Mountain States Health Alliance teaming up with Feeding America Southwest Virginia food bank - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

  06-09-2017 06:21
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  Mountain States Health Alliance teaming up with Feeding America Southwest Virginia food bank
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  Feeding America Southwest Virginia President and CEO Pamela Irvine announces a partnership with Mountain States Health Alliance that will help support the overall health and well-being of Southwest Virginia residents. Andre Teague | Bristol Herald ...and more »
  
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• Ask the Food Doc: How to keep food safe in community kitchens - Lincoln Journal Star

  06-09-2017 06:09
  Ask the Food Doc: How to keep food safe in community kitchens
  Lincoln Journal Star
  Dear Food Doc: I volunteer at a community-style kitchen that serves meals to people of all ages about once a week. Are there any guidelines to ensure that our meals are safe and wholesome? Dear Reader: Community kitchens are found just about ...
  
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• Bread and milk? Here's what food and drinks you should have in your hurricane kit - News & Observer

  06-09-2017 02:35
  News & Observer
  Bread and milk? Here's what food and drinks you should have in your hurricane kit
  News & Observer
  With Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Jose tracking toward the East Coast of the United States, it's important to start thinking about your hurricane plan and kit. [How to prepare for a hurricane]. Along with flashlights, batteries, first aid kit and ...
  HURRICANE IRMA: Food safety tips for areas impactedWOKV
  Hurricane checklist: Here are the supplies and food you needmyfox
  
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• City food inspectors knocked for too-frequent breaks - Austin American-Statesman

  06-09-2017 02:11
  Austin American-Statesman
  City food inspectors knocked for too-frequent breaks
  Austin American-Statesman
  Austin health inspectors are expected to conduct at least 10 to 12 restaurant inspections per week, a city audit says, but only a handful of those inspections are reviewed by a supervisor. (2013 file photo). The city of Austin office charged with ...and more »
  
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