Farmer's Weekly

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There has been a 24% increase in bankruptcies among farmers in the US since September 2018, a few months after US trade disputes with China and other countries led to higher tariffs on key agricultural commodities. These included soya bean, cotton an

Lebanon Opportunities

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Provided by The Ministry of Industry (MoI) has launched a quality of manufacturing and food safety project, which aims at helping manufacturers improve food safety standards. The project will help manufacturers improve the quality of production to co

Visi

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THE team at Studio H, a multidisciplinary design studio, has developed a Future Food report and limited-edition book that explore trends shaping our future, from African superfoods to food for women. We chatted to Studio H owner and creative director

Chicago Tribune

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From eggs to Honey Smacks and pre-cut melon, the food products recalled during the past few weeks could make shoppers queasy with worry about whether what they've just picked up from the grocery store is riddled with potentially harmful pathogens. Th

Farmer's Weekly

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Loyal readers of Farmer’s Weekly would certainly have noticed that the magazine looks different. This is because it no longer utilises a perfect bound spine, and now, instead, is bound using the saddle stich method. While Farmer’s Weekly realises tha

Los Angeles Times

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Federal food safety inspectors are urging consumers to check their refrigerators for packaged salads and wraps that may be contaminated with cyclospora parasites. The beef, pork and poultry salads and wraps were distributed by Caito Foods of Indianap

Farmer's Weekly

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In 2012, after only six months of retirement, Dimitri and Rosemary Dimitriades cashed in their savings and bought a 7ha smallholding in the Lions River area of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Dimitri had a dream of manufacturing carefully crafted dairy p

Los Angeles Times

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The first food poisoning cases came to light in late March - eight patrons of fast-food restaurants in New Jersey suffered bloody diarrhea and cramps that sent them rushing to hospitals. More than two months later, one person is dead in California, 7

Farmer's Weekly

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Few retailers or brand owners will consider doing business with a supplier that does not have certification to a global standard. Certification helps a business improve its product, management systems, quality control and overall competitiveness. The

Los Angeles Times

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Did you run to the freezer to check the label on your socked-away package of ground turkey after hearing about the recall of Jennie-O products last week? If not, do it now. We'll wait. On Thursday, just a week before the traditional day of mass-scale

epicure

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Opportunities beckon for those who look beyond the crisis, and current turbulent times have forced Abhay Sharma, director of Sonnamera Pte Ltd to quickly find a solution when a 60-day lock-down closed off his key import source in India. As the COVID-

NPR

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Under new federal rules, pork companies can hire workers to do some tasks currently reserved for federal inspectors in hog slaughterhouses. Critics say it's a move toward privatization.

Farmer's Weekly

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French poultry farmers are putting pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to prevent the EU from entering into any trade agreements with the UK that would allow that country to ease food safety rules. While the UK government has undertaken not to rela

Beijing Review

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Burger King China was recently in hot water in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province in east China, where some of its stores were accused of using expired ingredients, according to an annual consumer rights program broadcast by China Central Television on July

Chicago Tribune

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back to salad, federal food safety inspectors are warning of another potential cyclospora contamination, this time affecting salads and wraps sold by Trader Joe's, Walgreens and Kroger. The new recall, which th

Los Angeles Times

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Federal food safety officials are warning consumers away from romaine lettuce again after another outbreak of a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria hit 13 states and two Canadian provinces, sending 11 people to hospitals and sickening another 39. The p

Futurity

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Contaminated food causes 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year in the US, but it’s difficult to find the root causes. A new book explains why. In his book, Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Saf

Organic NZ

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A majority of submissions support the Government’s preferred approach of a single set of rules for organic production. “New Zealand is out of step with many other countries that have a national standard for organic production, which gives their consu

Futurity

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The cleanliness of restaurant employees is vital to customer perceptions of food safety, and is as equally important as a clean environment and hygienic food preparation, according to a new study. Restaurants, however, are significantly underperformi

NPR

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Over 100,000 people in the continent die each year from foodborne illnesses. A new report looks at the reasons the toll is so high.

Los Angeles Times

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Lettuce growers in the desert valleys of the U.S. Southwest will face more federal scrutiny during the winter growing season, in hope of preventing the type of contamination with E. coli bacteria that killed five people and sickened 205 others this y

Futurity

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History, industry, the quest for social status, and our changing ideas about health all inform what we eat and why, according a new book. The book, Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates (UNC Press, 2019), looks at a wide range

STAT

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Social media gives restaurants opportunities to talk directly to their customers. But that's a good thing only if they're prepared for the moment when those customers talk back and what…

The Atlantic

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Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET on November 27, 2019. Last week, the U.S. received a “food safety alert” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There has been another outbreak of E. coli in lettuce. The federal agency recommends disposing of a

National Durian

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The durian fruit shell is thick, hard and solid, and makes it seem like is impenetrable by pests, but the fact it is not. The durian industries have been plagued by pests’ problem for a long period of time, but most of the pests will not damage the e

Pick Me Up

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This week, our tip of the week will receive a great product from Addis! When life gets hectic, we tend to turn to convenience food that isn’t always the healthiest of choices and can often leave us feeling sluggish. For food on the go without the fus

STAT

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The Trump administration has proposed a fundamental change to the mission of the Food and Drug Administration, one that would transfer most of the responsibility for regulating food safety to…

Velonews

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When the race outcome is on the line, how do you get enough fuel into your body? A savory rice cake packed with calories sounds great. But taking your hands off your bars to dig into your jersey pocket and unwrap your food isn’t practical, especially

Wildlife Ranching Magazine

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In the article, Dr Maretha van der Merwe said that our industry has pointed out time and again that a regulated game-meat industry can make a massive contribution towards food security in Africa: “We are on the cusp of being able to make this a reali

Fairlady

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STARTUP COSTS: ‘I started my part of the business with R20 000 that my Dad had lent me, with a six-month repayment deadline,’ says Sarah. ‘Gary had about R200 000 for his startup expenses. Neither of us wanted to take out a loan, so we looked at our