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Food Bites: Art of Wine, Prestonrose Towne Bistro & More
AY About You Magazine - Arkansas
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July 9, 2025
We have no shortage of food bites throughout Arkansas, so each week, we’ll be providing you with a snapshot of the goings-on inside the culinary world, from events and specials to restaurant openings and awards. Do you have news to share? Please...
Food safety tops packaging concerns in US
Packaging Gateway
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July 9, 2025
US consumers are placing greater emphasis on price, product quality and food safety in their packaging choices, as economic uncertainty and inflation continue to influence shopping habits in 2025, according to a new McKinsey survey. The research,...
The lure of street food when travelling is hard to resist. But can your stomach handle it?
The Globe and Mail
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July 9, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The most common causes of food poisoning and stomach issues are bacteria, viruses and parasites from contaminated food and drink.Rudzhan Nagiev/Getty Images Earlier this year, I travelled to Nepal. There was a lot to...
Maize Sector Gears Up to Meet Ethanol Demand and E30 Blending Target
Chemical Industry Digest
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July 9, 2025
Advertisement As ethanol emerges as a major growth driver for maize in India, policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders convened at the 11th India Maize Summit to chart a forward-looking strategy for boosting production and transforming the...
Local PE firms circle potato flakes and frozen food maker Iscon Balaji Foods
VC Circle
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Neel Kotak, managing director, Iscon Balaji Foods A clutch of domestic private equity firms are in the fray to pick up stake in potato flakes and frozen food manufacturer Iscon Balaji Foods Pvt Ltd, two people aware of the development told...
Travel Food Services' $234-mn IPO fully subscribed on final day of bidding
VC Circle
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Indian airport restaurant and lounge operator Travel Food Services' $234 million IPO was hauled over the finish line on Wednesday by institutional investors as risk-averse retail investors shied away amid U.S. trade deal concerns. The IPO, India's...
Singapore starts initiative to enhance food security
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) Singapore has unveiled a new initiative aimed at enhancing security in its food and beverage sector with the launch of the Restaurant Industry Safety and Security Watch Group. The program brings together law enforcement agencies and...
FG Targets Food Sufficiency Through Public-Private Partnership — Information Minister
News Diary Online
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July 9, 2025
L-R: Representative of the Managing Director of Bank of Industry, Ugochukwu Akagaogu; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh and the Permanent Secretary of the...
New forum launched for dairy sector
Daily Star
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July 9, 2025
The Dairy Value Chain Forum was launched at the InterContinental Dhaka, aiming to drive a green transformation in Bangladesh's dairy industry. The forum convened a consortium of strategic partners, including Solidaridad Network Asia, Arla Foods,...
Rwanda food prices soar as production slows
CNBC Africa
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July 9, 2025
In recent months, Rwanda and its East African neighbors have contended with escalating food prices as domestic production struggles to keep pace with rising demand. The increased commodity prices across the region, driven by a dwindling domestic...
Plant breeding seen vital to food security
The Manila Times
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July 9, 2025
PLANT breeding efforts remain a powerful solution to many cross-sectoral concerns and create a broader impact on food security, rural development and agricultural sustainability, Science Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said. Plant breeding should...
UBS Affirms ‘Neutral’ Rating on Sprouts Farmers (SFM) on Retail Sector Opportunity
Yahoo Finance
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Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) is one of the 10 best organic food and farming stocks to buy now. On June 9, UBS reiterated a ‘Neutral’ rating on the stock and a $196 price target. The research firm remains optimistic about the company’s...
Families across Ireland 'scrimping and saving' to afford basic food, Dáil told
Irish Examiner
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July 9, 2025
Families across Ireland are "scrimping and saving" to afford basic food, the Dáil has been told.Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore made the claim during her party's motion on transparency in the grocery sector, which would require supermarkets...
Blue Catfish for Cats: Lawmakers Propose Turning Chesapeake Bay Invader into Pet Food
WBOC 16 - Maryland
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CHESAPEAKE BAY - Multiple Congressional Representatives from Maryland and Virginia have joined forces to introduce a unique federal response to the growing threat of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay - one that could see the fish being...
Galway city restaurant Il Vicolo’s disgusting reasons for Food Safety closure
Galway Beo
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July 9, 2025
Il Vocolo, the popular Italian restaurant in Galway City was temporarily ordered to close in Juney by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Following inspections, FSAI officials discovered rodent droppings on the premises which the inspector said...
Restaurant workers may earn six-figure salaries, benefits 'no other industry' can provide
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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FILE-A waiter prepares to serve lunch to customers at a restaurant in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Waiting tables or serving up food in the drive-thru may seem like a first step into the workforce – but for...
M&M's, Skittles maker pushes back on RFK Jr's MAHA initiative to ban synthetic food dyes
FOX 35 Orlando - Florida
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U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the banning of more than half a dozen synthetic food dyes is just the beginning as he works to confront America’s chronic health crisis. "We're going to do real science, and...
How Canada’s New Crop Rules Could Supercharge Global Food Security
Seed World
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July 9, 2025
For over a decade, Canada’s biotechnology industry and government regulators have been working behind the scenes to solve a growing problem: how to regulate a new generation of plant breeding technologies — particularly gene editing — without...
Rex Industry’s takeover turns unconditional
The Malaysian Star
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July 9, 2025
PETALING JAYA: Rex Industry Bhd’s takeover offer by its new major shareholder for the company’s remaining shares and warrants has turned unconditional, after the group’s shareholding surpassed the 50% threshold. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia,...
Canada’s oyster industry faces new pathogen detections in three provinces
SeafoodSource
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Canadian oyster farms and wild oyster harvesters across three provinces are grappling with pathogens detected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), roughly one year after the detection of multinuclear sphere X (MSX) in Prince Edward...