Food & Trends
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Can Rewards Encourage Better Food Decisions?
Walmart set out on a campaign to prove that there is a relationship between rewards and consumers making smarter grocery choices. The idea behind the concept is to help consumers make healthier food choices and spend less money in the process. With this in mind, Walmart rolled out the” Great for You” label. The company…
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Consequences of Food Stores Outnumbering Grocery Stores
The results from a recent study indicate that residents who live near food stores and further from grocery stores are more susceptible to chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer. The study was done of behalf of the LaSalle bank and the area of study was the region to the south of Chicago and the…
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Privatization of Wine and Liquor Distribution In Pennsylvania
The recent efforts geared towards the privatization of liquor stores in the state of Pennsylvania have led to numerous debates and the plan has raised quite a number of questions. Nevertheless, even in the heat of things, one question that cannot fail to be asked is whether the residents of Pennsylvania would be willing to…
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Virus Created to Inhibit Housefly Reproduction
Experimental research is currently on-going to come up with a virus that inhibits the reproduction rate among germ-carrying, bacteria–spreading houseflies. Scientists at the USDA are currently looking into the salivary gland hypertrophy virus, which when it infects female houseflies they cannot lay eggs while the male flies cannot mate. By curbing their reproduction rate, the…
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Results of the EU-Tests into the Horsemeat Scandal
Following the European horsemeat scandal that sent shock waves around the world at the beginning of the year, the European commission ordered tests for horse DNA in meat products. Sources say that France, according to the test results, was the country with the highest number of illegal horsemeat cases with a total percentage greater than…
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Selecting the Right Supplier
The process of food manufacturing has undergone tremendous changes. If compared to the operations of twenty years ago, one would notice a 360-degree transformation. Those same changes have affected how manufacturers choose their suppliers. Twenty years ago, one would choose a supplier based on simple factors such as location, the price they put at the…
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Antibiotics Report from EWG
In a recent report released by the EWG (Environmental Working Group) it was revealed that farmers’ antibiotics in animal feed was blamed for the rise of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. However, they left out the key issues concerning food safety that warrant the use of the antibiotics in the feed, in the first…
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Cucumber Related Food-Borne Outbreaks
According to a report issued by the CDC, the Salmonella Saintpaul (as it is referred to) has infected a total of 73 people from 18 states, with the state majorly affected being Wisconsin. Of the people infected with the strain, 27% are in hospital and luckily no one has succumbed to the salmonella related illness.…