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Folate May Minimize the Risk of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer type that emerges from breast tissue and cells. The cancer usually begins from the milk ducts’ inner lining or lobules supplying milk. Cancerous tumors have been known to spread to other body parts. Most cases of breast cancer occur in women. It is thus evident that breast cancer is one…
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Honeybee Crisis Causes a Price Sting to Snacks and Sweets
The humble honeybee’s decline has not only bemoaned naturalists, but is has also caused an alarm to traders because the prices of nutty sweets and snacks are likely to rise tremendously. The almond orchards in California have been hit by a great reduction in the colonies of honeybees. Farmers across the globe are being affected…
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New Perishables Shipped from Peru to PortMiami
PortMiami will receive a new shipment of grapes on 1st December from Peru. This is part of a novel treatment program that allows treated products to be shipped to the port directly from Peru. Cold treatment is defined as a process done on vegetables and fruits involving sustained refrigeration that is enough to eliminate pests…
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Frozen Foods Layoffs As a Result of Stalled Onion Cargo
Stalled onion cargo has led to indeterminate dismissal of about one hundred and sixty employees at Cumberland’s Oxford Frozen Foods. This frozen foods company has been unable to receive onion shipment for a Western United States’ supplier. This means that there is little work for the employees who are involved in frozen onion ring processing.…
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Some of the Biggest Food-Related Outbreaks of 2013
In the year 2013, several food-related outbreaks were reported in the United States. One of the biggest outbreaks was as a result of contamination of Glass Onion Chicken salads by E. coli, which caused 33 cases of illnesses. The customers of Trader Joe’s in at least four states became sick after consuming pre-made salad from…
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Tests Reveal that Most Store Honey is Ultra-Filtered
More than seventy-five percent of the honey stocked in the grocery stores across the United States is not real. This is according to testing conducted for Food Safety News. The results indicated that the products with the label ‘honey’ have the pollen filtered out. Pollen are microscopic in nature, and their removal from flowers decrease…
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South Korea US Organic Food Trade Nears End
Early last week, the United Sates organic food trade with South Korea almost came to an end. Such a move could have had an effect on a number of farmers and producers in Wisconsin. Prior to finalizing their decisions, officials came up with a plan to extend the trade for a period of six months.…
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
It is a nonprofit provider based in Los Angeles and specializes in the provision of HIV testing, prevention and healthcare services for patients. This organization has gained popularity due to its campaigns and support of regulations and laws for condom use in adult film productions. History AIDS Healthcare Foundation was started in 1987 by Michael…
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