Food, Beverage & Tobacco

Staffordshire Milk

Over one million litres of fresh milk from a Staffordshire farm will be finding its way into Staffordshire schools and other council council establishments. The county council has shown its support for the local dairy industry...

Price of School Meals Rise

From September 2008 charges for school meals in primary, special and middle schools will rise 10p to £1.85 and in highs/colleges the standard charge for Meal Deal Options will rise to £1.95 (free school meal allowance)....

Paul at Palác Flóra

by Brewsta Brewsta has a near-religious experience sampling the pastries at the French bakery chain's first Prague branch Mon 1st Dec, 2008 [updated Mon 1st Dec, 2008] Once again, we come to the holiday season, a deeply...

U.S FDA Grants Pralatrexate Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Patients with Follicular...

Allos Therapeutics (ALTH) Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Treatment of Patients with Follicular Lymphoma More News related to Press Releases WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Allos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALTH),...

Meat strike called off as employers agree to pay

Meat hygiene employers have agreed to pay a long-overdue pay rise to UNISON members – and the union is calling off strike action which members voted for last week. The 2.99% increase, backdated to August 2007, will be paid in...

Customers stew as kosher meat gets scarce

Added 4m ago MIAMI - Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meat freezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and butcher shop where he works. The shortage is the result of the collapse of Agriprocessors Inc.,...

China lifts controls on food prices

International Herald Tribune, Reuters : China lifted its controls on food prices Monday, the latest sign of how drastically priorities have shifted from earlier this year, when the country was focused on fighting inflation. In...

FDA reports on food supply safety

People who read this also read ... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a report on the year-long implementation of its Food Protection Plan to protect domestic and imported foods. The plan,...

Taxing cigarettes a hot topic again in Mississippi

Here's a prediction: The 2009 Mississippi Legislature is going to fight over a cigarette tax increase. Sound familiar? It should since the tug-of-war over raising Mississippi's 18-cents-a-pack tax has been ongoing for years....

Pet Food Recall - Are Pet Food Manufacturers Killing Your Animals on Purpose?

to become very ill, while a huge number of them have died. In March, Menu foods, a Canada based manufacturing company, recalled more than 90 brands of “cuts and gravy” moist foods (both dog food and cat food) after more than 14...