Each piece of plastic that has at any point been made is still on our planet today, aside from what has been scorched down. Also, this plastic doesn’t vanish. What happens is it separates into increasingly small pieces known as microplastics and nanoplastics. Microplastics have penetrated all aspects of the planet, especially the food supply...
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April 22, 2023May 26, 2023News
Norway Salmon Prices Sustain Fluctuations in 2023
Salmon prices are ever dynamic, always shifting almost on a weekly basis and 2023 has demonstrated this in a big way. Through week 15 of 2023, for example, prices for Norwegian farmed salmon increased by 6.95% compared to week 14, according to the NASDAQ Salmon Index. The prices climbed up to NOK 119.24 (€10.41, $11.43)...
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April 21, 2023May 26, 2023Perspectives
Banning Food Imports From Ukraine: The Impact
At least three governments in the European region, the EU, have put a temporary stop to the transit of wheat and other food imports originating from Ukraine. Here is a sketch of the evolving reasons that have led up to the ban, followed by an assessment of the impact likely to offshoot from this economic...
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April 19, 2023April 19, 2023Perspectives
Olymel Plant Shut Down Fuels Worries Over Future of Pork
Olymel, the Canadian processor and distributor of poultry and pork, is planning to shut down its plant in allée-Jonction, Que. The plant handles the company’s slaughtering, cutting and deboning operations. This is not the first plant the company is closing, and no one can tell if it’ll be the last either. It had already closed...
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April 18, 2023April 18, 2023News
FDA’s Front-of-Package Labeling Change: What’s the Impact on the Food Industry?
Front-of-the-Label (FOP) labeling changes will play an important role in alleviating diet-related chronic illnesses, especially among Americans at the lower-tier of the economic pyramid, if the current show of approval by the public on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)’s developments is anything to go by. What does the law mean for the industry? The...
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April 18, 2023April 18, 2023News
Mulvaney-Bud Light Ad Stokes Fire in Conservative Circles
A Bud Light commercial recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the self-confession of transgender icon, Dylan Muvaney, by featuring an ad with a picture of hers on a beer can, subsequently leading to a boycott. The beer company is now being forced to apologize-and it has done so rather equivocally. Who is Dylan Mulvaney, for...
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April 18, 2023April 18, 2023News
Ground Cinnamon From Vietnam Has Caused Panic in Spain
Around 30 persons have fallen sick after consuming a segment of ground cinnamon imported to Spain. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) confirmed this based on data it had received pertaining to the probable presence of Clostridium perfringens bacteria in ground cinnamon. Further details unearthed the source as possibly that of ground...