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China busts gang selling expired dairy products

Oct. 24, 2016 at 1:59 pm CDT

Shanghai/Wellington | Reuters — Chinese police have arrested 19 people for repackaging and selling expired dairy products originally from New Zealand giant Fonterra Co-Operative Group, a Shanghai regulator said on Monday, the latest food scare to hit the country. The bust, which initially took place in March, uncovered the gang […]

World wine output seen at four-year low

Oct. 21, 2016 at 7:15 pm CDT

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Canada’s Onex to buy U.S. grocery chain Save-A-Lot

Oct. 17, 2016 at 4:04 pm CDT

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ChemChina, Syngenta ready to offer EU remedies over merger

Oct. 14, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

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U.S. forecaster sees La Nina likely in coming months

Oct. 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm CDT

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U.S. biodiesel executives plead guilty over fraud scheme

Oct. 12, 2016 at 10:28 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Two men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and making false statements related to the U.S. government’s controversial policy designed to boost use of renewable fuels, according to court documents. The case comes in the last four weeks of a […]

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Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

Oct. 12, 2016 at 6:02 pm CDT

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), […]

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EU anti-globalization politician allowed to stay in Canada

Oct. 12, 2016 at 4:56 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove will be allowed to stay in Canada after earlier being told to leave the country, according to organizers of an event where he had been scheduled to speak. The Council of Canadians, a social justice non-profit, said on […]

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Tyson invests in non-meat protein

Oct. 10, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, took a five per cent stake in plant-based protein maker Beyond Meat amid growing pressure on food companies to reduce environmental and health risks by changing the way they source protein. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based […]

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German federal, state governments to decide jointly on GM crops

Oct. 6, 2016 at 7:18 pm CDT

Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s federal and state governments will in future decide together whether to ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are allowed in the European Union, a draft law showed, ending a long dispute. An EU law in March 2015 cleared the way […]

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