Supa Herbal Greens Receives USDA Organic Certification
Bella Mari cosmetics is committed to offering the most natural makeup available. Bella Mari TM is free from synthetic preservatives, bismuth oxychloride, petro-chemicals, artificial fragrances and preservatives. Now you can enjoy a complete natural …
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Cosmeceutical Market to Grow Significantly Through 2019
What do you get when you cross a pharmaceutical with a cosmetic product? No, it's not a bad joke—cosmeceuticals have taken the natural products industry by storm and show no sign of fizzling out anytime soon. During the period of 2014 to 2019, the …
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Shell: expects to be producing advanced biofuels at scale, in US, by end of decade
“We will likely begin manufacture in the southeast United States. We plan to be operational by late this … Fulcrum's award of $ 105 million from the USDA for its plant in Nevada using municipal solid waste (MSW.) • And Red Rock Biofuels' grant to …
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Big Harvest Fells Corn Prices
But as long as production is running ahead of demand, prices are likely to continue to slide. The USDA expects the amount of corn left at the end of the season next year will rise to a record 2.088 billion bushels in the U.S. Globally, these stockpiles …
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BioPreferred Label Open to Wood Products
This means wood products manufacturers can now apply for a BioPreferred label by demonstrating that they utilize any of a number of recognized “innovative approaches” during the life cycle of their product. One of the possible innovative criteria …
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The Time Tobacco Actually Saved Lives
The sudden success of a tobacco-based experimental Ebola drug holds major implications for the plant as a drug manufacturing platform and vaccine-delivery vehicle for therapeutics and pharmaceutics. The success of an experimental tobacco-based …
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Expert: Food you're about to buy might be dangerous
"We try our best to source all our products from the U.S, but due to crop growing conditions and the shortage of organic edamame growers/farmers, we will source from outside the U.S. Our products are certified organic by USDA accredited certifiers and …
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Food Safety Culture: Insurance Against Catastrophe
For food safety to succeed in an organization, the most important element is management commitment. Commitment to specific areas is a defining element of a company's culture. Shifting commitments will change a company's culture. One of the ways to …
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Researchers from 20 Land-Grant Institutions Receive National Recognition for …
… Texas A&M AgriLife Research; University of the Virgin Islands; Washington State University; and University of Wyoming. In addition, the universities collaborated with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service and Agricultural Research Service.
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China: Fruitday gears up for Mexican blackberries, Chilean avocados
“Double 11 is not a big day for fresh fruits; a lot of people are buying clothes, shoes, electronics and cosmetics online, but we also see that we've grown three times on last year,” Fruitday co-founder Loren Zhao told www.freshfruitportal.com during …
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USDA Approves GMO Potato
Boise, Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. developed the potato, and it was approved by the USDA Friday. Simplot is a major supplier of french fries, hash browns and other potato products for restaurant chains like McDonald's Corp. The company altered the …
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Dow Chemical and Monsanto Are At It Again as EPA and USDA Approve "Agent …
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently gave Dow Chemical approval to manufacture and sell next generation, genetically engineered (GE) corn and soy that can withstand massive dosing of the herbicide …
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MANUFACTURE OF ANIMAL FOOD OR UNINSPECTED ARTICLES AT …
Is the manufacturing of uninspected products, such as animal food, in the edible product departments limited to the establishment's approved hours of operation? 3. Does the establishment have adequate facilities to maintain sanitary conditions if …
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North East company seeks help with poultry project
Lisa Webb, director of the Cecil County Department of Economic Development, offered her assistance for the manufacturing end. “We can help find the people and the funds for training,” Webb said. USDA and state officials listed their programs, which …
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AG BRIEFS
You can have a delicious, juicy, great-tasting pork experience if you follow the current USDA guidelines which recommend cooking fresh pork to 145 degrees Fahrenheit with a three minute rest period. For healthy pork recipes and information contact …
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Most Feminine Hygiene Products Contain Toxic Ingredients
Cotton crops make up just 2.4 percent of the world's land, but each year a whopping $ 2 billion is spent on pesticides to spray this one crop. If tampons were a fruit or vegetable, they would most … According the USDA, 94 percent of all the cotton …
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Jones Day | Food, Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Regulatory Update, Issue 16
Consumer Reports recently surveyed more than 80 different corn- and soy-based foods and found that nearly all samples labeled "natural" had significant amounts of GMO ingredients, whereas products labeled "non-GMO" or "organic" generally did not …
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