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43. A Tale of Two Spams Food Industry

43. A Tale of Two Spams

Crystal Cox, Business Insider In Hawaii, Spam is served at grandma's house and in high-end restaurants. It's beloved. But in the continental U.S., the canned pork product is often the punchline of jokes. Why does Spam have such different meanings in different places? The answer involves World War II, Monty…
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August 13, 2020
A Salvadoran immigrant feared losing his food industry job. Now he’s dead of COVID-19 Food Industry

A Salvadoran immigrant feared losing his food industry job. Now he’s dead of COVID-19

Alisha Álvarez’s mind is filled with thoughts of her father’s happy spirit and the stories he told. José Roberto Álvarez, a man of medium stature with a thick mustache, was known for his work ethic and instilling in his children a love of others.“It is so difficult to talk about…
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August 12, 2020
‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland Food Industry

‘Everyone tested positive’: Covid devastates agriculture workers in California’s heartland

Across California’s Central Valley, hundreds of thousands of workers wash the vegetables, debone the meat, sort the nuts and package the produce that finds its way into kitchens throughout the United States.When the coronavirus hit, their work was ruled essential, so they kept working in the often cramped facilities that…
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August 8, 2020
South Africa: How Food Companies Go About Shaping Public Health Policy in Their Favour Food Industry

South Africa: How Food Companies Go About Shaping Public Health Policy in Their Favour

Obesity and diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are major public health problems in South Africa. But many in the food industry strongly oppose globally recommended policies that could address these issues. Such policies include restrictions on marketing of junk food to children and improvements to food labelling. In…
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July 30, 2020
Pan Borneo Project, tuna industry among topics raised at today’s Parliament sitting Food Industry

Pan Borneo Project, tuna industry among topics raised at today’s Parliament sitting

KUALA LUMPUR: Issues on the Pan Borneo Highway Project, tuna industry and issuance of film production licence are among topics to be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today. According to the Order of the Meeting on the Parliament official website, the issues will be raised during the Ministers’ Question…
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July 23, 2020