Food Industry

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Fast-food workers at chains like McDonald's and Taco Bell are still considered essential employees as other businesses are forced to shut down amid the coronavirus outbreak. Healthcare workers, truck drivers, and other essential workers who need fast, inexpensive food are relying on chains as many restaurants and other businesses close. "I think…

Grievance redressal cell set up to resolve problems of food processing industry during COVID-19 lockdown: Union FPI Minister MoFPI Secretary writes to statesto ensure seamless production and distribution of essential food products                   Union Food Processing Industries Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badalsaid that a Grievance Redressal Cell has been established in…

Plant-based meat products are bigger than ever, with the fast-food industry, grocery stores, and upscale restaurants coming on board. A recent Nielsen report found that plant-based meat alternative purchases went up 279.8 percent last week after Americans were instructed to stay home during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Impossible Foods, a…

From the New York Times Does food transmit Coronavirus?   Basically no (with some cautions).  See yesterday’s post for details. Keeping up Coronoavirus   Healthroid has a summary.  The maps are updated daily Food Policy Watch: This weekly newsletter does a terrific job of keeping up with news reports, especially those explaining…

Well, it was bound to happen. With COVID-19 causing both massive runs on food in grocery stores and a concerning shortage of farmworkers, keeping the food industry producing food is a significant concern. That isn’t going to get any easier now that the first employee at a meat plant has…

LA HABRA, CA - MARCH 17: Shoppers pass by empty bread shelves at the Northgate Market. (Photo by ... Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) MediaNews Group via Getty Images Like hand sanitizer at the local supermarket, reassurance for anxious grocery shoppers is in short supply as the…

The importance of treating migrants with dignity and respect has not changed, UN migration agency (IOM), spokesperson Joel Millman has told UN News, adding that the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on migrants, highly represented in the food industry, which is now seeing widespread shutdowns, is ‘a huge concern’…

Just like being overweight for humans can lead to serious health conditions—the same applies to dogs. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), 55.8% of dogs are classified as over weight. To make matters worse, 95% of owners don’t even know their pets are overweight, which the APOP refers…

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