food
Europe : bean sprouts might be responsible for bacteria
Bean sprouts from the German state of Lower-Saxony are suspected of being the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak which has killed 22...
Japan to start screening food for radioactivity
Japan instructed local authorities on Thursday to start screening food for radioactivity after accidents at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant sparked fears of wider...
Shanghai halts sale of suspected ‘dyed’ oranges
Shanghai authorities have ordered fruit vendors to stop selling oranges that have allegedly been dyed with a toxic wax, Chinese media said Friday, in...
English insurer encourages children to have vegetable gardens in schools
Fifty english schools will each be given their own vegetable garden to grow as a direct result of the hugely successful ‘Dig Down South...
British supermarket Tesco to create 1,000 jobs
Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said Wednesday that it will create 1,000 jobs at a new customer services centre for its banking division in Newcastle,...
Flood risk householders dropping home insurance
Householders most at risk of flooding in Northern Ireland are dropping home insurance because of the high costs, it was claimed.
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