Tag: nestle
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Chocolate Titans in fresh Antitrust Lawsuit for Alleged US Price Fixing
from confectionerynews.com: The Associated Wholesale Grocer (AWG), a retailer-owned cooperative that supplies retail member stores, brought the action in the District Court in Kansas through law firm Stueve Siegel Hanson LPP. Hershey et al. are already defendants in an on-going class action law suit in Pennsylvania Federal Court, which consolidates around 80 separate cases alleging…
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The War On Public Water
It’s up to us to say no to corporations buying up our public water and selling it back to us in plastic. In the context of World Water Day on March 22, a report by the World Economic Forum ranked water shortage as one of the top global risks – right up there with widespread…
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#BingeAndPurge: Authorisation, Animals, Amusement
France asks EU to suspend GM crop authorisation* Boulder works to ban GM crops on county-owned land* Lower global crop prices to ease food inflation: USDA* Environment researcher admits leaking climate docs, claims they’re genuine* Chipotle Makes Delicious Food, Fights For Animals?* Swiss food giant Nestle predicts tough year, posts stronger than expected 2011 sales*…
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Fetus to Feed Us? OK Senator Says No to Aborted Fetal Cells In Food
Senomyx, a California-based biotechnology company that specializes in developing food flavorings, is one such company that uses aborted embryonic cells to create “isolated human taste receptors,” which are used in the production of food chemicals.
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12/1 binge & purge: probe, trap, addict
nestle ‘sure’ child labour occurs in supply chain, allows probe* major organic seed company owned by pro-gmo group* food production must cut fossil-fuel dependence, fao says* ‘energy smart’ agriculture needed to escape fossil fuel trap* family says in-flight meal killed flier* confessions of a former coke addict* assets of bankrupt yarnell’s ice cream co. sold…
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7/21 Binge & Purge: Famine, Drought & Censored Cures
Coming in 2012: Genetically modified front lawns and the mass spraying of neighborhoods and playgrounds with RoundUp // Drought of 2011: Southern US Desperate For Rain As Middle America Continues To Get Scorched // Nestlé boosts its distribution of disease-resistant cocoa trees
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Global Food Inflation Hits Hemp Seed, Coconut Oil & Other Superfoods
Food inflation is hitting the superfood industry right where it hurts – in the wallet. Thanks to several factors you’ll read about here, prices on hemp seeds, hemp oils, coconut oil and other superfoods are set to skyrocket beginning in just a few days.
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9/30 binge & purge: 100% all-natural deception
the nature conservancy & corporate donors: monsanto, nestle, altria & more* ben & jerry’s taking ‘all-natural’ label off products* gm salmon frankenfish about to be unleashed into US food supply* ftc complaint charges deceptive advertising by pom* farmer, consumer outcry helping to stop passage of draconian ‘food safety’ bill* meat tainted with deadly bacteria being…
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1/14 binge & purge: corn, wheat, peanut butter & more
scientist: organic farmers must embrace gm crops to feed the world: ‘if we got over this notion that gm is somehow not organic’*natural news radio: the power of raw-living foods*US farmers plant fewest wheat acres since 1913*miami horse slaugtherhouse shut down*nestle finds e. coli in cookie dough*fda rolls out transparency initiative*parkers farm recalls peanut butter,…
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nestle sells “100% juice” that isn’t
from allgov: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come down on Nestle for marketing juice drinks to children that aren’t as healthy as the company claims. FDA officials took exception with Nestle’s advertising that its BOOST Kid Essentials Nutritionally Complete Drink amounts to a medical treatment that can be beneficial to children recovering from…