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Horse Meat scandal
What has now become known as Europe's horsemeat scandal erupted in January 2013 when routine testing in Ireland revealed that some beef products also contained horse and pig DNA.
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Plain Packaging
The UK government is poised to introduce legislation to bring in plain tobacco packaging, according to a report on The Guardian website.
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Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has introduced a new initiative to help show customers the difference that buying Fairtrade products can make to the lives of farmers and growers in some of the world’s p
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Self Service Checkouts
Customer intelligence company Market Force Information has issued new research based on a recent poll of more than 5,000 British shoppers.
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UK Sunday Trading
The Olympics are rapidly approaching and while much of the media coverage has been dominated by sporting and security issues, changes to Sunday trading hours are causing a bit of a ruckus in the Unite
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Zespri
Zespri chairman John Loughlin says some kiwifruit earnings from China could be at risk if Chinese officials sell up the assets of a Zespri import agent arrested for evading millions of dollars of cust
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It's one thing to be able to shop for their groceries on train platforms, but it's another to have tablets built into supermarket shopping carts.
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Back in the day, as the expression goes, food stores did not have to pipe in artificial aromas. Some of us recall coffee, bread, cheese, candy and, yes, fish and meat.
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At the 4th Biennial Berry Health Benefits Symposium earlier this month, scientists from around the globe presented research finding that berries can be used to fight such age-related scourges as cance
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Parents and caregivers of special-needs children will soon be able to take their kids on shopping trips more easily, thanks to a specially designed grocery cart.

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