NEW YORK: Senior officials of the member countries of Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process met earlier Sunday on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA Session in New York. The Senior Officials Meeting, co-hosted by Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the 12thmeeting at this level since the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process began in 2011. The agenda of the current...
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Factory worker at hospital with spinal injuries
A British food factory worker was rushed to hospital with spinal injuries after being trapped in machinery at 2 Sisters’ chicken processing site in Scunthorpe. A spokesperson for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, said: “We received a call at 2.35pm when a 40-year-old man became trapped in machinery at the 2 Sisters factory in Lairage....
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80mph Tempest to Paralyze the People in UK
Forecasters proclaimed that a fierce rainstorm is going to spread across the whole country. The Met Office issued intense weather warnings and asked the people of UK to be careful. Gale-force Strong winds are expected to check major traveling activities while a warning of flood has also been issued in most parts of Wales. The...
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Shelf-life label in UK
An innovative colour changing label which tells consumers how fresh their food is could be sitting on supermarket shelves in the UK next year. Developer UWI Label hopes the technology will go mainstream some time in 2013, depending on the results of trails due to take place in the spring. Pete Higgins, the technology’s creator,...
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David Cameron’s good gesture!
Prime Minister of Great Britain (UK) David Cameron has surprised the passengers by traveling in the economy class of Portuguese airline. A woman took the selfie of PM’s wife and posted it on the internet. It has sensationalized the social media, which is abuzz over it. It is definitely newsworthy, and discussion over the social...
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British milk farmers demonstrate to cut raw milk prices
Hundreds of British milk farmers demonstrated outside Arla and Robert Wiseman Dairy plants over plans to cut prices to suppliers for raw milk. Many farmers blockaded a Robert Wiseman plant near Bridgwater, in Somerset, while others protested outside Arla plants in Leeds and Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. An Arla spokesperson confirmed that the...
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Fairtrade product sales goes up
Fairtrade product sales increased by one tenth globally last year because of ethical sourcing commitments from the food and drink industry and emphasised the importance of consumer awareness. Fairtrade International released its 2011 annual figures today and reported about 5bn (in euro currency) in worldwide sales last year. The company plans to secure a better...
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First Beverage Carton Industry In UK
Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc and Elopak with Sonoco Alcore are teaming up together to establish UK’s first beverage carton reprocessing plant. As part of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), the coalition said the move to build the plant in northern England would boost UK beverage carton recycling rates, create a market...
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Scotland’s own food safety agency
Scotland has thrown their answer forward to the UK Government’s decision to split the functions of the body and over concerns about toxic relations between its meat industry and London-based inspectors by setting up a stand-alone food safety agency. The decision to create a break-away national food safety body comes in the wake of Westminster’s...
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4-MEI: Strict limitations on caramel colourings in drinks
Protestors have written to the UK Department of Health (DH) demanding for strict limits on levels of 4-MEI, a chemical compound present in caramel colourings used in drinks such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi and connected to cancer in mice. 4-MEI or 4-MI (4-methylimidazole) is a result of ammoniated caramel colouring production, and a spring media...