Buckwheat and Condoms: 5 Things Russians Are Buying in Pandemic
Russians, long used to financial and political crises, are reacting to the coronavirus pandemic by bulk-buying the essentials for life in isolation — including condoms.
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Scientists on Genetic Quest to Understand Covid-19
Stop eating scaly anteaters. That is one of the conclusions, published in the journal Nature on Thursday, drawn by more than a dozen Chinese researchers who found two lineages of coronaviruses in smuggled pangolins with striking similarities to the pandemic respiratory disease Covid-19.
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Bosch microwaves are prone to catch fire, a class action claims in federal court.
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Delaware Judge OKs Wastewater Permit for Chicken Plant
Ruffling feathers in Delaware, a Superior Court judge upheld decisions by state environmental regulators to allow a poultry processing plant to spray treated wastewater on nearby farmland.
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Let Them Eat Bread! French Hoard Baguettes in Virus Lockdown
As anxious consumers around the world stockpile toilet paper and pasta, the French are thronging bakeries for baguettes, fearing a shortage of their daily bread as they wait out the coronavirus epidemic in confinement.
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House Passes Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief Package
Despite an announcement from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that a deal had been reached with the White House, the future of a coronavirus response bill that includes free testing and paid sick leave for workers remains unclear.
Read moreSchool Lunches
The former director of food supply chain management claims the New York City Department of Education harassed and demoted her to retaliate for her true complaints that “pizza with green discoloration was being served to children attending DOE schools,” in New York County Supreme Court.
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Scientists Reveal Sea Turtles’ Deadly Attraction to Stinky Plastic
As plastic pollution in the world’s oceans continues to increase, scientists revealed in research Monday that the danger is increased for turtles because they often mistake plastic for food.
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Halloumi Makers Score Win in Fight to Protect Cheese Name
When you hear BBQLOUMI, don’t you think of halloumi, the white salty cheese from Cyprus?
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Danone Alerts Parents Over French Cases of Larvae-Infested Baby Milk
French food giant Danone said Friday it is asking parents to alert the company if they find any worm larvae in packages of its Gallia powdered baby milk, after a couple reported that their three-month-old had regurgitated a parasitic worm.
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Taking a Bite Out of Food Waste: Scientists Repurpose Old Bread to Feed Microbes
It’s estimated that every year as much as a third of all food produced for human consumption is either wasted or lost globally. Some 1.3 billion tons of food never makes it to the table because of decisions made by retailers, food service providers and consumers.
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Sex Pills Aren’t Food, EU Magistrate Says in Dutch Tax Spat
Aphrodisiac supplements are not food, an adviser to Europe’s highest court said Thursday, in a case over retail sales tax and a Dutch sex shop.
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Booming Business of the Booty-ful Nut of the Seychelles
It is the world’s largest seed, and with a shape suggestive of a woman’s hips and myths of love-making powers, the coco de mer is an icon of the Seychelles.
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Mushrooms Grow From Beer Waste in the Cellars of Brussels
In Belgium, a country where beer is the culinary king, its brewing also creates magic for mushrooms.
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Tesco Says Cutting Bakery Jobs as Shoppers Shun Loaves
Britain’s biggest retailer, supermarket group Tesco, said Tuesday it was cutting more than 1,800 jobs at its in-store bakeries following a drop in demand for its bread loaves.
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A federal class action claims Starbucks, Quaker Oats and Mars unfairly and deceptively market chocolate products as sustainably and/or ethically sourced, though it is the product of child and slave labor in West Africa.
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