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• For chocolate lovers: more kinds of cacao
Department of Agriculture's National Germplasm Repository and lead scientist of cocoa genetics at Mars, Inc. "We can see the origins of the 10 genetic groups very clearly." While the suggestion that cacao originated in South America has been made ...
• Drought has Aussie farmers trading water
In the world's driest inhabited continent, there is simply not enough water to go around, and households, cities, industries and agriculture all demand their share from stressed reservoirs and rivers. So Australia's irrigation planting sector relies ...
• After scandal, China tightens dairy regulations
Slovak food safety officials said Friday they found unsafe levels of melamine in a shipment of chocolate biscuits and snacks imported from China. In Paris, France’s Agriculture Ministry ordered a recall Friday of White Rabbit candies and Koala ...
• China vows overhaul of ‘chaotic’ milk industry
Japan ordered increased inspections of animal feed and pet food imported from China to make sure they don’t contain melamine, Agriculture Ministry official Satoshi Motomura said Monday. The order comes after Beijing said several Chinese feed makers ...
• Nuking frozen meals can make you sick
Department of Agriculture food safety experts and major food companies offer several tips for preventing that. Know your microwave Microwave cooking instructions are calibrated to cook food to a safe temperature based on particular wattages, or power ...