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Targeted population-level interventions are required to reduce childhood obesity and therefore, lessen socio-economic inequalities among children, according to researchers in Australia.
A Philippine halal chocolate maker is seeing its domestic business boom, while also securing its first deal to enter the Malaysian market, just months after making the move into finished products.
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), a charity working to protect the environment and human rights, has detailed what it claims is the shocking extent of illegal fishing and human trafficking by the Taiwanese fish industry.
International distribution of US craft beers continued to grow in 2017, with export volume up 3.6%, according to the Brewers Association.
American pig meat exporters have had to pay additional retaliatory 25% duties on products sold to mainland China, responding to the USA’s imposition of 25% and 10% duties on imported steel and aluminium.
With a new store opening every 15 hours, Starbucks’ China operation is on track to overtake that of the US as its biggest market within a decade, according to its boss.
Poor diet influences the link between emotional disturbance and sub-par academic performance, say researchers in Taiwan.
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Eurofins has completed the transaction to acquire Lab Frontier — a food, environment and cosmetics testing services in South Korea.
‘Don’t talk about creating a food safety culture, do it’: That’s the advice from one of the senior leaders overseeing food safety at Walmart’s 12,000 stores, in 28 countries, with 2.3 million employees.