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BPA above acceptable levels across Europe, EU warns after assessing 11 countries

A recent EEA briefing analysed 11 European countries, finding that in all of them people were exposed to unsafe levels of BPA.The hazardous polycarbonate plastic has been known to transfer to food and drinks due to its extensive use in food and drink packaging, where the contact between the packaging and the food causes the

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Hillshire Farm Recalled 15,000 Pounds of Sausage Due to “Bone Fragments”

Welcome to Delicious or Distressing, where we rate recent food memes, videos, and other entertainment news. Last week we discussed the ‘Great British Baking Show’ ending national-themed weeks (for the better).Wonder how the sausage gets made? With bones, apparently. Hillshire Farm, sausage producer of note, recalled 15,000 pounds of the stuff recently for “possibly containing

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What to do on a weekend in West Palm Beach

Though Miami and Fort Lauderdale are often the focus of South Florida travel, West Palm Beach holds its own as a cosmopolitan city with great dining, shopping and museums. Palm Beach has a history of being a getaway for the affluent, but across the bridge, West Palm Beach has carved out a reputation as a vibrant city with a slew of new restaurants and hotels that have attracted a younger demographic, especially in the past few years. Here is a

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Unilever R&D tie-up develops vegan döner kebab that cooks vertically, mimics ‘shaving and grilling behaviour’

The döner kebab is through to have first been served up in Istanbul, Türkiye, last century. But today, the dish – made from meat stacked on a vertical skewer, which turns slowly on a rotisserie, before being sliced and served with accompaniments – is well loved in Germany.According to a recent YouGov poll commissioned by

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As Maui thanks agents and urges travel, it plans a new marketing campaign

MAKENA, Hawaii — Sherry Duong, executive director of the Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau, was unequivocal in her call for visitors to come to Maui — and to come now. “What the fire didn’t destroy, an empty and deserted island will,” she told attendees at Signature Travel Network’s Owners’ Meeting, held earlier this month at the Grand Wailea here. “Please go back and tell your clients that now is the time to travel to Maui to help us in this

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Prepare for a ‘new age of global economic instability’, food and beverage industry warned

The whitepaper from GlobalData Consumer Custom Solutions, which provides consultancy services to the retail, food, beverage and packaging industries, explores the volatility in the current macro-economic environment and the impact this will have on the beverage industry and their consumers over the next few years.Stronger economic growth along with higher interest rates, stubborn inflation, physical disruption

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