Discussion posted by: IRWeasel
VANCOUVER — The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning people in the province to check where their red onions came from amid a salmonella outbreak. The BC CDC says the outbreak has been linked to red onions imported from the U.S.
Discussion posted by: IRWeasel
SAMUT SONGKRAM — Thai coconut milk producer, Theppadungporn Coconut, suffered a sharp drop in sales after an animal rights groups accused the industry of using monkey labour, an executive said, adding it was auditing plantations to show animals were not used. Several British retailers pulled Thai coconut products from their shelves earlier this month after a report by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) alleged that coconuts in Thailand are picked by abused monkeys.
Discussion posted by: IRWeasel
The Pizza Hut at a Scarborough mall is under fire after video surfaced documenting an employee refilling a tray of cheese in an unsanitary way. The video, filmed by Corina Somers and posted to her Facebook on May 25, shows a worker of the fast-food chain at the Ellesmere Rd. location refilling a cheese container without gloves on.
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Owner of the Star Inn, Jonny McFadden, told CNN that he installed an electric fence in his pub to enforce social distancing rules. Businesses around the world have had to embrace social distancing and other COVID-19 safety measures as they’ve slowly begun reopening, but perhaps have done so more emphatically than this English pub in St. Just, Cornwall. The fence itself is positioned in front of the bar as only table service is available. This is meant to prevent customers from meandering up to the bar for a drink. McFadden says that he initially wanted to put in some rope or chain to keep customers away, but couldn’t find the necessary materials. So instead, he opted for the fence. Before the fence, he told the BBC, he struggled to keep customers away because “when you serve people a drink they change.”
Article Link: https://www.westernjournal.com/dog-meat-back-menu-china/
Discussion posted by: David McNamara
Despite efforts by the central government to curb the disturbing trend, the consumption of dog meat in the People’s Republic of China is set to continue with a festival celebrating the sickening food. The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, a 10-day celebration centered around sweet stone fruit and the flesh of man’s best friend, kicked off Sunday in the city of Yulin, according to the New York Post. The cultural celebration is happening seemingly in defiance of an April order from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture that reclassified dogs as pets instead of livestock.
Discussion posted by: David McNamara
By now you’ve likely heard about the concept: “clean” meat, they call it. A small sample of stem cells is taken from a cow or a chicken, and those cells are cultivated to make edible meat, without having to raise or slaughter an animal to acquire it. If you’re already onboard with this idea, you’re part of a growing appetite for cell-based meat. If you’re still iffy, get ready to “Meat the Future.” That’s the name of a documentary that follows Memphis Meats, one of the players in the rapidly growing industry of cell-based meat. Memphis Meats is in a race to perfect its product and replicate the look, feel texture and taste of animal-harvested meat and bring it to your plate at a reasonable price.
Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul
McDonald’s’ six-month trial run of a vegetarian burger — which began with much fanfare — has ended quietly with no current plans to add it to the menu. Between Sept. 30 last year and April 6, McDonald’s launched two consecutive trials of the burger — made with a Beyond Meat patty — at dozens of its restaurants in southwestern Ontario. The fast food chain dubbed the burger the P.L.T. (plant, lettuce, tomato) and said it was being tested in Canada for restaurants across the globe. The chain publicly promoted the trial, which garnered international headlines due to its partnering with popular faux meat maker Beyond Meat to create the sandwich.
Discussion posted by: IRWeasel
LONDON — Drinkers in England’s pubs will have to give their name before they order a pint, and there will be no live acts or standing at the bar, the government said in advice for reopening the sector next month. Pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will have to keep a record of customers for 21 days to assist the state health service’s test and trace operation, which aims to identify and contain any local flare-ups of COVID-19 and stop a second wave of infections.
Discussion posted by: David McNamara
A killer disease turns up out of the blue. It moves by “stealth transmission”, spreading before symptoms even show. Once it takes hold, it is already too late to stop it – there is no cure. Life will never be the same again. Sound familiar? Although this may sound remarkably like Covid-19, I am actually talking about Tropical Race 4 (TR4), a disease that affects bananas. Also known as Panama Disease, it is a fungus that has been rampaging through banana farms for the past 30 years. But within the last decade the epidemic has suddenly accelerated, spreading from Asia to Australia, the Middle East, Africa and more recently Latin America, where the majority of the bananas shipped to supermarkets in the global north come from.
Article Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/eskimo-pie-name-change_n_5eee2306c5b6deb4a8465197
Discussion posted by: David McNamara
The company behind Eskimo Pie announced that it will drop the name of the nearly 100-year-old chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar, following similar moves by other food companies in the United States to revise their marketing following racial injusticeprotests. Elizabell Marquez, head of marketing for Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, the company behind Eskimo Pie, said in a Friday statement that the name is “derogatory” and that Dreyer’s is committed to “being a part of the solution on racial equality.”