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Book review: 'The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food' by Ted Genoways

2014-10-27 10:05:53| Food - Topix.net

When the recession took hold six years ago and consumers stopped eating high on the hog, the giant meatpacker Hormel Foods began ratcheting up production to meet a surge in demand for Spam, its low-cost pro-cessed pork product in the familiar blue tins. Taking a leaf from Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," the century-old expose of the meatpacking industry, author Ted Genoways details the impact of the production speedup on workers at the company's Midwest plants, the damage to water and soil, and the immigration-related conflicts that have arisen in towns where the industry holds sway.

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Novo Nordisk receives U.S. subpoena related to Danish factory

2014-10-25 06:30:41| Biotech - Topix.net

Denmark's Novo Nordisk, the world's biggest maker of insulin, has received a U.S. subpoena requesting documents relating to potential manufacturing issues at its Kalundborg plant in Denmark, the company said on Friday. The Kalundborg factory 100 km west of Copenhagen is the world's biggest insulin production site, making half the world's supply.

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Inspection finds structural issues at collapsed factory

2014-10-23 18:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

An initial risk inspection on a Cambodia clothing factory which collapsed earlier this week injuring eight people, found it had structural issues.

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Structural issues found at collapsed Cambodia factory

2014-10-23 18:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

An initial risk inspection on a Cambodia clothing factory which collapsed earlier this week injuring eight people suggests structural issues may have been to blame.

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Eight injured in Cambodia clothing factory collapse

2014-10-22 13:45:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

At least eight workers at a clothing factory in Cambodia's Takeo province have been injured after the floor collapsed yesterday (21 October).

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