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July 31, 2025
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Danone Sues Chobani Over Coffee Packaging
August 1, 2025
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Recall Issued Over Energy Drinks Mistakenly Containing Vodka
July 31, 2025
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Expanding Cattle Herds Amid Record Beef Prices Isn't so Simple
July 31, 2025
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UN Official Says Northern Gaza in 'Full-Blown Famine'
But a formal — and highly sensitive — famine declaration faces political complications.
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U.S. Aid Chief Counters Food Crisis
The global food crisis has been brought on by local conflicts, the pandemic's economic upheaval, and drought and the other extremes typical of climate change.
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Trump Opens Conservation Area to Commercal Fishing
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EPA Restores Bee-Killing Pesticide
Sorghum growers in particular had pressed senior officials at the agency for a return to broad use of sulfoxaflor.
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FDA Finds Broad Contamination
The FDA found PFAs in everything from grocery store meats and seafood to an off-the-shelf chocolate cake.
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Instead of requiring manufacturers to provide warnings on cans and bottles, the state will require stores to post general warnings at checkout counters and note that some products being sold have liners made with BPA.
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