Whole Foods Chain to Stop Use of Plastic Bags
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The decision comes as plastic bags are increasingly being discouraged or banned by governments and retailers because of concerns about their environmental impact.
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Life & style: New drive to encourage shoppers and retailers to support first ever national plastic bag-free Christmas is gaining momentum.
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It's bound to go down the wrong way in Beijing: A U.S. health food company will label its products "China-Free" to ease concerns about contamination.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on Tuesday they would file suit to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc.  on grounds that the deal would hobble competition in the market for natural and organic groceries.
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By Martin Hickman  Shoppers are being encouraged to solve the problem of excess packaging by taking direct action and dumping trays and wrappers in their gardens.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Mar. 4--Plastic companies use bisphenol-A to make a lot of things -- food containers, water bottles and even baby bottles. But there's only one thing Fredrick vom Saal would like the industry to do with it: Take it off the market.
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The government warned consumers and retailers Monday to take urgent action to rid their shelves of more than 90 different products, from chili sauce to corned beef hash to dog food, produced at a plant linked to a botulism outbreak. Castleberry's Food Company closed the suspect plant.
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It's a fact of life in China that just about anything comes in a little plastic bag. That's all about to change: In what all reports are calling a surprise move, the central government has banned some plastic bags and the free distribution of others.
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The region's biggest supermarket chain, Giant Food Inc., will launch a line of natural and organic foods this weekend in an effort to cash in on one of the supermarket industry's fastest-growing niches.
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Masterfoods, which makes Mars and Snickers, is to stop targeting advertising at under-12s.
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The Soil Association says it is considering stripping all air-freighted food of its organic status.
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Kraft Foods Inc. on Wednesday said it  would curb the advertising of its snack products to children  younger than 12 as part of plans to increase the visibility of  its more nutritious products.
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By IAN DRURY  SAINSBURY'S is to sell 500 of its own-brand products in ' compostable' packs to cut down on packaging waste.   Fruit and vegetable wrappers and ready-meal packs can be put on compost heaps with garden clippings and food waste.
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Science & environment: Less M&S food packaging can be recycled than any of its main rivals, a new report shows.
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Science & environment: Â·  Topics include sourcing, diet and animal welfareÂ·  Grocery chain dismisses 'lazy thinking' of rivals
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- A federal court will on July 31 begin a preliminary injunction hearing on U.S. antitrust authorities' bid to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc. , the companies said.
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San Francisco is considering charging stores 17 cents for each bag to discourage the use of plastic bags.