Sentences with phrase «food corporations such»

Unprecedented wholesale and retail control of the organic marketplace by UNFI andWhole Foods, employing a business model of selling twice as much so - called «natural» food as certified organic food, coupled with the takeover of many organic companies by multinational food corporations such as Dean Foods, threatens the growth of the organic movement.

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As market arrivals increase, Government agencies such as the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have stepped up...

But to have the computer lines and terminals, specialists in image analysis, specialists in food production, geology, land management, ocean ecology, investment specialists, and, finally, to own the worldwide satellite facilities to move the information instantly — such capability can be achieved only by very large, multinational corporations.

Yesterday, five judges of the International Tribunal against Monsanto stated in their advisory opinion that the corporation «has engaged in practices which have negatively impacted the right to a healthy environment, the right to food, and the right to health» citing its widespread dissemination of dangerous agrochemicals in industrial agriculture, the introduction and release of GM crops, and introduction of persistent organic pollutants such as PCB in the environment.

The responses by corporations and government are just the latest examples of consumer pressure leading to changes in standard practices in the food industry, such as housing hens and pregnant sows in cramped cages and feeding antibiotics to livestock.

Global impact: The proposed new rules take no account of the global impact of foods exported from the EU, the need to ensure that they are in the right language, or how they will help corporations lobby for weak global trading standards and agreements (such as TTIP 14 or Codex 15).

Corporations such as Nestlé and Danone (the biggest and second biggest baby food companies) are becoming ever more economically and politically powerful and governments are not keeping up.

The majority represented major transnational corporations manufacturers of baby foods and highly processed foods high in sugar, salt and or fat such as Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestlé, Unilever, Ferrero, Danone, Mars, McDonalds.

That social mobilization for human rights can have an impact even where such powerful actors are concerned is exemplified by the adoption of a resolution by the Human Rights Council in June 2014 to move towards the elaboration of a binding treaty to prevent human rights violations by transnational corporations Click here for full WABA Press Release See Right To Food and Nutrition Watch 2014 Press Release Download the Watch 2014 report For more information also see: rtfn - watch.

Organized by The Manhattan Times and The Bronx Free Press along with the Hispanic Federation, Manhattan Mini Storage, Workspace Offices, Uptown Collective, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), People's Theatre Project (PTP), BronxNet, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), Alianza Dominicana, and other partners, UptownUNIDOS collected critically needed supplies such as water, canned food, first aid items and hygiene products to be shipped to Puerto Rico and raised funds for those affected by Hurricane Maria and the earthquakes in Mexico.

The kids who easily identified the logos of international food and beverage brands, such as McDonald's, KFC and Coca - Cola, were more likely to request and prefer the processed foods of low nutrition marketed by these international corporations.

Dr. James Anderson happens to be the chairman of the National Fiber Council, an organization that is funded by HCF [High Carbohydrates and Fiber] Nutrition Research Foundation (a nonprofit foundation reputedly funded by large carbohydrate containing food corporations and whose chairman happens to be Dr. Anderson), and other not very unbiased entities such as Procter & Gamble.

Fat has always played an important role in the history of the human diet, and new science is proving dietary suggestions, such as the ones mentioned in pyramids made by the USDA and large food corporations, isn't in line with the presiding research.

The film also dispels many myths about food production, while also revealing some shocking facts, such as how farmers are often mistreated by the five major «big chicken» corporations.

Large corporations such as Mars and Nestle Purina have their own plants (multiple plants in the U.S. and around the world) where they manufacture dry and canned foods as well as treats.

Instead, many corporations will use a natural preservative such as vitamin C or E. Super premium pet foods are also generally free from artificial colors or flavors.

Fast food restaurants, some of the fastest - growing multinational corporations, typically contain multiple types of refrigeration equipment, such as reach - in refrigerators, walk - in freezers, soda fountain machines and more.

FThis cross-continent transport of food makes economic sense only because the true costs of such transport, including the big bill for its contribution to climate change, are not counted on the balance sheets of food corporations.

The corporation had previously sent a notice to all of the unit owners advising that the food court area was for the exclusive use and enjoyment of the food court unit owners and had also allowed the food court unit owners to display their own signage to this effect in the food court area (even though they had not sought the approval of the corporation prior to the erection of such signs).

In order to establish a franchise in Panama, it only has to comply with the existing legislation concerning industrial property and the other conditions required for a corporation to operate, such as the Notice of Operation (commercial license), and in the case of franchises of food, it must have the respective health permits.