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7-Eleven stores has debuted new summer flavors of its Slurpee beverage. Customers can grab each of...

Subscribe Tuesday, July 27, 2021 Food Technology magazine This Personal Pandemic Requires Collective Resolve The COVID-19 virus sparked an acute health crisis. But America's existing obesity epidemic-pandemic (O E-P) is an enduring, chronic health crisis. PR Newswire 7-Eleven serves up new summertime Slurpee lineup 7-Eleven stores has debuted new summer flavors of its Slurpee beverage. Customers can grab each of the new options – Blueberry Lemonade Bliss, Pineapple Whip and Peach Perfect – for just $1. Associated Press French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers. PR Newswire Feeding America, Starbucks announce $1.7m in new equitable food access grants Feeding America announced a $1.7 million investment from Starbucks in equitable food access grants to help increase access to nutritious food among households with individuals who are Black,... Cornell Alliance for Science Winners and losers in Mexico's GM corn ban As has been thoroughly reported, in early 2020 Mexico published a presidential decree to ban glyphosate and genetically modified (GM) corn — including GM corn imports — by 2024. PR Newswire Urban Remedy secures fresh funding from Manna Tree Urban Remedy, the plant-based food company, announced the close of its $18 million Series D fundraising round, led by Manna Tree, the investment firm committed to improving human health through... Businesswire ADM agrees to acquire Sojaprotein Global nutrition leader ADM has reached an agreement to acquire Sojaprotein, a European provider of non-GMO soy ingredients. The addition would build on ADM's recent investments in alternative... AGFunder News Can food systems really get to 'net zero?' 'Net zero by 2050' has become the rallying cry for many agrifood businesses. Here are some of the ways they can make those aspirations into reality. Nature Food A prospective whole-mixture approach to assess risk of the food and chemical exposome Many widely used chemicals result in ubiquitous human exposure from multiple sources, including diet. Legislation mainly deals with the toxicological evaluation of single substances owing to a... Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Root-associated bacteria preferentially colonize their native host-plant roots Researchers show how root-associated bacteria have a competitive advantage when colonizing their native host, which allows them to invade an already established microbiota. Institute of Food Technologists | 525 W. Van Buren St. | Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60607 | USA This newsletter made Smart by Subscribe | Report | Learn More | Unsubscribe | Contact