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Anheuser-Busch InBev Launches Takeover Bid Of SABMiller; ‘Super Brewer’ Could Be Coming

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A merger would create a "super brewery" with nine of the world's top 20 beers by volume, and annual sales of $55 billion.

Undercover Video Shows Animal And Human Abuse At Tyson Facility

The extremely fast speed at which chickens are slaughtered greatly increases the possibility of equipment jamming in processing plants, and makes it impossible to handle the birds in a humane fashion and creates safety concerns for Tyson Foods employees.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund released undercover video footage documenting a system that exploits both workers and animals from inside a Tyson Foods, Inc. Texas slaughter plant in Carthage, Texas.

Slave Labor Pet Food Lawsuits Now Include Mars, Procter & Gamble And Nestle

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So far, two plaintiffs have said they would not have bought the pet food, or have paid as much as they did for it, if they had known it was likely to have been produced using slave labor at some point in the supply chain.

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National Resources Defense Council Grades Restaurant Chains On Antibiotics: Most Fail Big Time

The report builds on rising concern that overuse of antibiotics in meat production contributes to the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections that claim at least 23,000 lives each year.

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Software & Technology

Walmart Expands Grocery Parking Lot Pickup Locations

In recent weeks, the retailer has added dozens of grocery-pickup locations to parking lots of Supercenter and Neighborhood Markets around Phoenix, Denver and Huntsville, Ala.

An order is delivered at the Walmart Pickup - Grocery in Bentonville, Ark.

Supreme Court Ruling Favors Opponents Of Mandatory GMO Labeling

The June 18, 2015 Supreme Court decision in Reed v. the Town of Gilbert has cleared a judicial path for challenging the constitutionality of special labeling to identify foods that contain “genetically engineered” ingredients.

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Taco Bell Launches Urban Restaurant Concept, Will Serve Alcohol

Expansion plans for additional urban markets are currently being evaluated as Taco Bell is striving to build or remodel around 600 restaurants per year.

Instacart Partners With Target, Expands One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service To Minneapolis

Starting today, customers in parts of the Minneapolis area can order food, household, health and beauty, pet and baby products from Target and have them delivered straight to their doorstep in as little as one hour.

MillerCoors To Close North Carolina Brewery To Improve Efficiencies

The decision to close the Eden Brewery was due to significant overlap in distribution between Eden and the Shenandoah, Va., brewery, which is approximately 200 miles away.

Second California Produce Company Recalls Cucumbers Over Salmonella

Fat Boy cucumbers were produced in Baja California and distributed in the states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas.

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Carbon Footprint

Cargill Agrees To Settle Clean Air Act Violations

Under the terms of the settlement, Cargill will pay a $110,000 civil penalty to the U.S., and will perform an Enhanced Leak Detection and Repair project at the Eddyville facility for a period of one year.

Woman Sues Chipotle After Two Food Poisoning Hospitalizations

April Beck is among 45 or more Salmonella cases involving the restaurant chain that have been reported since Sept. 2 to the Minnesota Department of Health.

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