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Socialist Venezuela now targeting bakeries with absurd regulations

March 15, 2017 -

Under the new regulations, which apply to the use of raw materials like flour by bakeries, 90% of said materials will have to be destined for the production of ordinary bread, and 10% for other products such as deserts. Bakeries also need to ensure that bread is sold no later than 7 a.m. and continually made and sold throughout the day until the bakery closes.

Bakers have been producing less bread because the price is controlled at such a rate that it ...

Junk food company Bimbo Bakeries recalls products due to plastic contamination

September 16, 2016 - Junk food company Bimbo Bakeries recalls products due to plastic contamination

Friday, September 16, 2016 by: Samantha DebbieTags: recalls, junk food, plastic bits

Consumers warned about choking and cutting hazard from food laced with pieces of plastic

Product recalls affect all types of food

Listeria outbreak threatens pregnant woman and her child

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French bakeries shutting down at “alarming rates” due to skyrocketing energy costs

April 14, 2023 - bakeries are having to shut down, and many more will continue to shut down, as the money pit known as support for Ukraine drains the West of its economic lifeblood.

"If the bakeries closed, we would lose that human side, that side of communication, of mutual aid," Chavret lamented about the social cost of France's failing economy. "It's not in department stores that people take the time to talk."

In the comments, someone noted that what is currently ...

Court rules California bakeries may REFUSE to decorate cakes for gay couples… Backlash against the “gay mafia” accelerates

February 14, 2018 - bakeries in young Dylan's area had to bake him a Trump cake. Life went on because, to non-snowflakes, nobody in society is required to do things that they don't want to do.

But to the LGBT mafia, everyone must be forced to comply with whatever whimsical "rights" they decide to invent on any given day – and they typically know how to take advantage of the courts to enforce compliance.

But not in Bakersfield; not this time.

"Cathy would never discriminate ...

French glassmaker Duralex halts production amid energy crisis in Europe

November 09, 2022 - bakeries in trouble due to inflation, energy crisis

In Germany, baking firms are saying the increased costs can no longer be passed on to customers who are getting reluctant to buy their staple food as inflation nearly hit the eight percent mark.

Germany boasts bread consumption at around 56 kilograms per household. Famous for its bread culture with almost 3,000 bread varieties from pretzels to pumpernickel, the trade has an annual turnover of around €15 billion ...

California lawmaker proposes NYC-like trans fat ban

January 02, 2007 - bakeries.However, a number of California restaurants and bakeries have already voluntarily switched to trans fat-free cooking oils because of rising awareness of the health issues brought on by trans fat consumption."I've been pushing for it because sooner or later these things are going to become health concern issues, and we wanted to do the right thing," said Ed Levine, owner of six Bay Area restaurants. Levine chose a healthier oil -- canola -- ...

Energy prices in Germany soar 1,000% as companies go bankrupt

September 18, 2022 - bakeries, the energy crisis is now worse than the Corona pandemic," an industry source and affected baker from Heilbronn is quoted as saying.

"We have the problem as a micro baker that we have to adjust our prices to the raw material and energy prices, of course, which also burdens the customer, if he is also a bit tighter on cash."

One area baker saw his monthly gas bills go from 3,000 euros to 11,000 euros, a nearly 400 percent increase.

Needless ...

Food inflation continues: Bread prices in Europe soar due to higher energy, ingredient costs

October 26, 2022 -

In France, the price of wheat in the country's central region increased by over 30 percent. Non-edible factors such as the cost of electricity and the price of paper used for flour sacks also skyrocketed, contributing to higher bread prices.

Julien Bourgeois, owner of the flour miller Moulins Bourgeois, urged the 1,000 bakeries he supplies with flour to mark up the cost of their French baguettes by €0.10 ($0.10) to offset the higher costs he has to pass along....

Forensic Architecture’s spatial analysis finds that Israel has attacked 57% of health facilities and 71% of shelters in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023

November 21, 2024 - bakeries in the north of Gaza were targeted when they played a critical role in aid distribution. By mid-November, there were no official bakeries still in operation in Gaza City.

Up until January this year, shelters were targeted when they assumed a central role in housing people displaced by Israeli attacks and facilitating the receipt and preparation of food aid.

By February, Palestinian police officers, who served as aid personnel were targeted ...

Researchers document the nutrient content, phytochemical properties of sweet potato flour

April 16, 2019 - bakeries, beverages, confectioneries, desserts, noodles, snacks, and soups. The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.

Sweet potato and its other health benefits

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetables that come in various colors ranging from dark red to brown to purple to orange-yellow to white. They also vary in tastes, sizes, shapes, and textures. Sweet potatoes offer the following ...

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Tyson Foods recalls over 130k pounds of chicken nuggets after plastic contamination scare

Junk food company Bimbo Bakeries recalls products due to plastic contamination

Whole Foods recalls cheese due to possible contamination with E. coli

Turmeric spices found heavily contaminated with toxic LEAD... FDA forces nationwide recalls for multiple brands (see list here)

Marijuana businesses face recalls due to pesticide ...

Burger King struggles with higher health expectations of consumers

November 03, 2006 - bakeries and other new restaurants that are diversifying into healthier options in response to nutritional concerns."In response, Chidsey stated that Burger King had made certain concessions. For example, the chain no longer salts french fries in Britain unless customers request it. In addition, the children's menu includes milk and "grapple" options, which include grapes and apples.Chidsey went on to add that Burger King's "have it your way" corporate promise ...

The Remnant Rising: Exposing the hidden hand behind economic collapse

16 days ago - bakeries shut down and food vanishes from shelves.

Venezuela learned this the hard way. Under Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, socialist price controls turned one of the world's richest oil nations into a wasteland of starvation and hyperinflation.

The same script played out in ancient Rome under Emperor Diocletian, whose Edict on Maximum Prices triggered hoarding, black markets and economic collapse. The Soviet Union's price-fixing led to decades of empty stores ...

Gaza’s hospitals on life support as fuel shortages push healthcare to the brink

December 29, 2025 - bakeries close, shelters go dark and untreated wounds turn fatal.A war on health infrastructure

Gaza's health system has been decimated by more than two years of conflict. Israeli airstrikes have hit 654 healthcare facilities since 2023, including the bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital, which killed 40 and displaced thousands.

Israel alleges Hamas uses hospitals as command centers—a claim denied by the group but used to justify strikes. However, BrightU.AI's Enoch ...

GENOCIDE BY STARVATION: 185 Palestinians died of hunger in August while Israel bombs aid lines

September 04, 2025 - bakeries, and water treatment plants have been systematically destroyed. And while Israel partially reopened some crossings under global pressure, the Gaza Government Media Office reports that only 10-20% of necessary food aid is getting through.

Worse yet, 430 essential food items—including eggs, meat, fish, dairy, fruits, and nutritional supplements—remain banned. The little aid that does enter is often looted by Israeli-backed gangs or blocked at distribution ...

Cyberattack cripples North America’s largest grocery distributor, threatening supply chain

June 10, 2025 - bakeries dependent on UNFI deliveries, face even steeper challenges.

Whole Foods, owned by Amazon, has not disclosed the full impact but acknowledged efforts to "restock our shelves as quickly as possible." A UNFI employee anonymously posted online that corporate leadership provided little clarity: "Corporate isn’t telling us s–t."Broader threats to critical infrastructure

The attack coincides with escalating warnings from the Trump administration about foreign ...

Israel’s empty promises: No aid reaches starving Gazans despite claims of deliveries

May 22, 2025 - bakeries that were promised flour remain empty, and hospitals lack even basic medical supplies.

The international community is finally waking up to Israel’s crimes. The UK has suspended trade talks, calling Israel’s actions "morally unjustifiable." The EU is reviewing its economic ties, and even the U.S., which has long Israel’s staunchest ally, has grown increasingly critical. Opposition leader Yair Golan warned that Israel risks becoming a "pariah state," while former ...

UN warns Gaza faces ‘worst humanitarian crisis’ yet as Israel blocks aid for 50 days

April 24, 2025 -

For more than 50 days, Gaza’s 2.1 million residents, most of them women and children, have been trapped in what the United Nations calls the "worst humanitarian situation" since the war began. With no aid allowed in, starvation, disease, and desperation have reached catastrophic levels. The UN reports that flour has run out, bakeries are shuttered, and hospitals teeter on collapse. Meanwhile, lifesaving aid trucks, including 3,000 from the UN’s ...

Did you know? Cows are the ultimate food recyclers and can help curb herbicide use

February 21, 2019 - bakeries – food that would normally go to waste and end up in landfills.

In fact, more than 34 million tons of leftovers from food are given to farm animals each year around the U.S. at a time when food waste is a growing concern.

Not only do cows recycle, but they also upcycle in the sense that they turn these plants they eat that are inedible to humans into a protein and nutrient-rich food in the form of beef; just one cow can provide around 600 pounds ...

Taiwan to ban all disposable plastic items by 2030

March 15, 2018 - bakeries starting this year.

Other efforts of the island to fight back against plastic pollutants include a recycling project that has been ongoing for more than 10 years now. In 2017, it is said that almost 200,000 metric tons of plastic containers were recycled in the country, according to the EPA. Expect that number to rise as the country pushes even harder throughout the next 10 years.

In the United States, similar efforts are already underway. California ...