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Inflationary burdens: Kirin to implement fourth round of price hikes in a year to cope with ‘difficult’ conditions

Inflationary burdens: Kirin to implement fourth round of price hikes in a year to cope with ‘difficult’ conditions

  • Food

Kirin announced in January this year that a new round of price revisions are set to enter into force starting Wednesday, May 1 2024, which will affect relevant products that are packed into large plastic containers.“In order to deliver safe, high-quality products at reasonable prices, our company has continued to strive for corporate efforts and

How Jawbreaker Delivered Epic Fashions With a Tiny Costume Budget

How Jawbreaker Delivered Epic Fashions With a Tiny Costume Budget

  • Fashion

Near the beginning of 1999’s Jawbreaker, directed by Darren Stein, the audience is graced with one of the film’s most iconic scenes. A stylish clique of high schoolers—Courtney (Rose McGowan), Julie (Rebecca Gayheart), and Marcie (Julie Benz)—walk down their school hallway in slow motion, set to Imperial Teen’s “Yoo Hoo”; Courtney, the leader, struts down

Parkview Health brings diabetic retinopathy tests closer to the patients

Parkview Health brings diabetic retinopathy tests closer to the patients

  • Health

Living with diabetes is challenging. So is treating it, with a myriad of factors determining or influencing a person’s health. THE PROBLEM In addition, those living with diabetes must take care of themselves by performing daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly tasks to stay ahead of the chronic condition. These include: Checking their feet Reading food

Why New Zealand is easing ICT System expansion

Why New Zealand is easing ICT System expansion

  • Health

New Zealand’s new administration is seeking fewer ICT systems for health while augmenting its capabilities in data and technology to cater to new models of care. These are some of the immediate priority actions Te Whatu Ora outlined in their briefing to Health Minister Dr Shane Reti in November, which was recently released to the public.  According

FDA reports on Salmonella outbreak linked to red onions

FDA reports on Salmonella outbreak linked to red onions

  • Food

A recent report from the Food and Drug Administration has found that a sheep farm was likely a contributing factor in the contamination of onions. The finding came when investigators searched for the cause of a 2020 outbreak of Salmonella Newport foodborne infections associated with red onions from the Southern San Joaquin Valley and Imperial