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Security agencies in Nakuru and Meru have netted more than 400,000 bags of suspected contraband sugar in the ongoing crackdown on counterfeit goods.

Greg and Frankie Owens, both 43 and recently retired, approached their decision to leave the world of work less systematically than many in the Fire community. “We started formulating plans to retire about seven years ago,” says Frankie. “We had our children young – our youngest [of four] was 18 this year – and knew they would be leaving home at this age. I was a teacher and was working very hard, and thinking about retiring early was a way to keep going.” They saved hard, paid down their mortgage, lived frugally, never owned a car.

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“Some of the profit pools that are now in the hands of the big agrochemical companies will shift, partly to the farmer and partly to the equipment manufacturers,” said Cedric Lecamp, who runs the $1 billion Pictet-Nutrition fund that invests in companies along the food supply chain.

While there is something comforting and classic about a scoop of vanilla ice cream, some consumers are wanting something a little less, well, vanilla. The new pints on the block are adding a fresh take on a timeless treat with innovative bases like avocado, hummus, tahini and coconut water. Look down specialty frozen aisles and you might find plant-based frozen desserts like CocoWhip Soft Serve and ice creams with savory swirls of artisanal cheese (and don’t think you’ll stop seeing those low calorie, high protein players in the frozen aisle anytime soon). Globally-inspired frozen desserts are taking the stage — possibly sparked by 2018’s mochi ice cream obsession and a Thai rolled ice cream craze — with icy indulgences like airy Taiwanese snow ice and Mexican nieves de garrafa, not to mention stretchy, chewy, Turkish ice creams that get their unique texture from mastic and other unique sources. Popsicles and gelatos won’t be left out of the fun — they’ll get some buzz with boozier infusions coming to market.

"Acceptable copper in sugar is two milligrammes per KG. But in the samples, it was found to be 20.7 milligrams per KG." Ongwae told the committee," Ongwae said.

In 1991 the prosecutor Giovanni Falcone, who was later murdered by the Sicilian Mafia, set up the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (DIA), an FBI-style multi-force agency. Today it is led by General Giuseppe Governale, an upright, mustachioed Sicilian who has had a long career fighting organised crime. At the modern, cruise-ship-shaped DIA offices on the edge of Rome, Governale, 59, narrates, with considerable relish, the history of the Mafia in Sicily.

The move follows a successful trial at the supermarket using the waste tomato vine leaves last year. Waitrose Duchy cherry tomatoes will be sold in the special tray from mid-June.

This raw-mango-flavored candy has a surprise in the middle: powdered spices that the maker calls the ‘‘masala bomb.’’ (In India, raw mangoes are often eaten with tangy spices.) Though the candies have been a big seller since they were introduced in 2015, even reportedly tying a sales record Coke set when it introduced Coke Zero to the Indian market, the treat might have a harder time in the United States. While the hard-candy exterior has a sweet flavor, the bomb has a sulfur taste that may be a bit too close to rotten eggs for the American palate.

Positive sales growth was widespread across most industry segments in October. All segments except for family dining achieved positive same-store sales growth.

Hermetic packages protect pharmaceutical products from external influences like humidity, oxygen and light. Sigpack HML, the new horizontal flow wrapping machine from Bosch Packaging Technology, allows products such as blow-fill-seal vial cards, blisters and various medical technology products including pens and inhalers to be reliably hermetically packaged.

“The past 15 to 20 years have seen great advances in pulse processing technology and solutions,” he said.