Nestlé stops buying milk from Mugabe dairy
GenevaLunch News Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Nestlé SA in Vevey says its subsidiary in Zimbabwe will stop buying milk Sunday 4 October from Gushunga Dairy, reportedly owned by Grace Mugabe, wife...
View ArticleNestlé pressured into closing Zimbabwe factory
GenevaLunch News Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Food multinational Nestlé says it has closed its milk production plant in Zimbabwe after the government pressured it to take milk from a...
View ArticleNestlé resumes Zimbabwe milk production
GenevaLunch News Update 6 January 09:40 Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss food multinational Nestlé’s Zimbabwe operations have begun to process milk again, two weeks after suspending production...
View ArticleJapan’s tap water safety, radiation in food spark science debates
GenevaLunch News Japan’s latest worries in the post-quake period concern the safety of drinking water and possible food contamination, with authorities in Tokyo recommending Wednesday 23 March that...
View ArticleMerry Christmas with a camel’s milk chocolate camel
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss supermarket chain Migros will undoubtedly have chocolate Santas and trees for the holiday season, but this year it’s come up with an unusual Christmas treat:...
View ArticleSix-legged calf ok but farmer Knutti surprised by media circus (update)
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Farmers Andreas and Franziska Knutti have been completely caught by surprise by the media hype from abroad over their six-legged calf Lilli. Blick ran the story,...
View ArticleMagic in our food! Call it nicotinamide riboside (NR)
GenevaLunch News Expect to hear more, much more, about this molecule, coming to light thanks to EPFL studies LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The cover of the science journal Cell is graced today with a story...
View ArticleSavouring Switzerland: how long you can keep food
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Globe & Mail has a good article today on what those sell-by dates on food really mean, but the most interesting part for some of us will be the list at...
View Article“Made in Switzerland”: at least 80%
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Both houses of parliament are now backing legislation to strengthen the label “made in Switzerland”, after the upper house agreed Monday 10 December to require 80...
View ArticleSwiss drinking less milk, less wine but cheese and chocolates are happy staples
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Chocolate and cheese consumption in Switzerland aren’t slipping, but two liquid icons of Swissness are continuing their downward trend: milk and wine consumption...
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