Meat

Bovine meat is the most water-demanding food

An institute affiliated to a Turkish university is developing a reasonable-priced solution to be used in artificial meat production as the world has been working on alternative protein sources due to growing population and dwindling resources.

During the pandemic caused by COVID-19, Bulgarians eat more fruits at the expense of bread, pasta, processed meat and sugar. This is according to the data from a survey on consumption of staple food products for the fourth quarter of 2020, provided by the National Statistical Institute, BGNES reported.

During the 1990s, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates picked up a bad boy reputation for taking a hard line in the company's antitrust spat with the United States government.

But for decades since stepping away from the software giant, Gates has rebranded as a philanthropist and policy advocate for humanitarian and policy issues including public health, climate change, and hunger.

Turkey's chicken meat production was over 2.1 million tons in 2020, according to data released by the country's statistical authority on Feb. 11.

The figure marked a 0.1 percent fall on an annual basis, TÜİK said in a statement.

The number of slaughtered chickens was down 0.5 percent to 1.2 billion.

Global Times says coronavirus was imported into the Wuhan wet market from Australian beef steak and meat from Brazil and Germany.

The largest producer of poultry meat in Bulgaria, Gradus company, has tested all employees in its production line in Stara Zagora and continues to research its employees in the country.

The Bulgarian Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has identified two shipments of frozen chicken legs from Poland for Bulgaria contaminated with salmonella. The total quantity is 32 350 kg. The meat is banned and is not allowed to be traded on the Bulgarian market.

The Black Duck Multiplarte gallery presents a solo exhibition by psychologist and painter Mari Prouzou. An allegory on life and the human soul, "All is One" redefines notions such as beauty, youth, and the gradual loss of abilities, in soft but colorful depictions of flowers, birds and butterflies. Admission is free of charge and opening hours daily 1-9 p.m.

Turkey's red meat production reached 1.2 million tons in 2019, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Feb. 11.

The country's output increased by 7.4 percent in 2019, from 1.12 million tons the previous year, TÜİK said.