Beef

As I was recently walking in the streets of two French cities, Tours and Bordeaux, I could not help but notice the growing French appetite for hamburgers. Yes, hamburgers! And it was not bifteck haché, served with a side of frites, it was the one we all know quite well, a minced meat patty sandwiched in a bun. 

The Athens Burger Fest returns bigger and better than ever this year, taking over a larger space, with more food and more music too. At Technopolis over the course of four days from May 18 to 21, you can try delicious varieties of hamburgers from the city's best burger houses. They will be served with a wide variety of toppings and side dishes to suit all tastes.

The European commission will block meat imports to the EU from all Brazilian companies involved in the scandal with products sold beyond their expiry date, stated a spokesperson of the institution.

Turkey's water buffalo population has decreased to 100,000 from 1 million in 15 years due to extensive losses in wetlands in Turkey.

Experts say the country's water buffalo stock farming has suffered a huge impact due to degradations in Turkey's wetlands.

Business Insider published an article mentioning the best dishes in 50 countries that visitors should definitely try.

Hot bodies and hamburgers are an unusual combination… Tantalizing for the tastebuds and titillating too!

Enjoy!

Citing disease outbreaks, Russia’s food safety watchdog announced fresh restrictions on imports of livestock and beef from southern Europe on Wednesday – seen as a response to Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s Ukraine policy.

The atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) found in a cattle carcass in Romania does not threat public health; veterinary authorities nevertheless took all the necessary measures, just like in case of classic contagious diseases, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) President Vladimir Manastireanu told AGER

Russia's federal veterinary and phytosanitary control authority (Rosselkhoznadzor) has banned imports of bovine cattle, beef and by-products from Romania over an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the Russian ITAR-TASS reads.