The pet food investigation was launched after Toronto, Canada-based Menu Foods recalled over 60 million cans of wet cat and dog food on March 16.

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Indeed, inflation would have fallen in July but for the wet summer which pushed up seasonal food prices rather than cutting them.

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The BBKA warned the worst may be yet to come, as a lack of food for bees and wet conditions mean breeding queens have been unable to produce a large enough brood to see colonies through the winter.

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In the same way, they hibernate by going into torpor, they can do the same thing on a very short-term basis through the summer - if it is wet and windy and there is no food then they just shut down their body temperature and they just sleep it out.

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Experts said the wet weather made it difficult for the long-tailed rodents to find food, bringing them into closer contact with humans.

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From Bae Bo, walk south for excellent food in Chinatown and Little India, or north for the plant- and garden-focused The wet market.

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