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www.itwire.com
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Sodium benzoate and other food preservatives and colorings have been linked with hyperactivity in children. Although such ingredients have been thought in the past to produce adverse behavior in children, this study is considered the first scientific evid..
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MSNBC
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Imported ingredients used in recalled pet food may have been intentionally spiked with an industrial chemical to boost their apparent protein content, federal health officials suspect.
That’s one theory being pursued by the Food and Drug Administrati..
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BusinessWeek
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The executive director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals on why Americans should say no to food from animal clones Ten years after scientists produced the first clone of a mammal, a sheep named Dolly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat..
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This Is London
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McDonald's is closing its outlet in a town known for quality food and healthy, local produce...
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Times Online
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It’s always easier to ban something than to educate people about its demerits. Take Ofcom’s forthcoming — from January — ban on advertising junk food to children. (British children are among the porkiest in the world.)..
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New York Times
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Without a doubt not all diners who order a Burger King Whopper or a Domino’s pepperoni pizza or a Taco Bell chalupa really want to know exactly how many calories they are consuming. Whatever the amount, it is probably more than they should be eating...
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BBC News
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The World Bank has announced emergency measures to tackle rising food prices around the world.
World Bank head Robert Zoellick warned that 100 million people in poor countries could be pushed deeper into poverty by spiralling prices.
The crisis has..
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SF Gate
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Private citizens can sue to enforce California's food labeling laws, the state Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that revives a consumer complaint about the chemically induced orange coloring of salmon raised on fish farms.
Consumer lawsuits filed..
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MSNBC
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Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday in the tainted pet food incidents that killed potentially thousands of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co..
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MSNBC
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou is due to unveil p..
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MSNBC
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How much to eat. Aim for 25 grams (from food) a day. A half cup of a high-fiber cereal, such as All-Bran or Fiber One, can provide about half your daily dose. Beans, whole-grain breads with added fiber, fruit and veggies can help get you there, too.
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Reuters
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A division of Dole Food Co said on Monday it was recalling some bagged salads sold in the United States and Canada because a sample at a Canadian grocery store was found to contain E. coli.
Dole Fresh Vegetables said it has not received any reports tha..
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USA Today
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The Food and Drug Administration received 2½ times more reports of serious health problems linked to medication in 2005 than it did in 1998, a study reports today.
The Food and Drug Administration received 2½ times more reports of serious health prob..
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Los Angeles Times
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In the it's-about-time department, the Food and Drug Administration is finally taking a close look at the scientific reality behind all those TV commercials showing snuffly, coughing toddlers whose symptoms are erased by doses of over-the-counter medicati..
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BBC News
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The US could approve cloned animals for use as food in two to three years, according to experts.
But cloned meat is unlikely to appear on supermarket shelves in Britain or elsewhere in Europe anytime soon.
Currently, most cloning is carried out for..
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CNN
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Spurred by deadly outbreaks of E. coli and other food-borne pathogens, a group of U.S. lawmakers is pushing to put all food safety oversight under a single federal agency.
"I believe the food safety system is broken. It's collapsing," Rep. Rosa DeLauro..
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Alter Net
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Conservative principle has turned into conservative and free market mania, crippling the FDA's ability to prevent health disasters like the contaminated pet food scandal.
First, they came for the spinach.
I remember the day last September. The super..
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FOX News
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A major change in the national diet is under way: Heart-damaging trans fat is rapidly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant food, too. But are its replacements really healthier?
It's a tricky time for consumers, because the answer depends on..
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SF Gate
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As part of a sweeping effort to help improve nutrition for schoolchildren and fight childhood obesity, the Agriculture Department is proposing for the first time requiring schools to bring their cafeteria menus into compliance with the latest U.S. dietary..
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FOX News
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The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found.
A plate of General Tso's chicken, for example, is loaded with about 40 percent more sodium and more than half the calories an average adult needs for an ent..
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