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Meltdown 101: Package sizes at the grocery store (AP)

Meltdown 101: Package sizes at the grocery store

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Your eyes are not deceiving you in the grocery store. Yes, your bag of Doritos just got bigger. No, the price didn't change.


NYC takes lead in setting next food target -- salt

NYC takes lead in setting next food target -- salt

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- First, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt. City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants ...





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FDA requires faster food safety reporting

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food makers will be required to alert government officials of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours under a new rule designed to help federal regulators spot food safety issues sooner.


Food for thought: delivering the promise of food processing

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created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Humans have transformed raw ingredients into food since prehistoric times. But scientists are still looking for new ways to make food taste better and survive longer. Presenting their findings at a recent European Science ...


Food for thought: delivering the promise of food processing

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created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Humans have transformed raw ingredients into food since prehistoric times. But scientists are still looking for new ways to make food taste better and survive longer. Presenting their findings at a recent European Science ...


Chemical combo linked to cat deaths

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created Nov 15, 2007 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

U.S. researchers say it appears it was the combination of two chemicals found in pet food recalled this year that caused animals to die.


US lawmakers move to ban baby bottle chemical

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation to ban the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A, suspected of harming human development, from all food and beverage containers.


England says stop supersizing

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created Mar 28, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

British health regulators are encouraging snack makers to market smaller candy bars and chip packages to help residents slim down.


Maryland to ban phosphorus in soap

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created Mar 23, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Maryland lawmakers approved a ban on dish detergent containing phosphorus in an effort to keep phosphates out of Chesapeake Bay.


Far flung food: Europe's distant diets

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created Dec 10, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Across the European Union, food is travelling more, and not always in ways that make sense. Consider the chocolate covered waffle: Last year, Britain both imported 14,000 tonnes, and exported 15,000 tonnes. And it is not ...


Child obesity seen as fueled by Spanish language tv ads

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created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Spanish-language television is bombarding children with so many fast-food commercials that it may be fueling the rising obesity epidemic among Latino youth, according to research led by pediatricians from the Johns Hopkins ...


Study finds many consumers ignore food product recalls

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rutgers' Food Policy Institute (FPI) released a study today showing that many Americans fail to check their homes for recalled food products. Only about 60 percent of the studied sample reported ever having looked for recalled ...



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