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Food industry's ethics under scrutiny
Guradian Unlimited, UK
Marketing junk food to children has to become socially unacceptable, a leading obesity expert will say today, warning that the food industry has done too ...   [more]
World Food Day highlights plight of the hungry
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica
Dr. Dunstan Campbell, Food and Agriculture Organisation representative in Jamaica, The Bahamas and Belize, plants a tree to mark World Food Day at a ...   [more]
UK considers banning trans-fat in food
NEWS.com.au, Australia
THE British Government is considering banning an artificial fat found in junk food to help combat a surge in heart disease and obesity. ...  [more]
Many barriers keep organic food out of school lunches
Seattle Post intelligencer
In the Puget Sound region, consumers increasingly want local food -- for the fresh taste, to curb carbon emissions or because of concerns about the safety ...  [more]
China to improve food safety, control epidemics
Forbes, NY
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - President Hu Jintao said China will step up efforts to improve food safety and prevent the spread of animal diseases, ...  [more]
Bluetongue spreads from cattle to sheep
Times Online, UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that veterinary scientists had found bluetongue disease in two flocks in Suffolk, ...  [more]
American Food Top Choice for People When Dining Out
Business Wire (press release), CA
American food, of course! Over one-quarter (28%) of US adults say American food is what they are most likely to choose if they had the choice to go out to a ...   [more]
Fast Food (Japanese) nation
Toronto Star, Canada
The hand-pulled ramen at Kenzo Ramen in North York, which offers three kinds of basic ramen, provides a quick and tasty fast-food meal, Japanese style. ...  [more]
Talk to Your Food! Intuitive Cooking for Mind, Body And Spirit
PR Newswire (press release)
The book Voice of the Angels Cookbook - Talk To Your Food - Intuitive Cooking (Journeymakers, Inc.) is available online including at ...   [more]
No E's in our food for a whole week
Irish Independent, Ireland
The relatedness of an animal food protein to a human protein determines whether it can cause allergy, according to new research by scientists from the ...   [more]