Saturday August 30th, 2008
Food News Feed
Teenage DNA Detectives Expose US Fish Fraud
from ABC News
Up to a quarter of fish in stores and restaurants in New York City was mislabelled as a more expensive variety, according to samples collected by two US teenagers and tested with genetic "barcoding" methods.
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FDA: Irradiating Spinach, Lettuce OK To Kill Germs
from LA Times
The government will allow food producers to start zapping fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs, a key safety move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce
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Are The Food Marketing Claims Really True?
from KCBY
Product: SunChipsClaims: That these chips will help your heart. In fact, the advertisement reads: “Your heart does a lot for you. Shouldn’t you return the favor?” SunChip manufacturer Frito-Lay also claims that “Regular potato chips have 10 grams fat per 1-ounce serving. SunChips snacks have 6 grams fat per 1-ounce serving.”
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Heirloom Tomato Farmer Finds Beauty In The Ugly
from NPR
It's peak tomato season, which means it's the busiest, sweatiest, most backbreaking time of the year for self-described "accidental tomato farmer" Tim Stark.
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Whole Foods Recalls Beef Processed At Plant Long at Odds With USDA
from Washington Post
Whole Foods Market pulled fresh ground beef from all of its stores Friday, becoming the latest retailer affected by an E. coli outbreak traced to Nebraska Beef, one of the nation's largest meatpackers. It's the second outbreak linked to the processor in as many months.
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Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions
from NY Times
When Howard D. Schultz in 1985 founded the company that would become the wildly successful Starbucks chain, no financial adviser had to tell him that coffee was America’s leading beverage and caffeine its most widely used drug. The millions of customers who flock to Starbucks to order a double espresso, latte or coffee grande attest daily to his assessment of American passions.
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Fast Food Kids' Meals Heavy On Calories
from Reuters
Kid's meals at popular fast-food restaurants deliver more than a quick lunch or dinner -- 90 percent of them have far more than a meal's worth of calories and many are loaded with fat and salt too.
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Nano-Foods: The Next Consumer Scare?
from Reuters
Those consumers already worried about genetically engineered or cloned food reaching their tables may soon find something else in their grocery carts to furrow their brows over -- nano-foods.
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Council to Consider Banning New Fast Food Outlets in South Los Angeles
from Los Angeles Times
The law defines fast food restaurants as "any establishment which
dispenses food for consumption on or off the premises, and which has
the following characteristics: a limited menu, items prepared in
advance or prepared or heated quickly, no table orders and food served
in disposable wrapping or containers."
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California Bars Restaurant Use of Trans Fats
from NY Times
California, a national trendsetter in all matters edible, became the first state to ban trans fats in restaurants when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday to phase out their use.
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