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GAO says FDA needs to work on ‘prioritizing and sequencing’

By Dan Flynn on March 6, 2018

The Food and Drug Administration has been getting at least $1 billion annually in recent years, including salaries for at least 4,300 full-time professionals, for food safety and nutrition.

Since the enactment of the Food…
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Juicing is healthy, but easily contaminated by pathogens

By Cookson Beecher on February 17, 2017

fruits and vegetablesSo many fruits. So many veggies. So little time.

That’s the dilemma that people who want to eat as healthy as possible face. After all, who really has the time to eat the recommended 5…
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Survey: Public Wants Food Producers to Focus on Safety and Nutrition

By News Desk on October 15, 2015

The hot topic of food may be depicted just a little bit out of focus these days, according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Just out with a new survey of public attitudes on…
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Families in WIC Nutrition Program to Get More Fresh Fruits, Veggies

By Cookson Beecher on March 19, 2014

Families enrolled in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) nutrition program will be able to get more fresh fruits and vegetables beginning next month, thanks to changes in the program’s “food packages,” which are outlined…
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Study Examines Relationship Between Raw Milk and Lactose Intolerance

By James Andrews on March 13, 2014

Despite claims sometimes made about the health benefits of drinking raw milk, evidence does not suggest that drinking raw milk will relieve or lessen the symptoms of lactose intolerance, according to a study conducted by…
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Shoppers Can Pick Up Food Safety Clues at Farmers Markets

By Cookson Beecher on August 9, 2013

This is National Farmers Market Week, and with a bounty of  freshly harvested food now available from local farms, people are flocking to the markets — for all sorts of reasons. “There’s nothing better than…
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Nutrition Standards Won't Fix Big Food's Worst Child Marketing Tactics

By Michele Simon on July 12, 2013

Last month, I participated in an important panel at a childhood obesity conference to discuss the current strategy backed by some advocacy groups: asking industry to market “healthier” foods to children. But as Susan Linn …
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Letter From The Editor: An Obesity Gut Check

By Dan Flynn on March 31, 2013

One of my favorite iPod apps is for Stitcher, which collects podcasts that I might be interested in listening to.  I must admit I favor either old time radio drama or history programing.  There’s nothing…
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Busted: Food Myths Brought to You By Corporate Front Groups

By Michele Simon on October 24, 2012

Over the past few months, I’ve been writing about Proposition 37, the California initiative that would require foods made through genetic engineering to be labeled, a policy that is common sense in 61 other …
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How Did My Profession’s Conference Get Hijacked by Big Food?

By Andy Bellatti on October 18, 2012

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) hosted its 2012 Food & Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) earlier this month. Sadly, the event once again (see last year’s report) demonstrated how this registered dietitians’…
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Preparation Underway for Second Annual Food Day

By News Desk on October 12, 2012

For the second year running, chefs, authors, filmmakers, consumer groups, animal welfare advocates, policymakers and other proponents of the food movement are gearing up to celebrate Food Day, a national occasion to raise awareness surrounding…
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