Medical Xpress: Medical Xpress news tagged with: supermarket shelves http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Vet drug bute found in British corned beef British supermarket chain Asda on Tuesday recalled all of its budget corned beef range after veterinary drug phenylbutazone was found in some samples. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vet-drug-bute-british-corned.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:51:30 EST news284745077 Discounts on purchases of healthy foods can improve diets, study finds Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to reduce consumption of nutritionally less-desirable foods, according to research from the RAND Corporation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-discounts-healthy-foods-diets.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:01 EST news282829349 Portugal finds horse painkiller drug in burgers, meatballs Burgers and meatballs sold in Portugal by French retailer Auchan have been found to contain horsemeat with small traces of an animal painkiller that is potentially harmful to humans, Portugal's consumer watchdog said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-portugal-horse-painkiller-drug-burgers.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:10:01 EST news281897572 UK food agency raids abattoir in horsemeat scandal (AP)—Britain's police and food safety regulator on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing firm suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-uk-food-agency-raids-abattoir.html Health Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:24:37 EST news279905062 Burger King drops supplier linked to horsemeat (Update) (AP)—British and Irish burger fans could face a Whopper shortage. Burger King has stopped buying beef from an Irish meat processor whose patties were found to contain traces of horsemeat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-burger-king-supplier-linked-horsemeat.html Health Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:39:01 EST news278239136 Scientists study how to reduce salt, but not flavor, in cheese From soup to nuts, supermarket shelves teem with products trumpeting their reduced-salt status. Not in the cheese cooler, though. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-scientists-salt-flavor-cheese.html Health Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:00:01 EST news275583541 Fewer toxic toys and textiles in EU stores Europe last year saw its first drop in the number of toxic toys and skin-irritating textiles stacked on its supermarket shelves, more than half of them made in China, the EU said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-toxic-toys-textiles-eu.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 08:14:59 EST news255683692 Schools getting choice on beef: Pink slime or no? (AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-schools-choice-beef-pink-slime.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:07:42 EST news251006850