News tagged with supermarket shelves
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 ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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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.
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May 08, 2012 |
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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.
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Dec 24, 2012 |
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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.
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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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.
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Schools getting choice on beef: Pink slime or no?
(AP) -- "Pink slime" just went from a simmer to a boil.
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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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.
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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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.
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Feb 12, 2013 |
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