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Senate bill would block mandatory labeling of GMOs
A Senate committee is moving forward on legislation that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods.
Feb 20, 2016
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Salt and sodium intake remains high in China
Yongning Wu, Ph.D., of the China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China, and colleagues compared salt and sodium consumption in China in 2000 with 2009-2012. The study appears in the February 16 issue ...
Feb 16, 2016
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Mapping the Danes' kitchen skills
Last year, researchers from Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University developed a so-called quality index, a tool applied when mapping the factors that matter in Danish people's perception of food quality. This year, the tool has been ...
Feb 8, 2016
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Food industry looks to Congress as GMO labeling law nears
The food industry is pressuring Congress to act before the state of Vermont requires food labels for genetically modified ingredients.
Feb 4, 2016
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WHO report: Young kids at high risk for foodborne illness death
New World Health Organization (WHO) global estimates of foodborne diseases find one in 10 people now get sick from contaminated food each year, and children under 5 years of age are at high risk of death from the disease.
Dec 23, 2015
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US food firms pushing halt to GMO labeling by end of year
U.S. food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.
Dec 8, 2015
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420,000 die from tainted food annually, a third of them young children: WHO
Some 600 million people get sick from eating contaminated food each year, and around 420,000 die, the World Health Organization said Thursday, adding that young children account for nearly one third of those deaths.
Dec 3, 2015
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Reserarcher explores how gender infoms our food choices and discourses
Everyone eats—but how much do we think about what we eat or why we eat it?
Nov 19, 2015
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Call for government to curb the production and sale of cheap salty junk food
A World Health Organization adviser is calling for the government to stop food manufacturers and distributors producing and selling unhealthy, cheap, salty junk food.
Sep 11, 2015
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Significant rise in organic food recalls in the United States
(HealthDay)—There has been a sharp rise in recalls of organic food products in the United States this year, according to a new report.
Aug 23, 2015
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