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Organic vs. natural a source of confusion in food labeling
Tribune reporterAt first it may seem only right for Dean Foods, the nation's largest organic dairy producer, to roll out a line of yogurts and milk marketed as "natural." But Dean's announcement last week alarmed advocates of organic food, who say the burgeoning...Tags: Medical Specialization, New York University, Florida, New Products, Government
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H2-WHOA! Australian town bans sale of bottled water, hopes rest of world will follow suit
Associated Press WriterSYDNEY (AP) — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets have voted to ban the sale of bottled water, the first community in the country — and possibly the world — to take such a drastic step in...Tags: United States, Australia, Beverage Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking
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Reports: Bottled Water Makers Should Reveal As Much As Tap Water Suppliers
AP Food Industry WriterConsumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in new reports. Both the...Tags: Health Organizations, Government, Beverage Industry, Water Pollution, Food Industry
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Roaster leaps into the fire
Tribune NewspapersEvery day at the Distant Lands roasting plant here, a river of green coffee beans is transformed into espresso, fuel for McDonald's Corp.'s boldest gambit in decades. Distant Lands' Russell Kramer was skeptical at first that it would ever happen. Could...Tags: New Products, Hamburgers, Ohio State University, Government, Marketing
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Eat Better: Food, Inc., the movie
The Associated PressThe new documentary Food, Inc. begins with idyllic scenes of American farmland. Then the camera zooms in on a grocery cart overflowing with packaged food. Eerie, horror movie-style music swells in the background. It's meant to signal the audience that...Tags: South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida), Genres, Academy Awards, Organic Foods, Lobbying
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When Unhealthy Foods Hijack Overeaters' Brains
AP Medical WriterFood hijacked Dr. David Kessler's brain. Not apples or carrots. The scientist who once led the government's attack on addictive cigarettes can't wander through part of San Francisco without craving a local shop's chocolate-covered pretzels. Stop at one...Tags: Physical Fitness, Human Body, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Salt
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State inmates might become crab pickers
With the foreign workers who have long done the dirty work in Maryland's seafood industry held up by red tape, desperate owners of the Eastern Shore's processing plants are investigating a new source of crab pickers: state prisoners.
This week, members...Tags: Interior Policy, Jack Brooks, Labor Legislation, Chesapeake Bay, Wars and Interventions
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Next food target for NYC — salt
Associated PressFirst, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt. City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants to discuss reducing the amount of salt in common...Tags: New York, Government, Foods and Beverages, Breads, Human Body
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Updated bottle deposit law breaks '9-year logjam'
jennifer.smith@newsday.comBreaking what David A. Paterson's office called "a 9-year logjam in the legislature," the budget state lawmakers are expected to start voting on today contains the biggest expansion of New York's bottle deposit law since its inception. The update would...Tags: New York, David A. Paterson, Long Island, Beverage Industry, Economic Policy
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Salt and high blood pressure: New concerns raised
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAh, salt. It gives personality to chips, balance to bread and flavor to just about everything else that comes in a can, jar or squeeze bottle. Salt is such a mealtime staple it can be hard to imagine life without a shaker on the table. But as far back...Tags: New York, Foods and Beverages, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Breads, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Mercury in corn syrup? Food made with ingredient may have traces of toxic metal
Tribune reporterA swig of soda or a bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new study suggests that food made with corn syrup also could be delivering tiny doses of toxic mercury. For the first time, researchers say they have detected traces of the silvery metal in...Tags: Georgia, Regional Authority, Ohio, West Virginia, Food Industry
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A shortage of hands
For nearly 20 years, this tiny watermen's village on Hoopers Island has been enlivened each spring by the arrival of several dozen Mexicans - women who bring with them tortillas and tamales, mariachi music and the hands that make the local economy go....Tags: Wages and Pensions, Jack Brooks, Government, Justice and Rights, Employers
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