Nevada assemblyman proposes fast food tax
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- The price of many fast food items would tick up slightly if one assemblyman's bill makes it through the Nevada ...
View ArticleFood truck rally will return to downtown in March
Miriam Musoke of Off the Griddle sets an order on the counter for a customer. Musoke and the truck traveled from Lakeland to be a part of Gainesville's first Food Truck Rally Saturday ...
View ArticleMeat scandal The price of cheap food | Editorial
The real issue is that we have an industrialised food system which practically guarantees fraud, substitution and a constant driving down of the ...
View ArticleRomanian Horse Meat In British Lasagna Reveals Complex Global Food Trade
Not all countries in Europe shun horse meat, as the sign above this butcher shop in Paris attests. But horse-eating Europeans still don't like being ...
View Articlei Editors Letter When it comes to food value outweighs cost
Some good can come out of this sorry horse meat saga. No, not yet - I am convinced that the news has to get a lot worse before it gets better. But, if the entire affair forces us to think harder ...
View ArticleFood colours Why do they matter
What are food colours? Where do they come from? And what are the reasons they are used in so many foods? In this special edition article FoodNavigator brings you the facts behind the food ...
View ArticleKey food scandals in Europe
Horsemeat Scandal The scandal came up to the surface in mid-January when Irish food inspectors detected horsemeat in frozen beef burgers made by firms in Ireland and Britain and sold in supermarket ...
View ArticleFestival banquets challenge to food waste campaign
Spring Festival is a time when families gather to enjoy reunion dinners, but it also poses a challenge to the recent campaign against food waste. The campaign - which is sweeping across China with ...
View ArticleWe are innocent says boss in meat scandal
/enpproperty--> The president of French meat processor Spanghero promised on Friday to disprove allegations that his company knowingly sold horsemeat labeled as beef, and accused the ...
View ArticleBurger King putting new focus on value products
New menu items like a chicken parmesan sandwich, sweet potato curly fries and mini Cinnabon rolls helped boost Burger King’s fourth quarter sales and profits. But the Miami based company said ...
View Article‘Food Deserts’ Identified By New Research Approach
food desert is an area that lacks access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lowfat milk and other foods necessary for the maintenance of a healthy diet. The CDC, along with a new study ...
View ArticleBuffett Firm 3G Buying Food Giant Heinz In $28-B Deal
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian-led 3G Capital announced Thursday they would take over venerable US ketchup maker ...
View ArticleHow this actress and playwright uses a blackboard in her dining room
When actress and playwright Liza Paul purchased her home in Toronto's Leslieville neighbourhood in 2006, it was a decrepit former crack house. But her contractor dad, Everton Paul, insisted she ...
View ArticleMore raids in horse meat scandal
Officials investigating the horse meat mis-labelling scandal will continue examining evidence today after three more plants were raided. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) visited two premises in ...
View ArticleCongo-Kinshasa Thousands of Displaced Congolese to Benefit From Latest UN...
The United Nations food relief agency today said it will fly in 20 metric tons of emergency food supplies to recently displaced persons in the town of Punia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
View ArticleHorsemeat - food fraud not food safety
You may have noticed that I've spent quite a bit of my time reporting about horsemeat in recent days. I'm the medical correspondent and so that might make you assume that there is a strong ...
View ArticleIndustry rallies as horse meat scandal continues
JUST when you thought it was safe to look at beef products and assume they were what they said on the packet, things went from bad to worse for the red meat supply chain this ...
View ArticleUN to distribute food among Congolese refugees
New York, Feb 16 : The United Nations food relief agency Friday said it will fly in 20 metric tons of emergency food supplies to recently displaced persons in the town of Punia in the Democratic ...
View ArticleNestles net profit goes up
Swiss food giant Nestle has announced a net profit of 10.6 billion Swiss francs (about $11.5 billion) for 2012, an increase of 11.6 percent from the previous year. The company Thursday reported a ...
View ArticleEat greens while pregnant to prevent offspring from becoming fussy eaters
What a woman eats during pregnancy and breast feeding can significantly influence the type of food that her baby will prefer when being weaned, a series of studies has found. Scientists say mothers ...
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