Food-labeling effort gains new momentum
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Shoppers are in the dark about where much of their food comes from despite a five-year-old law requiring meat and other products to carry labels with their country of origin.
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With the Food and Drug Administration having declared that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe, opponents of food from clones are shifting their fight to how such fare is labeled.
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Processed produce has a long journey from the grower to the table, increasing the number of chances for contamination &#151; and making it easier to spread.
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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The Co-op is testing whether shoppers are affected by labels highlighting products' salt, fat and calories content.
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Most Americans read food labels to   help them decide what to buy but few people actually understand   what they're reading or consuming, according to two U.S.   studies published on Tuesday.
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Eyeing some salmon or sardines in the grocery store, you may soon notice some not-very-snappy words on the labels, suggesting the contents may be good for you.
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Three major produce industry groups have called for government regulation.
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Lawmaker impatience is rising over voluntary industry effort to improve food safety.
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Health Canada is proposing substantial changes to current requirements for the labelling of tobacco products in an effort to reach more smokers, the federal department said today.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shoppers to see their way to more healthy choices while scanning food labels.
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America&#039;s appetite for organic food is so strong that supply just can&#039;t keep up with demand. Organic products still have only a tiny slice, about 2.5 percent, of the nation&#039;s food market. But the slice is expanding at a feverish pace.
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The nation's largest food company is moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits.
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National Foods is using a strategy of new product releases to reinvigorate a stagnating dairy sector. Picture:Michele Mossop. National Foods, fresh from posting a 14 per cent rise in profit
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The grocery chain Hannaford said Wednesday that a year-old experiment that used a rating system to direct customers to healthier food items had been a success.
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Demand for calorie labels on restaurant food is sweeping the country but the real question is whether diners with more information will make wiser decisions.