Labels Weighed for Food From Clones
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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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The European Commission proposed simplified food labels Wednesday highlighting fat, sugar and salt contents in an attempt to contain the spread of obesity and junk food in the 27-nation EU.
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The US food safety authority on Tuesday approved meat and milk from cloned animals, clearing the way for them one day to appear in shops despite opposition on ethical and health grounds.
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Having completed a years-long scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration is set to announce as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned farm animals and their offspring can start making their way toward supermarket shelves, sources in contact with the agency said yesterday.
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Opponents of the cloning of animals score a major victory when the Senate passes an amendment to the farm bill that would require more research on the safety of cloned meat before it reaches your grocery store. The amendment isn't law yet, though, and still must survive a closed-door meeting between Senate and House committees.
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People check the labels on food at the grocery store, but it doesn&#039;t stop them from eating what they want, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
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HALIFAX - Fruit flies, the common pests that swarm over compost bins, may hold the key to cloning mammals successfully, say Canadian scientists who&#39;ve cloned the insects.
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People would like simple signposts to help them to make informed and healthier food choices, according to new research from the UKâs Food Standards Agency (FSA).
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled food from certain cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to using the controversial technology in the U.S. food supply.
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Will the beverage's new name increase its value to calorie counters?
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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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Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from their counterparts bred the old-fashioned way, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday Â but sales still won't begin right away.
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US farmers given go-ahead to produce cloned meat for human food chain
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Comment is free: James Randerson:  Scientists will have to work hard to persuade a cynical public to tuck in to the idea of cloned meat.
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In Australia, if you pick up a box of Lean Cuisine's chicken pomodoro you'll find a small blue and white symbol on the label that lists the product's glycemic index in addition to the usual facts about calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein and sodium. Some 150 other product carry the symbol, too.
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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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Genetically modified (GM) foods should be a concern for those who suffer from food allergies because they are not tested, regulated, or required to be labeled.