One of my cooked food addictions in my previous life was pizza. Specifically pepperoni pizza.
 
When I was a kid, a big treat was going to Pizza Hut. In my home town there was a big restaurant branch, which was kinda a big deal then. They had the coolest promotions – like they would put an electronic timer on your table and if it went off before you got your pizza – it was free!
Then – OHMYGOD – they started doing “All you can eat”, but you had to request additional …

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First, I was the single woman about town, grabbing food on the run or at work (Cold Feet: great show, but food fit for your dog). With money to burn and time to indulge myself, eating out was the norm and not a treat.
Then came a boyfriend, Dan, and with him cosy nights at home, cooking. The longer we were together, the more we shared our love of all things edible. Then, after I had cooked a particularly good lamb shank, he popped the question: “Will you give me that …

Foreign food producers who want to sell their products to China might have to register with China’s inspection and quarantine authorities every four years, according to a new draft rule released yesterday to solicit public opinion.
The food safety law, to take effect on June 1, requires all foreign food exporters to register with General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) to ensure their products are safe.
The draft implementation rule of the law, released on the website of the State Council Legislative Affairs Office (http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/), states such registration is …

April 24 – Following a request from the European Commission to the European Food Safety Authority, the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food was asked to provide a scientific opinion on the safety of calcium phosphinate added for nutritional purposes as a source of calcium in food supplements and on the bioavailability of calcium from this source.
The present opinion deals only with the safety of calcium phosphinate as a source of calcium and the bioavailability of calcium from this source. The safety of calcium itself, …

The Irish Dairy Board, the commercial co-operative that exports Irish dairy produce, has reported a dip in turnover to just under €2.09 billion for 2008, down 7% on the previous year.
The board said that highly priced stock had a negative impact on profitability in the first half of the year, but the second half saw a major improvement from both the consumer and ingredients divisions. This resulted in a reduction in the full year operating surplus to €24.3m.
The Irish Dairy Board’s consumer foods division reported ‘a good year’. Its product …

The 41st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) was held in Shanghai, China on March 16–20, 2009. The committee was very productive with several documents moving forward for adoption by the 32nd Codex Alimentarius Commission including: food additive provisions for the General Standards for Food Additives (GSFA); amendments to the International Numbering System; and specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives arising from the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) 68th meeting (i.e., 20 additives including carob bean and guar gum, phytosterols and …

What should one’s diet be during pregnancy? Although there always seems to be a shifting current when it comes to supplementation and foods of detriment, make sure you eat a substantial amount of healthy foods. If it’s made in a laboratory, I’d probably avoid it for your child’s sake. There is also an outline of what the balance should be for your macronutirents. So, more specifically, what foods should a soon-to-be mother eat in abundance and what foods should be avoided?
Foods that need to be avoided vary greatly. As mentioned …

Everyone’s heard the cliché “you are what you eat.” And, it’s true – your health is intimately connected to the foods and drinks you put in your mouth. But, have you ever stopped to consider what other impacts your food choices may have? Industrial farming practices can cause soil and water pollution. Over-packaged, single-size foods result in litter and plastic waste that will linger in landfills for hundreds of years. The average American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to fork increasing air pollution and greenhouse gases. Human health is …

BEIJING — China said Tuesday that food safety monitoring had improved since it launched a nationwide drive in December against illegal additives.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ), one of the departments that participated in the effort, said in a statement that it had taken steps including examining food producers and products and upgrading food-processing facilities to reduce risks.
 
Last December, nine departments including GAQSIQ and the ministries of Health, Industry and Information Technology, Public Security, Supervision, Agriculture and Commerce began the nationwide campaign.
The effort followed the melamine-adulterated …