Leaders OF the United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) testified this week before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture as part of a hearing to address food traceability systems.
Noting that Congress continues to view food safety reform as a top policy priority this year, United Fresh president/CEO Tom Stenzel said, “With the hundreds of recalls related to the peanut paste outbreak the past several months, traceability of all foods and food ingredients is now at the center of this congressional debate. I’m …

It is generally thought that seafood is a ‘functional food’ – it has the ability to prevent disease or in some cases reduce existing conditions to the point of making them manageable. This could be the opinion of some people who had related personal experience or those who read about it.
Most of the nutrients, minerals, fatty acids, and amino acids -that our bodies need to develop through childhood and remain healthy throughout life – are present in seafood. Many people laud the virtues of seafood, though some individuals dispute this. …

 
Today was customers’ day for me. I had an appointment with a customer at the opening time of the show and walked with him along a number of stands on the top floor of the Everbright; regularly stopping at selected major companies to discuss the status quo of their markets. These conversations proceeded as usual. Many people at the stands like to show off their English, so you let the customer start the discussion in English. Only in case the conversation seems to not be going to deliver the desired …

(NaturalNews) High-fructose corn syrup has taken our food shelves by storm. It is present in many different types of bread, cereals, breakfast bars, yogurts, soups and sugary beverages. It is estimated that, on a typical day, an American consumes an average of 12 teaspoons of such syrup. Further, teenagers and others with high consumption may even be taking in up to 80% more than average. Recently, two separate studies, one published in the journal Environmental Health and the other conducted by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), have …

Results of the first human clinical studies confirm that a new yogurt fights the bacteria that cause gastritis and stomach ulcers with what researchers describe as almost vaccine-like effects, scientists in Japan will report at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Researchers have long known that yogurt, a fermented milk product containing live bacteria, is a healthy source of calcium, protein, and other nutrients. Some brands of yogurt are now made with “probiotics” — certain types of bacteria — intended to improve health. The new yogurt represents a …

Have you experienced bloating after eating something? Or nauseous after drinking milk, maybe? Ever wondered why that happens? Food sensitivity is something that most of us have learned to live with. For one thing, it goes undetected almost 90% of the time because symptoms may occur as late as after 3 days of consuming the offending food. For another, food sensitivity triggers subtle and sometimes unrelated symptoms. For instance, a sensitivity to yeast may lead to excessive drainage from the sinus! Even doctors misdiagnose food sensitivity because of this. Food …

Not to worry. Their customer’s health will be no more an issue in bad times than they were it good times. Chemicals will continue to fill the bill.
[Sara Lee Corp] is emphasizing the value of its Jimmy Dean Skillet product, Barnes said, noting that a consumer just has to add eggs and can feed a family of five a hearty breakfast for about $5.00.
Just what heartiness will you find in one of Jimmy Dean Skillet meals (other than the eggs you add yourself? Here’s the list of ingredients as listed …

AS tens of thousands of people recently strolled among booths of the nation’s largest organic and natural foods show here, munching on fair-trade chocolate and sipping organic wine, a few dozen pioneers of the industry sneaked off to an out-of-the-way conference room.
Although unit sales of organic food have leveled off and even declined lately, versus a year earlier, the mood among those crowded into the conference room was upbeat as they awaited a private screening of a documentary called “Food Inc.” — a withering critique of agribusiness and industrially produced …

INDIANAPOLIS, March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Noble Roman’s, Inc. (OTCBulletinBoard: NROM) , the Indianapolis based franchisor of Noble Roman’s Pizza and Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs, today announced results for the year 2008. Net income from continuing operations was $1.4 million, or $.07 per share basic and diluted, on weighted average number of common shares outstanding of 19.2 million and diluted weighted average shares of 20.1 million. This compares to net income from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $2.5 million, or $.14 per share basic, on weighted …

Mar 19, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – Members of Congress today grilled executives of three food companies about what role producers have in ensuring that their ingredients are safe, after revealing that Nestle did its own audits of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) facilities in 2002 and 2006 and rejected the company as one of its suppliers.
All three of the companies whose leaders testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today issued recall notices after the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak strain was suspected and identified in some of their …