WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it has warned the Procter & Gamble Co. two of its products are being marketed illegally.
The FDA said the Cincinnati company’s Vicks DayQuil Plus Vitamin C and Vicks Nyquil Plus Vitamin C are illegally marketed combinations of drug ingredients and a dietary ingredient.
Both of the over-the-counter medicines, which contain vitamin C in addition to several drug ingredients, are marketed as treatments for cold and flu symptoms.
The FDA said the combinations of drug ingredients and dietary ingredients cannot be …

Japanese cuisine has long captivated the world with its healthy and tasty food, long known for its emphasis on seasonality, quality of ingredients and meticulous presentation.
While Japanese may be one of the healthiest cuisines in the world, many non-Japanese people including Indonesians are not really into traditional Japanese food, especially its raw delicacies such as sashimi.
For many non-Japanese, its dishes’ intense flavors and use of oil can be excessive.
However, non-Japanese can still enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine in a different way – by combining it with local cuisine, says chef Hirohisa …

The food industry program that tried to convince Americans that junk food was health food is shutting down after the Food and Drug Administration said it was going to start checking the veracity of its claims. Good riddance to the Smart Choices program, a case study of what can happen under lax regulation.
Smart Choices logos, sporting a green check mark, began appearing on the front of food packages this summer, after nearly two years of development. Almost immediately, the program came under fire for criteria so broad that it included …

Of the 5,300 food samples tested by the Centre for Food Safety in September, 99.8% were satisfactory. Ten items failed the tests.
 
A sausage was found to contain sorbic acid, a preservative is not permitted in this type of food.
 
A chilled yellow croaker was found to contain colourings Tartrazine and Sunset Yellow FCF which are not permitted in chilled fish.
 
An orange roughy fillet was found to contain mercury exceeding the legal limit, and a fresh fan scallop contained cadmium.
 
A sample of oyster sauce had the preservative formic acid exceeding the legal …

Have you been disappointed with the way your homemade wine has turned out? I know quite a number of people who have not been pleased with their results. Sometimes it’s off flavors. Or worst of all, wine turning into vinegar. Here are some common mistakes that home winemakers often commit which could result in something your not all that proud of:
Mistake #1 – Not Sanitizing Equipment
This is quite possibly the biggest and most often made mistake of home winemakers. Just because a batch of wine turned out fine previously, and …