The Hanoi Health department said tapioca ball samples were taken randomly from wholesale markets and three milk tea shops in the city on August 10 for testing following online reports from Chinese newspaper Renmin Wang that tapioca balls used in milk tea in China contained polymers, chlorides and sodium sulfates that are harmful to human health.
The department said it had yet to find polymer in Vietnamese-made tapioca balls, also known as pearls or black pearls when used in sweet milk tea beverages, but there was still plenty to be alarmed …

ADHD has been a hot topic in the media for a few years due to raising diagnoses, medication concerns, and debates to whether it is even a real health condition. New research has found that a few food additives can cause the symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of ADHD. Once we establish the symptoms of ADHD, we can correlate them with the symptoms produced in the study by specific ingredients that we can then identify and eliminate from our families’ diets.
What is ADHD?
It is a common group of …

Papua New Guinea August 21 the Ministry of Health issued a circular said, “food hygiene regulations” will be officially implemented. Importers, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of imported food, the label must meet the following requirements:
 
 1, English labeling; 2, there is the name or description of food; 3, nutrition notes; 4, composition description; 5, food additives; 6, the manufacturer or manufacturer’s full address; 7, country of origin; 8, production date, or at the latest dates; 9, net weight; 10, batch number; 11, storage requirements; 12, the percentage of labeling; 13, compliance …

Researchers, nutritionists, and agronomists from across the globe met in Madison, Wisconsin from July 27-29 to discuss the most recent research efforts concerning many silage topics. This article will recap the topics most likely to impact farmers in near future.
Session 1: Silage and the Environment
A number of large dairies in California have been recently sued for emitting volatile organic compounds (VOC) from their farms and alleging reducing air quality. When VOC react with nitrous oxides (NOx) they form ozone, which contributes to smog. NOx come from combustion engines. However it …

StarKist Sandwich-Ready Tuna Salad. Chunk Light, and Albacore. $1.37 to $1.99 per 3-ounce pouch.
Bonnie: StarKist is taking another stab at selling flavored tuna in a pouch. We reviewed some of its Creations six years ago. This new “deli-inspired sandwich-ready” tuna is tuna mixed with crunchy water chestnuts, celery and myriad unappealing additives. Those include xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, artificial flavors, titanium dioxide and more.
Each pouch contains 90 to 100 calories, 2.5 to 3.5 grams of total fat, 370 to 460 milligrams of sodium and 11 to 13 grams of protein, …