Global health officials are scrambling to try to prevent the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus, with U.S. officials moving Thursday with a recommendation that the Food and Drug Administration approve or license a vaccine.
In the U.K., the government launched a telephone hotline and Internet site as the number of new cases last week doubled to an estimated 100,000. The number of deaths attributed to the disease had held steady at 26 in England, not including cases diagnosed in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Besides vaccine development, health officials are …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has joined other health experts to warn consumers about potential health risks associated with electronic cigarettes.
Also known as “e-cigarettes,” electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices designed to look like and to be used in the same manner as conventional cigarettes.
Sold online and in many shopping malls, the devices generally contain cartridges filled with nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals. They turn nicotine, which is highly addictive, and other chemicals into a vapor that is inhaled by the user.
“The FDA is concerned about the safety of these …

Take a look at any grammar school class photos from more than 30 years ago and try to find the overweight and obese kids. There might be one or two, but rarely more than that, and most of those appear large-boned rather than soft and sedentary.
Those old photos prove the point that children in the United States — not to mention adults — were never previously as overweight in today’s epidemic-scale numbers.
It is pretty much the same everywhere, though some regions of the country (the South) seem a bit worse …

Eden Foodservice, part of Initial Facilities Services, has received the Food for Life catering mark for 96 primary and special schools within the Croydon area.
The company, working in partnership with Croydon Council, has achieved the bronze accreditation, which recognises greater use of fresh, seasonal, local and organic ingredients, high welfare meat and sustainable fish.
Eden Foodservice has undergone a detailed auditing process to demonstrate they meet a range of required criteria including freshly preparing at least 75 per cent of all dishes on site.
In addition, meals are required to contain no …

Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (Recast) Text with EEA relevance was published in the Official Journal L 141 , 06/06/2009 P. 0003 – 0011.
 
Directive 2009/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 April 2009
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients
(Recast)
(Text with EEA …