July 15, 2009, the European Commission to the WTO / TBT notification (notification No.: G/TBT/N/EEC/284), will amend the food additive in the list of vitamins and minerals on the laws and regulations, including the laws and regulations in June 2002 10 adopted by the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonization of Member States relating to food supplements the legal directive (2002/46/EC) and December 20, 2006, adopted by the European Parliament and of the Council on vitamins and minerals and certain other substances added to food laws and …

Jeonju, capital of North Jeolla province and former capital of the Baekje dynasty sits in the middle of the fertile Honam plain in an area also known as the rice bowl of Korea. The south-west corner of Korea is occupied by the Jeolla provinces and in my slightly biased opinion, home to the best Korean food in the country and therefore the known universe. Good, wholesome, traditional, regional cooking at its finest; food that has fed countless farm workers for generations and now serves up delicious, mouth wateringly good food …

Most of the time, we go to supermarket and we buy canned or packaged foods. Well, foods like cereals, sardines, tuna, milk and others are scattered across the shelfs in the malls. When buying it for the first time, we often take a look at the labels to check whether it’s rich in protein, or high on fat and cholesterol, how high the sugar level and much more. Surprisingly, most people don’t!
So, what about the people who look at the labels before buying them? Is that making them a wise …

As you know, just because a label says “all natural” doesn’t mean ALL the ingredients are ALL natural. The only way you can make sure you are getting what you want is by reading the label. Makeup is the same way. Just because it is advertised as “Mineral Makeup” doesn’t mean that the product you are looking at is truly only mineral makeup. Many “mineral makeups” contain extra ingredients known as fillers such as talc, bismuth, cornstarch, etc. And many “mineral makeups” contain chemicals and toxins that are the same …

Robert Cribb
STAFF REPORTER
Twenty-two dead.
Hundreds sickened.
Six months of inquiry.
Nearly $3 million in public money.
The result: 57 recommendations for improving a food safety system that allowed listeria buried inside a meat slicer in a Toronto-area Maple Leaf plant to reach nursing homes and stores, gradually claiming lives as officials miscommunicated, waited for crucial test results to travel across the country and prevaricated about the number of inspectors on the job in Canadian food plants.
Sheila Weatherill’s report on the listeriosis outbreak is not the whitewash many critics feared from an investigator appointed by …