I have no idea what it would feel like to be a dairy farmer. I don’t run a business that was started by my father or mother or grandparents, or that I built myself; I don’t own and manage land that has been in my family for generations. Come to think of it, I’ve never really had to make a major business decision, let alone a decision that could determine my family’s future and the future of animals I raise and care for.
I can’t claim to know what it feels …

Chennai , Mar 10 Ingredients of food products and its nutritional value would have to be compulsorily listed on packets from March 19, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here today.
” From March 19, it is mandatory that any food packet sold in India must have ingredients on one side (of the cover of food packets) while the other side must contain information on the nutritional value like calories and saturated fat,”he said at a function organised by Rotary Club of Madras here.
This was part of the ministry&aposs efforts to …

The French Agency for the Medical Safety of Health Products (AFSSAPS) and the General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) recently published results of a joint market survey targeting “preservative free” and certified organic cosmetics.
Nation-wide survey
The survey was conducted last year over 30 product samples corresponding to 28 different products gathered from the whole French territory by AFSSAPS and DGCCRF inspectors.
22 out of the 28 products were certified organic or natural products (Ecocert, Visagro, ICEA-AIAB, BDIH), while 6 were only labelled as “natural / organic product”. …

I know it might sound boring, but I eat pretty much the same thing every morning before work. On the weekends I am all about eggs benedict or pancakes or biscuits and gravy, but during the week I eat yogurt and granola with maybe some berries mixed in during the summer. I guess it’s not insanely exciting, but it’s quick, easy, and fairly healthy.
A couple weeks ago, I didn’t make it to the Saturday market and never made it downtown during the week either. I was fine for lunch and …

If you think there are more “natural” products on grocery store shelves these days, you’re right.
And even more than other claims on food labels, “natural” should give you pause. In most cases, it has little meaning.
According to the Mintel Global New Products database, which monitors the appearance of new household products, a whopping one-third of all new U.S. food and beverage products in 2008 highlighted claims of being “natural” or “all natural,” or something similar, including “organic,” “no additives or preservatives” and “whole grain.”
Know what the label …

Harsh reactions to food and food additives is cause for food intolerance. When the body’s immune system or defense system is directly involved this causes immediate reactions and severe food allergies.
Many people suffer from the food intolerance in which people receives undesirable reactions to food.There are various symptoms of the food intolerance and doctors recommends allergy tests to detect this disease.Fatique also sets in when people suffer from food intolerance.Doctors around the world are researching more on this.
There are many different kinds of non-immune responses to food items. One of …

An e-mail interview with Pankaj Jaiminy, divisional manager, Food & CPD for TÜV SÜD South Asia, one of the leading certifications, testing, inspections and training providers in the country. Excerpts:
Do you think that MFPI’s (ministry of food processing of India) “2008-09: Food Safety & Quality Year” will help the food & beverage sector to achieve its goal of 100% safe and quality products in the country?
Awareness of food safety and quality is increasing in Indian consumers. The Mofpi initiative to declare 2008-09 as Food Safety & Quality Year is a …

 
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), presides over the second meeting of the presidium of the Second Session of the 11th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2009. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) — China’s parliament put the draft food safety law high on its agenda last year after a milk contamination scandal caused widespread panic and public grumbles, top legislator Wu Bangguo said Monday.
The legislature “further” revised the draft Law on Food Safety …

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To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne illness, and improving security of food from intentional contamination, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 4, 2009
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Ms. SUTTON, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. GRIJALVA, …