Synthetic softening agents called phthalates are in tens of thousands of products people use every day, and they are helpful, but there is one thing that they should not be in: food. Yet a new study finds that phthalates, which have been linked with serious health problems, are not only in our food but that they are difficult to avoid.
Phthalates are a type of industrial chemical used in the manufacture of plastics. The synthetics industry uses about five million tons of phthalates every year. They are found in products ranging …

The loss from continuing operations of £0.889m represents an improvement from the comparable figure of £1.159m
Real Good Food Company plc, the sugars, ingredients and bakery company, has reported that Total Group sales from continuing operations decreased 2.2% to £101.7m from £104.0m compared to the same period previous year, reflecting the price and volume pressures in the sugar division as a result of regime change.
The company has said that sales improvements at Bakery Ingredients and Bakery divisions improved their operating performance year-on-year, driven by increased margins and lower overheads. This was …

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration told Congress Tuesday that it has limited abilities to keep dietary supplements with steroids from hitting market shelves.
“FDA generally cannot identify violative products before they enter the marketplace,” said Michael Levy, director of the FDA’s division of new drugs and labeling compliance, at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary crime and drugs subcommittee. “After products enter the market, we must undertake a painstaking investigative and analytical process” to show the products violate the law.
Levy said that dietary supplement makers need not prove a …

CLAREMONT, Calif., Sept. 29, 2009 — The Dr. Chao Herbal Drink Line is premiering two all-natural, vegan beverages to enhance sexual health, combat premenstrual symptoms and more. The new “Adult” and “Lady” drinks have no sugar, artificial sweeteners or preservatives, glutens, carbs and caffeine, do not require costly prescriptions and have health benefits derived from the recipes of a 19th-century Chinese herbalist.
According to Ted Chao, president of the Claremont, California-based U.S. People Foods & Beverages Company, “The ‘Adult Drink’ is similar to popular sex enhancement products on the market, but …

by Christian Goodman
A friend of mine would always make the statement I eat like a bird, yet I still gain weight! I can affirm to the fact that she was inclined to eat very little when we would go out for a meal but Ill admit that I assumed she went home and ate all the food in her refrigerator later.
Of course later when she was diagnosed with a pituitary disorder, I no longer assumed she wasnt being honest.
When my friend asked her doctor what could have caused this, she …

They say that if you have never come across it, experienced it, you definitely will be lying if you talked so enthusiastically about it. Similarly if you have not been a captive of this hideous yeast infection then you absolutely have nothing to say regarding it.
But then if you have been within its enduring confinement then you know exactly why this is a silent adversity. First when you catch this yeast infection at whatever part of the body, you risk gushing a disgusting vaginal discharge that smell like bakers yeast …

LANCASTER — This year, Fairfield Christian Academy’s annual community service day had no boundaries.
While some worked to improve Fairfield County, hundreds of students worked Friday inside Fairfield Christian Church’s Family Life Center, assembling food packages that would provide 225,000 meals to starving children in Africa.
The event, which concludes today, was possible through the Christian nonprofit group Feed My Starving Children.
“We need to shine a light and reach out not only to Fairfield County, Ohio, but throughout the world,” Pastor Bill Lavely said Friday morning.
Students and community members assembled packages of …

By Sabyasachi Samajdar, FoodBizDaily.com Bureau Chief – New Delhi
September 24, 2009 – The size of the Indian urban food market is estimated at INR 350,000 crore (U$ 70 billion) . The domestic market for processed food is huge and fast growing.
 
The private sector is yet to realize its full potential in the food-retailing sector, as the market is still to explore. Though, it has now started discovering the money there is to be made in the urban food retailing market.
 
According to Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, urban …

China has launched a long-term campaign to crack down on making, selling and using illegal food additives and vowed to name violators.
The campaign will last from this month until the end of 2010, according to the Ministry of Health.
Statistics from the ministry show that, during the first campaign that ran from the end of 2008 to early 2009, 7,626 illegal cases were unearthed, involving goods valued at 67.08 million yuan (about 9.8 million U.S. dollars).
Also in the campaign, 252 kinds of food additives were found to have not met the …

The US decision to increase Chinese tire tariffs risks starting a full-scale trade war, distorts economic growth and ultimately hurts consumers, according to a US trade expert.
In an interview with Xinhua in Chicago Thursday, Marshall P. Eldred, president of Chicago-based international trading company Golden Hill Foods, said the tire decision was protectionism that could potentially have a negative impact on trade relations.
“Every action has a reaction. This could lead to further protectionism on China’s part. At the very least, this sort of protectionist policy creates a tense trade environment,”he said.
Eldred …