How sweet is that Coca-Cola? Israeli start-up lets you know
How hot or cold is it? To find out, you check the thermometer. How long or short is an object? For that, you pull out a ruler and measure it. How sweet is “sweet”? Yuval Klein, CEO of Israeli start-up...
View ArticleHealthy School Food Standards Make 5 Successes Possible
Students are taking and eating more fruit with their school meals since the 2012-13 school year, when districts implemented updated nutrition standards called for in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act...
View ArticleFDA's Voluntary Guidance Failing To Curb Antibiotic Overuse In Farm Animals
Today, the FDA released its annual report [PDF] on the sale of antimicrobials for use in farm animals, and the numbers are not a surprise to anyone who could see that merely asking drug companies to be...
View ArticlePine Valley Foods, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls Crazy About Cookie Products Due...
LOUISIANA - Pine Valley Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Crazy about Cookies Pre-portioned varieties after learning that a labeling misstatement on the sugar cookie dough & walnut chocolate...
View ArticleU.S. sales of antibiotics for food animals rose over six years: FDA
CHICAGO U.S. sales of medically important antibiotics approved for use in livestock rose by 23 percent between 2009 and 2014, federal regulators said on Thursday, fueling concerns about risks to humans...
View ArticleObesity is 'biggest threat to women's health'
Obesity is the biggest threat to women's health and the health of future generations, warns England's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies. In her annual report, she said tackling obesity should be...
View ArticleAntibiotics Sales to Farms Up 23 Percent Since 2009
According to newly released federal data, sales of medically important antimicrobials used in food-producing animals in the U.S. increased by 3 percent in 2014 and by 23 percent between 2009 and 2014....
View ArticleSaving Bread, Wine, and Chocolate
At first glance the chapters in Simran Sethi’s new book, Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love, read like a list of foods we are often told to avoid: wine, chocolate, coffee, beer, and...
View ArticleWe're eating less meat—but using more antibiotics on farms than ever
The meat industry's massive appetite for antibiotics just keeps growing. That's the takeaway from the Food and Drug Administration's latest annual assessment of the issue, which found that agricultural...
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Javascript is required to use a number of the features of the Sustain website. Find out how to enable Javascript here Stuck for a food-related present for someone who really doesn’t need another pasta...
View ArticleChipotle's weasel words are a bit sickening
Chipotle Mexican Grill’s CEO Steve Ells is “deeply sorry” after 141 of his customers in Boston College contracted Norovirus. This comes in the wake of virus outbreaks in nine other states over the past...
View ArticleMontreal bans pesticide linked to bee deaths
CBC News Posted: Dec 11, 2015 7:52 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 11, 2015 8:10 AM ET The City of Montreal is completely banning neonicotinoid pesticides in an effort to better protect the bee population....
View ArticleSeattle Chipotle Closed For 'Repeated Food Safety Violations'
The Chipotle Mexican Grill on South Lake Union was shut down Thursday by officials with Public Health — Seattle and King County for repeated food safety violations. The “fast casual” restaurant at 212...
View ArticleTyson Foods’ Secret Recipe for Carving Up Workers’ Comp
Over the past 25 years, the giant meatpacking company has taken a lead in pushing for changes in workers’ comp in state after state — often to the detriment of workers. Over the past 25 years, the...
View ArticleBravo Recalls Select Chicken and Turkey Pet Foods Because of Possible...
Bravo Pet Foods of Manchester, CT is recalling a select lot of Bravo Chicken Blend diet for dogs & cats with a best used by date of 11/13/16 due to concerns of the possible presence of Salmonella ....
View ArticleAntibiotic Use On Farms Is Up, Despite Promises To Kick The Drugs
Cattle graze in a field near Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown, along with many health advocacy groups, has called the overuse of antibiotics "an urgent public health problem." Rich...
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View ArticleThe Top 5 Food Problems Americans Want the Next President to Fix
Those who tuned in to the first round of presidential debates hoping to hear a discussion of food and nutrition were sorely disappointed. In fact, food has been largely absent from the entire race so...
View ArticleEric Schlosser on the People Behind Our Food
When Eric Schlosser pitched Fast Food Nation to publishers in 1999, they balked. No one would buy a food book that didn’t include recipes, they said. Schlosser eventually found a publisher willing to...
View ArticleLess Meat Consumption Critical to Achieve Global Climate Goals
Studies suggesting that the global meat industry has a larger environmental impact than the emissions coming from the world’s entire transportation industry are hardly new. But with the COP21 climate...
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