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'Food' Tag
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First regional student food drive to fight hunger
July 31, 2010[Story ID: 3347] High schools throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania are invited to join Shire’s The Great Food Fight!, the first regional student food drive to fight hunger. The goal: to collect 25 tons of food – the equivalent of 50,000 meals – for Philabundance and the thousands of local families who rely on the food services [...]
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Call for American manufacturers to include medicinal ingredients from around the globe in foods, beverages
July 22, 2010[Story ID: 3120] As consumers overseas embrace foods and beverages made with ingredients long known to have health and wellness benefits, American manufacturers can take a cue from their success and add such medicinal ingredients to their foods and beverages, according to a scientific discussion at the 2010 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting [...]
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New initiative to improve childrens nutrition education, help them make smarter food choices
July 16, 2010[Story ID: 2936] A new initiative to improve children’s nutrition education and increase the amount of healthy foods available in schools is a collaboration among Penn State researchers; Pennsylvania’s Departments of Health, Education, and Agriculture; Pennsylvania food manufacturers and food distributors; and school districts across the state.
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FDA issues formal response to Nephros 510(k) application for hemodiafiltration system
July 8, 2010[Story ID: 2715] Nephros, Inc., a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, today reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a formal response to the company’s 510(k) application.
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Global agriculture output to meet world food demand as food prices escalate over decade, report says
June 17, 2010[Story ID: 2350] Food prices are projected to rise over the next decade, with the cost of some grains increasing between 15 and 40 percent, according to an annual report, released Tuesday from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, VOA News reports (6/15).
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Study shows different factors related to issues of hunger, inadequate nutrition in children
May 28, 2010[Story ID: 2081] Approximately 49 million people, including 17 million children, experience household food insecurity – the lack of resources required to sustain the nutritional needs of family members – according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, this number may be even higher when examining the specific food needs of children.
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Todays Opinions and Editorials: Childhood obesity, the interworkings of the FDA, the constitutionality of Obamacare
May 20, 2010[Story ID: 1915] The White House report offers recommendations related to early childhood, parenting, food in schools, access to healthy and affordable food and physical activity. Taken individually, none of these is a silver bullet (Tom Newton, 5/19).
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FAO head calls for more African agriculture investment to boost food security
May 10, 2010[Story ID: 1757] Country and donor under-investment in agriculture has hindered food security across Africa, Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said on Thursday at the group’s 26th Regional Conference for Africa in Luanda, Angola, Reuters reports.
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IRIN examines possible changes to U.S. food aid policy
May 7, 2010[Story ID: 1717] IRIN examines the Obama administration’s efforts to expand U.S. food aid beyond the distribution of domestically-produced food to countries in need.
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Norovirus outbreak associated with oysters: FDA and Mississippi, Louisiana public health agencies issue warning
March 27, 2010[Story ID: 1035] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with state health officials from Mississippi and Louisiana to notify consumers, food service operators and retailers nationwide about an outbreak of norovirus associated with oysters recently harvested from an area near Port Sulphur, La. known as Area 7. The oysters were sold or distributed [...]