According to the Obama Foodorama blog, U.S. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced on March 14 that she is resigning from her post after serving for all of President Obama’s … Continue Reading →
According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Colorado residents were the least likely in the nation to be obese in 2012—as has been the case since 2010—making it the only state … Continue Reading →
U.S. Representative Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has introduced a new bipartisan version of his previous legislation to combat seafood fraud. IFT Daily News
As of this past January, about a third of U.S. adults say they want to cut down or be free of gluten in their diets, the highest percentage making this … Continue Reading →
Driven by a more optimistic outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) Restaurant Performance Index(RPI) rose to its highest level in five months. IFT Daily News
A study conducted by the advocacy group Oceana found that as much as one-third of seafood sold in restaurants and groceries in the United States is fraudulently labeled. IFT Daily … Continue Reading →
A study published in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Amber Waves shows that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may reduce the number of recipient households with very low food … Continue Reading →
According to Reuters, four years after a Salmonella outbreak linked to tainted peanut butter sickened hundreds in the United States and killed nine, authorities have charged the former owner of … Continue Reading →
A study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that American adults have made a little progress in recent years in cutting back on calories … Continue Reading →
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here last week said net profits during the fiscal fourth quarter improved by 8.6%, helped by lower than expected tax rates and modest gains in … Continue Reading →
