Thursday, December 28, 2006
Food agency takes on industry over junk labels
Felicity Lawrence
The Guardian
28 Dec 2006
Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Standards Agency goes public in its battle with the industry over the labelling of unhealthy foods. The Guardian has learned that the FSA will launch a series of... read more...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Lotte to open Japan store with partner Burger King
The Wall Street Journal Asia
18 Dec 2006
BURGER KING Holdings Inc. said it will open a restaurant in Japan in the first half of 2007 run by Burger King Japan Co., a joint venture between Lotte Co. and corporate-turnaround company Revamp Corp. After launching the first store in Tokyo next... read more...
Friday, December 15, 2006
DIET DECODER
Devour more Decoders at thestar.com/dietdecoder
Toronto Star
15 Dec 2006
DIET: The Fast Food Diet: Lose Weight and Feel Great Even if You’re Too Busy to Eat Right (John Wiley & Sons, Inc; $17.99) CREATOR: Stephen Sinatra CREDENTIALS: A board certified cardiologist and certified nutrition specialist, Sinatra was chief of... read more...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Wholesome vs. fast, easy foods (Toronto Star, 11 Dec 2006, Page B6)
Toronto Star
11 Dec 2006
writes, “but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature’s way of doing things, as when we seek to maximize efficiency by planting crops or raising animals in vast monocultures. This is something nature never does, always and for... read more...
We are what we eat
IRA BOUDWAY SPECIAL TO THE STAR
Toronto Star
11 Dec 2006
On the long trip from the soil to our mouths, a trip of 2,500 kilometres on average, the food we eat often passes through places most of us will never see. Michael Pollan has spent much of the past five years visiting these places on our... read more...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Taco Bell investigated over E.coli outbreak
CHRIS NEWMARKER Th e Associated P re s s T R E N T O N, N. J.
Edmonton Journal
04 Dec 2006
An outbreak of E. coli bacteria has sickened at least 15 people, two seriously, in central New Jersey during the past two weeks, officials said Sunday. Authorities had yet to determine how and where the victims became infected. Investigators focused... read more...
