Not so sweet, not so surprising Scientists at Yale have found the “missing link” between high fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes.  Also, the average American gulps down 60 lbs of the stuff every year. Private inspections a weak defense The NY Times tell the story of a private insp...

Low energy density diet prevents weight gain Children who have a gene linked to an increased risk of obesity can prevent that fate by eating more fruits and vegetables, according to a report from the journal PLoS ONE. Looking at more than 2,000 children, researchers from University College London an...

"It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe." -Robert Fuss If you are like me, you are a label reader! I like to cook, so I like to know what it is I am putting in my food, and what m...

In the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak related to peanuts, lawmakers are calling for a new federal agency to oversee food safety. Suggestions range from splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into two agencies to creating a new agency that would combine pieces from the different age...

"I am filled with a lust for spicy vengeance!" Revenge of the Spud: They said he was dead. Hell, I remember back in the day, when the Great Famine near wiped out his entire family. They said he was done in then. But I said he weren't, and he weren't. And then there was that scrap with listeria, back...

Sprints may be best for diabetes prevention If one of your goals in working out is to reduce your risk of developing diabetes, experts say just a few minutes of intense exercise may do the trick. Researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh found that working out hard for as little as 7.5 minu...

now this is a good little book to read while eating....not. in its (falsely) reassuringly subtitled booklet “the food defect action levels: levels of natural or unavoidable defects in foods that present no health hazards for humans,� the fda.’s center for food safety and applied nutrition esta...

1. Golfer's Billiard Games Recalled by Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09122.html) 2. Camp Stoves Sold Exclusively at Dick's Sporting Goods Recalled Due to Burn Hazard (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtm...

In the Internet-fueled echo chamber, a crisis within your industry can easily become a PR problem for your company too. This is particularly true in food-borne illness situations. Extensive media coverage of precautionary government warnings and companies pulling products from menus or shelves all a...

More TV predicts unhealthy diet If you need another argument for why your teenagers shouldn’t spend so much time watching television, a University of Minnesota study of 2,000 kids found that those who watched the most television were more likely to follow an unhealthy diet five years later. Those ...