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'A Place at the Table' takes on hunger in the U.S.
When people think of hunger, they might picture a starving Third World child. The makers of the new documentary "A Place at the Table" suggest the face of undernourishment can be found much closer to home: Tens of millions of U.S. citizens go to bed...
Tags: Obesity, Nutrition, Weight, Movies, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Taco Bell latest brand to be tied to European horse meat scandal
Taco Bell says it has discovered horse meat in some of its British products, joining a growing list of burgers, lasagnas and pizzas affected by a food labeling scandal rapidly unfurling across Europe. Taco Bell said in a statement that it was “...
Tags: Tacos, IKEA, Foods and Beverages, China, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Donkey and water buffalo found in South African burgers
You think “beef” burgers with horse meat are bad? A new study out of South Africa shows that two-thirds of meat sold at supermarkets and butcheries contain unlabeled amounts of donkey, goat, water buffalo and other mystery ingredients....
Tags: Allergies, IKEA, Consumer Goods Industries, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Horse meat found in Ikea Swedish meatballs sold in Europe
This post has been updated. See below for details. Burger King, Nestle, Tesco and now Ikea – the European horse meat scandal that has heightened food supply concerns for the last month has now reached the furniture giant’s famed Swedish...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Foods and Beverages, Consumer Goods Industries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tesco plc
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In meatball derby, it's Ikea by a nose
Horse meat in Ikea’s meatballs? Sorry, Charlie (wait, that’s tuna), but apparently the Swedish furniture giant is jockeying for position with Burger King, Nestle and Tesco in the tainted-meat derby. My colleague Tiffany Hsu reported Monday...
Tags: IKEA, Consumer Goods Industries, Foods and Beverages, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, Lifestyle and Leisure
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FTC warns hotels about 'drip pricing,' but is it enough?
Consumers continue to get dinged and, worse, surprised by "resort" fees that often aren't quoted upfront in the hotel booking process. This one lump-sum fee often covers such items as phone calls, bottled water, Internet access, access to the pool or...Tags: Consumers, Kevin Mitchell, Federal Trade Commission, Prices, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Supreme Court mulls a patent over a 'product of life'
In an Op-Ed article for The Times on Tuesday, George Kimbrell and Debbie Barker of the Center for Food Safety present a forceful argument against patents on seeds or any other "product of life." The issue arises because the Supreme Court is considering...
Tags: Vaccines, Crime, Law and Justice, Semiconductors and Active Components, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Monsanto, the court and the seeds of dissent
On Tuesday, attorneys for the largest agrochemical corporation in the world, Monsanto, will present arguments before the Supreme Court asserting the company's rights to the generations of seeds that naturally reproduce from its genetically modified...
Tags: Monsanto Company, Invention and Innovation, Semiconductors and Active Components, Science and Technology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Film producer Yoram Globus faces Israeli tax probe
JERUSALEM -- Film producer Yoram Globus was arrested for suspected tax evasion and released on bail Tuesday evening, local media reported. The Israel Tax Authority asked for Globus' arrest as part of its investigation of the veteran movie maker....Tags: Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Consumer Goods Industries, Israel, Menahem Golan
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Joyce Goldstein on why culinary tradition needs to be taught
Culinary students, listen up. It's not the most scintillating headline, but SF chef and author Joyce Goldstein's piece "Culinary tradition needs to be taught" in the San Francisco Chronicle food pages is worth reading if you want to be a cooking...
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Peanut Corp. officials indicted in salmonella outbreak
Several officials at the now-defunct Peanut Corp. of America knew their products may have harbored salmonella bacteria, but they covered up the evidence and sold the food anyway, alleged a 76-count federal indictment unsealed this week. Peanut butter,...
Tags: Peanut Corporation of America, Consumer Goods Industries, Crime, Law and Justice, Peanuts, Justice System
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Where's the beef? Horse meat scam taints European food industries
Not since an outbreak of mad cow disease a dozen years ago have Europe’s food industries been embroiled in a crisis the likes of this past month’s discovery of horse meat masquerading as beef in prepared-food entrees sold across the continent....
Tags: Consumers, Consumer Goods Industries, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, BBC, United Kingdom
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