Displaying items 49-60 of 2186
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-183
•
Next >
-
Cutting calories is good business for restaurants, study says
Chain restaurants have been nudged and cajoled for years to ditch mammoth portion sizes and high-calorie choices. But perhaps the best motivation to lower-calorie, more healthful menu items is here: profit. A report released Thursday calls lower-calorie...
Tags: Outback Steakhouse Incorporated, Restaurants, Obesity, Olive Garden, Dining and Drinking
-
Recalled European frozen lasagna found to contain horse meat
About 20,000 frozen lasagna meals were recalled in Sweden this week after tests found the food items to contain 60% to 100% horse meat. European frozen-food company Findus pulled the affected food items from grocery store shelves Monday while it...
Tags: Lasagna, Republic of Ireland
-
Britain opens criminal probe of horse meat contamination scandal
LONDON — A growing food-contamination scandal in Britain widened into a criminal investigation Friday, with consumers worried about finding horse meat in their burgers or lasagna. What began as the discovery of traces of horse meat in uncooked...Tags: United Kingdom, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, France, David Cameron
-
Food FYI: Horse meat found in beef lasagna in Britain
The horse meat scandal in Europe continues to spread as investigators find more tainted beef products and consumers are roiling with shock and disgust. Food safety authorities there say beef lasagna products that contained more than 60% horse meat have...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry
-
L.A. Unified misused $158 million in student meal funds
L.A. NOWAt least eight California school districts have misappropriated millions in funding intended to pay for meals for low-income students — the biggest culprit being the Los Angeles Unified School District, according to a state Senate watchdog group.... -
Daredevil went faster than previously thought during 24-mile fall
The results are in from Felix Baumgartner’s record-setting leap from a capsule floating more than 24 miles above a barren New Mexico desert, and it turns out he went faster during his supersonic free fall than originally estimated. With more...
Tags: California Science Center, U.S. Air Force, SpaceX, Sports, Virgin Group, Ltd.
-
Burger King says it never sold horse meat despite supplier issues
After one of its suppliers was under investigation for selling beef products potentially tainted with horse meat, Burger King concluded that none of its products were affected. The chain said it came to the conclusion after conducting testing for traces...
Tags: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Burger King, New Products
-
NAACP catches heat for opposing New York large-soda ban
There's new fireworks exploding around the plan by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — a.k.a. “Nanny Bloomberg” — to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened soft drinks larger than 16 ounces from a broad array of eateries in the...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Coca-Cola, High Blood Pressure, Minority Groups
-
Carl's Jr. launches new cod sandwich with swimsuit model
National fast-food chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's launched the new charbroiled Atlantic cod fish sandwich Wednesday with a little help from a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Would you expect anything less from the company who brought you hot, half-...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Conservation, Audrina Patridge, Sports
-
Horse meat found in Spanish burgers; tainted Irish beef tied to Poland
Horse meat has been discovered in some hamburgers in Spain, weeks after equine DNA was found mixed into beef sold in Britain and Ireland. Tests by Spain's Organization of Consumers Unions, found that out of 20 samples of fresh, packaged burgers in...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Spain, Burger King, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hamburgers
-
Leafy greens top source of food-borne illnesses, CDC says
Those leafy greens you're always trying to incorporate into your diet? A study released Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says leafy greens such as spinach, kale and lettuces were accountable for the most food-borne illnesses...
Tags: Heart Attack, Calicivirus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Disease Prevention
-
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: Menahem Golan, Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Israel, Consumer Goods Industries
Feb 7, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 8, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 6, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Feb 5, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 30, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Food Industry topic gallery.
