The Fluoride Action Network handed the Environmental Justice Interagency Working Group a 100-page report saying officials have long known Black Americans have more dental fluorosis; FOIA records it obtained put 2005 rates at 58% versus 32% of Whites.
Food Consumer
Agriculture
Cattle prices weakening as result of slower fed cattle marketings
A Texas A&M AgriLife economist told a Franklin beef program that feedlots are holding cattle 180 days or more instead of the usual 120 to avoid losses on expensive feeders. Slaughter weights and beef tonnage are climbing, and producers should brace for lower near-term prices.
Drug
FDA Approves Expanded Use of Innovative Trial System for Incontinence Therapy
Medtronic says the FDA approved its Verify Evaluation System for basic evaluations lasting 3 to 7 days, letting patients test sacral neuromodulation before committing long term. It cites 37 million US adults with overactive bladder and 80% stopping oral drugs within 12 months.
Others
Pizzeria Toro Team to Open Restaurant in Former Monuts Location
The Pizzeria Toro partners plan a 30- to 35-seat, dinner-only restaurant at 110 East Parrish St. in Durham, the former Monuts Donuts space, opening in winter 2016. They will name it Hattie Mae Williams Called Me Captain, after the woman who helped raise co-owner Gray Brooks.
Alerts
Royal Frozen Food Recalls Frozen Food Products
Royal Frozen Food of Los Angeles is recalling about 230 pounds of frozen beef and pork items, including stuffed grape leaves, stuffed cabbage leaves and pot stickers, made without a fully implemented HACCP plan. Some lack the USDA inspection mark or may contain undeclared egg.
Supplements
Media Hype and Deceptive Garcinia Cambogia Products
Chemical testing found that most top-rated garcinia cambogia products barely contain the supplement itself. The piece traces the flood of scam products to Dr. Oz promoting the fruit as a "revolutionary fat buster," which drove a million searches a month in late 2014.
Politics
The case that could decide GE labeling
A Center for Food Safety fundraising appeal ahead of October 8 appellate hearings on Vermont's genetically engineered food labeling law, which the group says will set the first legal precedent for state GE labeling laws.
Others
Walkers Shortbread, Inc. Names Mark Kleinman As Next CEO
Walkers Shortbread, Inc. named Mark Kleinman CEO effective January 1, 2016, succeeding Steve Dawson after eight years of growth in U.S. distribution across grocery, mass, drug, club, ecommerce and specialty. Kleinman previously held posts at ConAgra, Danone and Novartis.
Lifestyle
Social Dieting Surge
HealthyWage says it has paid more than $2.5 million so far this year to participants who collectively lost 750,000 pounds in its cash-reward weight loss contests. Co-founder David Roddenberry credits competition, teamwork, peer support and accountability.
Sci-Tech
Food Toxin Detector Incorporates Camera
ARS chemist Reuven Rasooly and colleagues built a digital-camera-based system that measures Shiga toxin activity as effectively as equipment costing 100 times more, and can tell the dangerous active form from the harmless inactive one, which current immunological tests cannot.
Miscellaneous
PR: Polymer Logistics receives Golden Medal Innovation Award
Polymer Logistics took a Golden Medal in the packaging category of the first Innovation Awards at the Macfrut 2015 fruit and vegetable trade show in Rimini, Italy, for the design and manufacture of its Wood Effect retail-ready crate.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Winter Squash and Sage
Butternut squash roasted until fork-tender, then sauteed with shiitake mushrooms, garlic and fresh sage and finished with grated Parmesan. Four servings at 121 calories, and the AICR notes the squash's carotenoids.
Politics
DARK Act to get Senate hearing - letter from Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association says the Senate Agriculture Committee will likely take up H.R. 1599, which it calls the DARK Act, the week of October 5, with a Grocery Manufacturers Association lobbying day on October 7, and asks for donations to fight the bill.
Food
OCTOBER is National Popcorn Poppin's month so grab your ANNIE B's popcorn & enjoy one of America's favorite snacks
A promotional piece marking National Popcorn Poppin' Month for Annie B's, a family-owned company whose handcrafted popcorn comes in sea salt, original caramel, sharp cheddar, jalapeno cheddar and triple threat. It is billed as all-natural and gluten-free, from $3.99.
Politics
Hallelujah! - newsletter 092415 from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter argues Monsanto answers each new glyphosate study by denying the findings and attacking the scientists, and asks readers for third-quarter donations, noting no senator has yet introduced a Senate version of the House's H.R. 1599.
Healthy Recipes from AICR
Healthy Recipes: Ratatouille with Millet
A slow-cooker ratatouille of eggplant, fire-roasted tomatoes, green beans, carrots, chickpeas and pearl onions, layered with Parmesan-seasoned millet. Makes 8 servings at 290 calories, 9 grams of fat and 10 grams of fiber each.
Politics
I'm keeping the enemy close - from Organic Consumers Association
An Organic Consumers Association fundraising letter. Its author subscribes to the Monsanto-funded 'Safe and Affordable Food Coalition' newsletter and argues that the industry's talk of a uniform national labeling law hides what H.R. 1599 would do: preempt the FDA from requiring GMO labels.
Others
Senators Stabenow, Perdue to Speak Before Produce Industry Leaders on Agriculture, Nutrition and Immigration Reform Policies
Senators Debbie Stabenow and David Perdue will address more than 500 produce executives at the United Fresh 2015 Washington Conference on September 30, speaking on child nutrition reauthorization, the 2014 Farm Bill and immigration reform.
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