The Cornucopia Institute filed a USDA complaint alleging that Aurora Dairy's High Plains operation near Kersey, Colorado fails to graze cattle as organic standards require. Aurora was found in willful violation of organic rules in 2007; family farmers want swift enforcement.
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How sweet it was: AHA says limit sugar intake
The American Heart Association advises women to hold added sugars to about 100 calories, roughly six teaspoons, a day and men to 150 calories, or nine teaspoons. It names sweetened soft drinks the top source of added sugar in American diets, at 22.2 teaspoons a day on average.
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AHA recommends 25 g of added sugars for women, 37.5 g for men
The American Heart Association's August 25 statement caps added sugars at 100 calories, or 25 grams, a day for most women and 150 calories, or 37.5 grams, for most men, against an average American intake of 22.2 teaspoons. Lead author Rachel Johnson says discretionary budgets vary with activity.
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The campaign for healthier eating in America
Reprinted from responsibletechnology.org, the Campaign for Healthier Eating in America urges shoppers to avoid genetically modified ingredients, arguing that consumer pushback, as happened across the European Union in 1999, can force US food companies to drop them.
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You’re Appointing WHO? Please Obama, say it’s not so!
An opinion piece argues that the newly appointed US food safety czar helped clear the way for genetically modified foods over FDA scientists who warned in internal memos of toxins, new diseases, nutritional deficiencies and hard-to-detect allergens.
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Lawsuit claims hot dogs linked to cancer
The Cancer Project sued hot dog processors including Kraft, Sara Lee and Hebrew National in New Jersey, seeking labels warning consumers of a link between processed meat and colon cancer. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says other studies contradict that link.
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Advocacy Group Wants Warning Labels on Hot Dogs
The Cancer Project sued hot dog processors including Kraft, Sara Lee and Hebrew National in New Jersey, seeking labels warning that processed meat is linked to colon cancer. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council says other studies contradict the link.
Advisories
FDA Warns Not to Consume Two Liquid “Energy” Products
The FDA told consumers to avoid New Whey and Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid vials after a utility knife blade turned up in one vial of each. Both products are being recalled, no one is known to have been hurt, and maker Protica is investigating.
Law & Regulations
FDA improves egg safety
The FDA issued a rule requiring producers with 3,000 or more laying hens to take preventive measures against Salmonella Enteritidis in poultry houses and to refrigerate eggs during storage and transport. The agency expects it to prevent about 79,000 illnesses and 30 deaths a year.
Advisories
FDA: Nestle Toll House cookie dough linked to E. coli illness
The FDA warned consumers on June 19 not to eat Nestle Toll House prepackaged refrigerated cookie dough over possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Sixty-six illnesses had been reported in 28 states, 25 people were hospitalized, seven developed HUS, and Nestle recalled the raw dough nationwide.
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FDA alerts consumers to recall of certain pistachios (PR)
FDA and California inspectors found multiple Salmonella strains in pistachios from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, prompting a voluntary recall of roughly 1 million pounds. Consumers were told to avoid pistachio products they cannot trace to another supplier.
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Cheerios warned by FDA
The FDA's May 5 warning letter told General Mills that Cheerios' cholesterol-lowering and heart-disease claims make the cereal a drug that cannot be legally marketed without an approved new drug application. General Mills says the science is not in question.
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Proposed legislation targets school vending machines
Senators Tom Harkin and Lisa Murkowski co-authored a bill letting the USDA set rules for snack foods in school vending machines. Harkin says 32 percent of schoolchildren are overweight. Critics such as the National School Board Association call this a state and local matter.
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Lawyers eye on suits against Hydroxycut
After the FDA advised consumers to stop using 14 Hydroxycut products over 23 reports of health problems including liver injury and one death, law firms began recruiting claimants and Saiontz & Kirk moved toward a class action. Maker Iovate disputes the findings but recalled the products.
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FDA: Stop Using Hydroxycut Immediately
The FDA is warning consumers to stop using Hydroxycut weight loss supplements at once after 23 reports of serious problems, including liver injury and one death from liver failure. Maker Iovate says its own assessment of the risk differs from the agency's.
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Salt Institute challenges Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Press Release)
The Salt Institute accuses the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee of basing population-wide salt reduction on expert opinion rather than evidence, and of shutting out the public by holding its meeting as a webinar.
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Kellogg settles FTC charges that ads for Frosted Mini-Wheats were false
Kellogg settled FTC charges that ads calling a Frosted Mini-Wheats breakfast “clinically shown to improve kids' attentiveness by nearly 20%” were false. The agency said only half the children improved at all, one in nine by 20 percent or more, and the controls ate no breakfast.
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Paint it green—with recycled, phony rhetoric (PR)
The writer attacks Target's Earth Day green marketing, singling out its Archer Farms organic milk. It comes from Aurora Dairy, which the USDA found in "willful" violation of federal law for confining cattle to feedlots and fraudulently selling milk labelled organic.
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