Category: Issue 347
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Animal Study Links Dietary Phosphate to Accelerated Aging
A recent study has reportedly linked “dietary and genetic evidence for phosphate toxicity” to premature aging in genetically engineered (GE) mice. Mutsuko Ohnishi and M. Shawkat Razzaque, “Dietary and genetic evidence for phosphate toxicity accelerating mammalian aging,” FASEB Journal, April 2010. Researchers first used “an in vivo genetic approach to determine the role of phosphate toxicity in…
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Donna Marie Owens, “Check It Out: Get Your Groceries At The Library,” National Public Radio, April 26, 2010
This article details a new program in Baltimore that allows residents to order groceries online in two branch public libraries and pick them up there the next day. The Baltimore City Health Department launched the Virtual Supermarket Project to help combat the city’s lack of healthy, fresh food in communities where major supermarkets within walking…
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Michele Simon, “Taking on Big Soda over Taxes: Lessons Learned from Fighting Big Alcohol,” Corporations and Health Watch Newsletter, April 2010
“Whether it’s the food industry, tobacco, or alcohol, they all use the same talking points and lobbying strategies,” opines the Marin Institute’s Michele Simon in this April 2010 article that likens “Big Soda” to the alcohol lobby. Simon draws on her experience as a research and policy director to claim that soft drinks are more…
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CSPI Urges Restaurant Chains to Stop Using Artificial Trans Fat
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called on three national restaurant chains to follow the steps of other food establishments by no longer using artificial trans fat in their fare. “Bob Evans, White Castle, and Long John Silver’s are now the roguish outliers among the restaurant industry,” said CSPI Executive Director…
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IOM Report Offers Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a report titled “Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making” to guide the use of relevant evidence about obesity prevention policies and programs. According to the report brief, IOM’s Food and Nutrition Board reviewed “what is considered to be the relevant information…
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California Class Charges Herb Grower with Fraud
A putative class action has reportedly been filed against California’s largest herb grower, shipper and marketer, alleging that the defendant “played California consumers for fools,” by selling as organic, and at higher prices, conventionally grown herbs. Quesada v. HerbThyme Farms, No. __ (Cal. Super. Ct., filed April 2010). According to the complaint, the company owns…
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Court Rules FDA Warning Letter Is Not Final Agency Action
A federal court in Colorado has dismissed as premature a medical provider’s challenge to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations potentially applicable to its medical procedures because the agency had issued only a warning letter against it, and warning letters are not final. Regenerative Sciences, Inc. v. FDA, No. 09-411 (D. Colo., decided March 26,…
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Deceptive Labeling Claims Against Beverage Maker Dismissed
A federal court in Illinois has dismissed claims that Coca-Cola labeling for its “classic” and “original formula” soda products violated consumer fraud laws because the products contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which did not exist when the beverage was first sold in the 1880s. Kremers v. Coca-Cola Company, No. 09-333 (S.D. Ill., decided April…