Category: Issue 437
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Food Ingredient Fraud Database Launches
Researchers with the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention have published an article discussing the development of a database that compiles reports on food fraud and highlights those ingredients most prone to fraud in the food supply. Jeffrey Moore, et al., “Development and Application of a Database of Food Ingredient Fraud and Economically Motivated Adulteration from 1980 to…
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High Sodium Intake Allegedly Tied to Stroke Risk
A recent study has claimed that sodium intake exceeding the 1,500 mg per day recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA) was “associated with an increased risk of stroke independent of vascular risk factors.” Hannah Gardener, et al., “Dietary Sodium and Risk of Stroke in the Northern Manhattan Study,” Stroke, April 2012. Researchers evidently relied…
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Margo Wootan & David Ludwig, “Sugary Cereal: Breakfast Candy or Obesity Cure?,” The Atlantic, April 24, 2012
“Ready-to-eat cereals are the fourth biggest source of added sugars in Americans’ diets, behind sugary drinks, desserts, and candy,” opine Center for Science in the Public Interest Director of Nutrition Policy Margo Wootan and New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Director David Ludwig in this article, disputing claims that children who eat sugary cereals for…
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Book Complements Upcoming “Weight of the Nation” HBO Documentary
The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) executive officer has co-authored a book examining America’s obesity epidemic. Judith Salerno’s The Weight of the Nation: To Win We Have to Lose was published to complement a four-part HBO documentary on obesity debuting May 14-15, 2012, and a national campaign to curb obesity rates, both of which were featured in…
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New Research Presented at Childhood Cancer Conference Targets Sucralose
New research conducted by Morando Soffritti, director of the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy, has allegedly found that male mice systematically dosed with sucralose throughout their life cycles were more likely to develop a specific type of cancer. Presented at the April 25 childhood Cancer 2012 Conference in London, the research evidently relied on 843…
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Trademark Infringement Alleged over Pistol-Shaped Bottle for Adult Beverages
The Mexican owner of U.S. and Mexican trademarks for an “automatic pistol-shaped bottle design . . . used in connection with alcoholic beverages, with the exception of beers” and its exclusive U.S. distributor have filed trademark infringement claims against the company that sells, markets and imports into the United States Eagle Shot Tequila® in a…
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Italian Vintner Alleges Trademark Infringement by German Wine Distributor
A Venice, Italy-based wine producer has sued a German wine distributor for unfair competition and trademark and copyright infringement in a federal court in California, alleging that the defendant ships to the United States for sale by a U.S. distributor a “gray market” product purporting to be the plaintiff’s pinot grigio wine. Santa Margherita, S.p.A…
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Nutella® Consumer Class Action Settlement Website Up and Running
The claims process under two settlements reached with the company that makes the hazelnut spread Nutella® is underway, and consumers can recover up to $20, or $4 each for up to five jars purchased during the relevant periods. In re: Ferrero Litig., No. 11-205 (S.D. Cal.) (California class, Aug. 1, 2009 – Jan. 23, 2012); In…