Category: Other Developments
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Camel Milk Gains Support as Next Popular “Super Food”
Camel’s milk and its associated products may be the next “super food” category, according to USA Today. Several U.S. farms with breeding camels have reportedly adopted camel-milking programs in seven states, with new programs set to open soon in seven more. Scientific studies show that camel milk has higher levels of several nutrients—including protein, potassium,…
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Possible Data Breach at P.F. Chang’s
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. is investigating a potential data breach that may have exposed thousands of customers’ credit and debit card data. After contacting banks to determine commonly visited locations, a cybersecurity blogger reported that the data of customers who visited P.F. Chang’s between March 2014 and May 19, 2014, has been offered for…
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Must Cheese Be Labeled GMO?
According to a Harvard microbiologist, 80 to 90 percent of the hard cheese produced in the United States uses, as part of the curd-separation process, rennet made with a genetically modified (GMO) ingredient—chymosin. Noting that “chymosin produced by E. coli was the first enzyme made with recombinant DNA technology approved for use in food. .…
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Action on Sugar Campaign Targets Ginger Beer
The U.K.-based Action on Sugar campaign has issued a new survey allegedly revealing “the shockingly high and unnecessary levels of sugar in carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks,” according to a June 12, 2014, press release. After analyzing 232 sugar-sweetened drinks sold in grocery stores, Action on Sugar researchers reported that 79 percent of surveyed beverages contain…
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PCRM Dietitian Claims “Big Food” Follows “Big Tobacco” Playbook
A dietitian and nutrition educator associated with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which promotes a vegan lifestyle and has apparently been associated with the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, draws parallels between the tobacco and food industries in an article titled “Why Big Food is the Big Tobacco…
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Rudd Center Faults CFBAI in Report on TV Food Advertising to Young People
The Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity has released a new brief updating its annual report on trends in TV food advertising to young people. Documenting changes “in the total number of food-related TV ads viewed by children and adolescents from 2002 to 2013,” the brief concludes that despite the Children’s Food and…
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CSPI Threatens Campbell Soup with Litigation over V8 Beverages
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has informed the CEO of Campbell Soup Co. that it will seek injunctive and monetary relief if the company continues to (i) “mislead consumers about the juice content, nutritional value, and healthfulness of its Products”; (ii) “represent that its V8 V-Fusion Refreshers contain no added sugars”;…
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Yelp Helps Health Officials Track Food Poisoning
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has reportedly partnered with the restaurant review website Yelp to help health officials discover foodborne illness outbreaks and the restaurants allegedly responsible for them. While investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal disease associated with a particular restaurant, DOHMH officials had apparently noted that patrons had…