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California bans restaurants from using trans fats (AP) |
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AP - California on Friday became the first state to ban trans
fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major
fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from
menus. |
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Trans fats banned in California restaurant food (Reuters) |
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Reuters - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation on
Friday making California the first U.S. state to prohibit
restaurants from preparing food with trans fats, which clog
arteries and raise the risk of heart disease. |
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Schwarzenegger terminates trans fats in California (AFP) |
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AFP - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law
Friday that will see artificial trans fats outlawed in
restaurants across the most populous US state from 2010. |
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Tracing tomatoes from field to fork — a new system (AP) |
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AP - When there's an urgent need to trace fruits and vegetables
in a crisis like the salmonella outbreak, a lot of the pieces
for a rapid-response system already exist. But nobody has quite
figured out how to put them together to operate seamlessly in
the vast American marketplace. |
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AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success (AP) |
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AP - One of the worst outbreaks of foodborne illness in the U.S.
is teaching the food industry the truth of the adage, 'Be
careful what you wish for because you might get it.' |
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Soy Linked to Low Sperm Count (HealthDay) |
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Eating half a
serving of soyfood a day lowers sperm concentrations and may
play a role in maleinfertility, particularly in obese men,
Harvard University researchersreport. |
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Safety of cloned animal products uncertain: EU agency (Reuters) |
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Reuters - The European Union's top food safety agency said on
Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further
study was needed, prompting another battle of conscience within
the bloc over the merits of new technology. |
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A hot (pepper) lead in hunt for salmonella source (AP) |
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AP - It was a hot lead for detectives on a cold case. People
suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more
than 1,000 miles from the center of the nation's outbreak. |
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Soy-based foods may lower sperm count: study (Reuters) |
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Reuters - Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could
be enough to significantly lower a man's sperm count, U.S.
researchers said on Wednesday. |
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L.A. fast-food moratorium one step closer to reality (Reuters) |
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Reuters - A moratorium on the opening of new fast food
restaurants in one of the poorest areas of Los Angeles moved one
step closer to reality on Tuesday in a measure aimed at
countering obesity. |
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