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- Sugar & Spice: Food-Processing Industry Keeps on Cooking
- Perhaps by virtue of its serving a basic human need, the food-processing industry does not garner the sizzling press and fawning attention that seem to follow the biotech or electronics industries. That is not to say that food processing is a staid or dull industry. On the contrary, satisfying the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 'Ten Riskiest Foods' List Angers Industry
- The food industry is -- understandably -- pretty upset with the Center for Science in the Public Interest and its "10 riskiest foods" list. CSPI looked at FDA-regulated products (i.e. no meat, which is regulated by the USDA) and figured out that lettuce, eggs, tuna, oysters, potatoes, cheese, ice cream,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Stevia's Uncertain Future, Glaceau's Cautious and Quiet Approach
- Nine months after the Food and Drug Administration proclaimed that two zero-calorie sweeteners derived from the stevia plant were Generally Regarded As Safe, stevia is bigger than ever. The food industry has introduced more than 110 stevia-based products since then, and stevia sales hit $95 million by July -- up...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Nutrition Science: Bought and Paid for by the Food Industry
- Some academic nutritionists (or nutritionist-wannabes) are taking lots of money from food companies, a fact that makes it hard to know when nutrition science is serving the common good and when it is simply serving the public-relations needs of the food industry. A report by Tom Avril...
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Food Industry's Own Lobbying Now Costing it a Bundle
- The U.S. government could now be requiring food companies to keep extensive records of shipments so that when an outbreak foodborne illness occurs, its source could be easily found. But the industry successfully lobbied the Bush Administration to limit the amount of paperwork it had to keep, saying it would...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- The Food Industry's Greed: How Misleading Labeling Of Omega-3 Foods Undermines American Health
- It is sad and disheartening that information from prestigious medical communities, globally, with study after study showing EPA and DHA are profoundly beneficial to a myriad of health issues from diet-related to cognitive, is becoming obscured and blinded by food manufacturers' hype. With their long reach and deep pockets, the...
- White papers 2008-03-20
- Food Industry Revises Child Marketing Policy
- The Council of Better Business Bureaus and the National Advertising Review Council have just devised two ways to reform the food industry markets to children. The first project is the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. It will push the message given to children to the healthier side dietary continuum....
- White papers 2007-01-18
- Discrimination of Retained Solvent Levels in Printed Food-Packaging Using Electronic Nose Systems
- This paper examines and reviews the expanding role of electronic nose instrumentation, as a quality-monitoring tool for food-packaging materials. The food industry is interested in determining the applicability of using an electronic nose for odor analysis of retained printing solvent levels in packaging. Three electronic nose systems were optimized for...
- White papers 2001-09-04
- Fragmented Sales Channels Present An Opportunity For Fresh-Food Marketplaces
- A new wave of business-to-business Web marketplaces is trying to put the wholesale perishable-foods industry on a much-needed diet. In a fragmented industry heavily dependent on person-to-person selling by phone and fax, the sites offer the potential of cutting transaction costs from supply chains for everything from beef and chicken...
- White papers 2000-10-16
- Food Safety In The Age Of Terrorism
- Nine months after September 11, the fact that the nation's food supply is vulnerable to deliberate contamination is of utmost concern to public health officials, government regulators and food processors. The concept of "food security," usually defined as ensuring an adequate food supply to people in need, has taken on...
- White papers 2002-06-01
- No Industry Enthusiasm for PETA's Vegan Proposal
- The food industry has gotten a lot of ridicule for its support of dubious nutrition programs lately. Health experts have criticized the American Academy of Family Physicians for partnering with the Coca-Cola Company to teach kids about nutrition. The Smart Choices program, which puts a green check mark on supposedly...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
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- Food Industry: Regulate Us Please!
- No one's surprised when food safety groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest say the Food and Drug Administration is "woefully inadequate" when it comes to protecting our food supply. But when industry itself starts begging the government for more regulation, you know things are bad. ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- The State of the Fast Food Industry: Q&A With Zagat
- Restaurant-review empire Zagat Survey recently released the results of its second survey of the fast food industry. Just over 6,100 respondents weighed in on 103 chains across the country, nearly double the number of outfits analyzed two years ago, when Zagat put out its first fast-food barometer. Combined, all surveyors...
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Food Inc. Takes on Food Industry, and Vice Versa
- I'm kind of surprised that anyone would be shocked by the documentary Food, Inc. Yes, a tiny number of companies controls a vast majority of the food chain. Yes, most animals are raised in filthy, cramped conditions and have been so successfully bred for size that they have evolved into...
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- State Of The Art In Food: The Changing Face Of The Worldwide Food Industry
- In the future, food stores will be larger; consumers will wield more power; and supply chain cooperation will become increasingly important. New leading-edge global research examines the food industry of tomorrow. Traditionally, change in the food industry has been slow and gradual. Revolutions have occurred rarely, if at all. However,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Paying for dirty food. (adverse effects of food industry's political activity on food safety legislation)
- The food industry has used its power to scrap every bill that had the potential to implement meaningful improvement in the nation's food safety system by investing over $41 million into the campaign chests of congressional lawmakers since 1988. Congress continues to ignore unsafe food practices by businesses that pose...
- Research articles 1998-03-01
- Fleet costs rise slightly for food industry.
- Private fleet costs in the food industry edged up a bit this year, according to results of a new industry study. The average fleet cost per mile for food distributors and self-distributing food chains rose from $2.077 in 1997 to $2.137 in 1998. ...
- Research articles 1999-01-31
- FMI helps establish Food Industry Security Information & Analysis Center. (news & events).(Food Marketing Institute)(Brief Article)
- The Food Marketing Institute FMI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center NIPC signed an agreement on Feb. 15 establishing a public/private sector partnership with the Food Industry Information Sharing and Analysis Center ISAC led by the FBI. The Food Industry ISAC has a...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- An industry of chickens?(food industry)(Industry Overview)
- It is impossible for me to not respect our food and beverage industry. We are simply the best at creating an abundance of innovative, timely products for American consumers. No food industry anywhere on this planet matches our industry's ability to generate so much great food...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- The Food Industry Security and Analysis Center
- The Food Industry Security and Analysis Center, or ISAC, will coordinate information sharing between the federal government and the food industry on threats to food as well as the food industry's physical assets and its computer infrastructure. The center aims to merge information from the intelligence community, law enforcement, the...
- Research articles 2002-02-25
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