Cancer Council Welcomes Roxon Comments On Junk Food Marketing, Australia

The Cancer Council Australia has welcomed comments from Shadow Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, indicating that the federal Opposition may be considering a ban on licensed movie characters and toy giveaways promoting junk food to children. [click link for full article]

Food borne Illness: Increased Scrutiny On Fresh Produce

Once was the day that beef was considered the primary source of food borne illness. Now fresh produce is increasingly responsible for the outbreaks, and receiving increased focus from people paid to protect public health. "Produce is where much of the action has occurred," said Michael Doyle, food safety expert with the Institute of Food Technologists and director of Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, speaking here today at the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo. [click link for full article]

Consumer Food Trends Prefer To Indulge

Rose petals and orange blossoms are turning up in yogurt and the newest drinks touting antioxidants double as high-octane cocktail mixers. If you haven't seen these products yet, you will. Exotic and extremes foods like these and many others are turning on consumers' appetites, according to food trend experts appearing here at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting & Food Expo. [click link for full article] 

Seafood A Safer Catch Than Most Think

When it comes to consumer perception of seafood safety, all is not going swimmingly. In recent survey conducted by the University of Maryland's Center for Food Nutrition and Agriculture Policy and presented here at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting & Food Expo, consumers listed tuna, salmon and shrimp as the fish with the highest levels of mercury. [click link for full article] 

Going Green More Complicated Than It Seems

Wal-Mart and Greenpeace may seem unlikely bedfellows, but when it comes to the push by the retail industry to go green, old conventions are dissolving while new collaborations are being formed. [click link for full article]