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Scientists compared the strawberries grown on 26 neighboring farms in Watsonville, Calif., and found that organic berries had juicier nutrition data and left the soil healthier.
A case involving the Adverse Event Reporting system for over-the-counter products has the dietary supplement industry concerned enough that three associations filed “friends of the court” briefs (amicus curiae) to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Aug. 27.
In part one of this four part series, NFM analyzes how the largest distributor in the business, UNFI, works and what that means for natural products retailers.
Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered that more than 200 human genes show “significant changes in expression in response to vitamin D,” including those associated with auto-immune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and Crohn’s disease, and with certain cancers and type 1 diabetes.
As part of the Health Care Reform Legislation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released two documents that outline the new federal nutrition labeling requirements for chain restaurants. The new law also calls for grocery and natural product stores with food outlets in 20 or more locations, “doing business under the same name,” to comply with the requirements.
Every year, farmers hope their corn crop will be knee high by the Fourth of July. This summer the conditions were so perfect the corn was earlobe high by July and even fall crops like apples and pumpkins will be ready for stores long before the trees turn to gold.
Eggs are having their turn in the glaring spotlight right now for their contribution to foodborne illnesses. But according to a study the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released earlier this month, the foods that caused the greatest number of illnesses in 2007 were processed foods with multiple ingredients.
A major egg recall has been expanded to 380 million eggs because of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people in four states. Federal officials said the outbreak could have been avoided if the producer had complied with new safety rules before they went into effect last month.
A group of California chefs are taking on the olive oil industry after a recent University of California Davis study showed that as many as 69 percent of brands tested were not true extra virgin olive oil.
The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act is up for renewal on Sept. 30, 2010 and mandates specific foods that must be included as part of the Women, Infants, Children Program. To date, the Senate version of the Act insists on the inclusion of a variety of organic foods for WIC recipients, while the House version includes only organic produce.
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