Lawmakers who voted for the new rules say they want schools to stop sending mixed messages: Teaching students in health class about the need for good nutrition -- then offering to sell them a plate of greasy fries and a drink loaded with high-fructose corn syrup for lunch. Lawmakers who voted for the new rules say they want schools to stop sending mixed messages: Teaching students in health class about the need for good nutrition -- then offering to sell them a plate of greasy fries and a...

Particularly when the weather turned cold, I cherished the morning cup always purchased near my office and consumed at work. But then something happened with time: cold weather made cuddling a hot cup look appealing, mugs became works of art and the flavored coffees smelled great. After all, when you purchase it the lid is on and youd dont see the whipped cream gradually dissolving into the mocha midst of the cup. Soon I noticed stores filled their shelves with elaborate coffee makers...

Almost three months later, the Seattle couple's names appear on the cover page of a class-action lawsuit against pet food manufacturer Menu Foods. The company's Web site says, "it has always been our desire to compensate pet owners for reasonable expenses that we can identify as being caused by contamination of Menu Foods' products. Hundreds in Seattle line up lawsuits against pet food manufacturer. and Canada are suing Menu Foods for producing wet pet food made with contaminated wheat...

The company operates the food and beverage concessions at Cork Airport and the deal with Shannon Airport is believed to be worth up to 200 million in sales over the 12 years of the contract. According to the firm the first of the revamped food outlets will open before the end of the year. HMSHost managing director Walter Seib said the company will deliver an upscale concession program with exceptional concepts. HMSHost is owned by Italian firm Autogrill, which operates food concessions in...

How to Read a Food Allergy Label Just as the FDA considers an industry-wide standard definition for "gluten-free" labels on food, the agency has already taken a huge step in easing a health risk for the increasing number of Americans with food allergies: mandatory warning labels. How to Read a Food Allergy Label Just as the FDA considers an industry-wide standard definition for "gluten-free" labels on food, the agency has already taken a huge step in easing a health risk for the increasing...

Agriculture ministers from around the region are meeting in the Marshall Islands to discuss ways to increase the level of food production in their own countries. He says a plan to increase local food production has been under way for the last two years but they now want to gives this greater emphasis for the future. Its part of a conference held by the Food and Agriculture Organisation every two years where a number of key food security issues are on the agenda. It involves raising the...

Seth Goldman, the president and chief executive of Honest Tea, which makes organic teas and juices, said the Glac au deal was the best indicator that the growth in the beverage industry isn t going to come from tiny bubbles. For Coca-Cola, the acquisition is a way to grab a bigger share of the noncarbonated beverage market, where it has lagged behind Pepsico. The Coke rival snapped up Gatorade as part of its acquisition of Quaker Oats in 2000 after the Coke board rejected a Quaker deal, an...

Investigators from the ABC s Enforcement Division recently noted that store clerks, apparently confused by the similarities in packaging, often do not recognize that they are selling an alcohol-containing beverage when they ring up a purchase of the energy drinks. Investigators from the ABC s Enforcement Division recently noted that store clerks, apparently confused by the similarities in packaging, often do not recognize that they are selling an alcohol-containing beverage when they ring...

Cheese producers have generally offered ten per cent more cash to dairy farmers than they could earn from sending their milk to be dried. Drought in Australia, biofuel production in the US, a growing world population and a rise in prices paid by UK supermarkets to farmers are affecting the price of goods in the shops. Mark Gossage, chief executive of trade group the Ice Cream Alliance, said manufacturers' costs rose ten per cent after the price hikes. Liquid milk produced by Scottish...