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On the Plate: Weekly Update: Nov. 24, 2004
CDC figures don't add up

Something to Chew on: December 2003
"Even trade politics can be local"

News
"Don't Just Sit There, Fidget" WashPost (1-28)
"Mad cow disease found in French goat" MSNBC (1-28)
"State bans unpasteurized milk products" WashTimes (1-26)
"Court revives McDonald's obesity suit" AP (1-26)
"North Korea slashes food rations" BBC (1-24)
" Peanuts rich in 'good chemicals'" BBC (1-21)
Texas: "Fat Levels on Student Report Cards?" KGBT4 (1-20)
"EU: Commission warns food industry on junk food ads - report" just-food.com (1-20)
"Departing Agriculture chief chosen to lead UNICEF" LA Times (1-18)
UK: "Guidance for new food safety rules" FoodproductionDaily (1-18)
"Kraft to Curb Snack-Food Advertising" WashPost (1-12)
"BSE research points to fewer cases" Guardian (1-12)
"Diet-Cancer Links Revisited" CBS (1-12)
"Facing Biotech Foods Without the Fear Factor" NY Times (1-11)
"Report shows lapses in UN oil-for-food program" Int.Herald Tribune (1-10)
"Putting a Healthy Spin on Foods" WashPost (1-10)
"Diet programs don't tip scale toward keeping weight off" USA Today (1-4)
"Listeria Food Poisoning Cases Rose in '03" AP (1-4)
"U.S. food aid cuts cause charity scramble" UPI (12-22)
"WTO faults Europe's food protection system" ABCNews (12-22)
"Exchanging Cigarettes for Bagels" NYTimes (12-19)
India: "Mill in Vadodara raided, bootleg Bt cotton seized" Express News Service (12-20)
"Swiss cooperate with oil-for-food investigation" Swissinfo (12-20)
"American Airlines set to trim food" Bloomberg News (12-20)
"A recipe for long life" AFP (12-18)
Scotland: "Deep-fried Mars bars are no urban myth" The Herald (12-17)
"Supermarkets 'failing' healthy food test" Financial Times (12-13)
"Food safety will get attention from new Congress" St.Louis Post-Dispatch (12-11)
" 'No drop' in world hunger deaths" BBC (12-8)
"Justices Pick Apart Ban on Wine Sales From State to State" NY Times (12-8)
"New FDA Rules Aimed at Bioterror Attacks" AP (12-6)
"Health chief resigns on grim note" AP (12-4)
"India for G-20 initiative on food safety data at WTO" Financial Express (India) (11-29)
"Bush to Nominate Johanns for Agriculture Secretary -
Nebraska Governor Will Replace Veneman"
Wash. Post (12-2)
"EU Food Safety Agency Attacked for Pro-GMO Bias" Reuters (11-29)
"EU bolsters Darfur funds as 'major food crisis' looms" Scotsman (11-29)
"Report: Study Overstated Obesity as Cause of Death" Reuters (11-23)
"Chocolate could be cough medicine" BBC (11-23)
"Jamaican fast food: The next big thing?" Newsday.com (11-21)
"Gobble This" Wash.Post (11-21)
"EU 'loses' food trademark verdict" BBC (11-18)
"Agriculture Dept. Investigates Possible Mad Cow Case" AP (11-18)
UK: "TV advertising ban on junk food" Daily Telegraph (11-15)
Consumer Info


In the Night Kitchen
Washington Post

FDA Warns Consumers About Risks Associated With Unpasteurized Juice

Nat.Academy Report on Childhood Obesity
National.Academies
Institute of Medicine


2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report
Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture

Julia Child (1912-2004)
New York Times Spec. Section

"The Governor Is A
Happy Loser"
Lean Plate Club - Wash.Post

"Counting Calcium"
Wash.Post

"Cancer: Does Food Increase or Decrease The Risk?"
Intern. Food Information Council


5-a-day website

USDA information on BSE


FDA NEWS: "Risk Assessment Reinforces That Keeping Ready-To-Eat Foods Cold May be the Key to Reducing Listeriosis"
by US Food and Drug Administration
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"Food Sensitivities, Allergies, and Intolerances: Separating Fact from Fiction"
Food Insight

by Intern. Food Information Council