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Coming soon? Nutritional labels on alcohol drinks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there. The Treasury Department, which regulates alcohol, said this past week that beer, wine and...
Tags: Consumers, Chemical Industry, Washington, DC, Organic Chemical Industry, Diageo Plc
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McDonald's CEO: I lost weight by being more active
NEW YORK (AP) — They might start calling it the McDiet. McDonald Corp.'s CEO Don Thompson revealed at an analyst conference this week that he shed about 20 pounds in the past year by getting his "butt up" and "working out again." But he said he...Tags: Salads, Coca-Cola Co., Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ecosystems
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Poll: Obesity's a crisis but we want our junk food
WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk food. Americans blame too much screen time and cheap fast food for...
Tags: Diabetes, Health Organizations, Restaurants, Healthy Diet, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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FDA: New rules will make food safer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the...
Tags: Peanut Butter, Health Organizations, Margaret Hamburg, Salmonella Infection, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: Google Inc., Sears Holdings Corp., Thanksgiving, Nordstrom, Toys "R" Us, Inc.
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Kroger stops selling sprouts due to health risk
NEW YORK (AP) — Kroger Inc. says it has stopped stocking sprouts as of Monday because of their "potential food safety risk." The nation's largest traditional grocer joins Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, which pulled sprouts in...
Tags: E. coli Infection, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Salmonella Infection
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Elkhart County dairy farmer sweetening his cattle's feed
WSBT-TVELKHART COUNTY – With corn prices going up due to the drought, an Elkhart County farmer is taking a creative approach to find a cheaper way to feed his cattle. His solution? Using ice cream toppings, cookies, and cereal to mix in with the feed....Tags: Ice Cream, Agriculture, Consumer Goods Industries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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Drought could produce good wine in Midwest
HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold's vineyard in Missouri's picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced to raisins by the drought that burned up many crops across the Midwest...
Tags: Grapes, Natural Disasters, Weather, Consumer Goods Industries, Mark Johnson
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USDA cuts corn outlook as drought takes toll
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government on Friday slashed its expectations for U.S. corn and soybean production for the second month in a row as the worst drought in decades continues punishing key farm states. The U.S. Agriculture Department cut...Tags: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Weather, Prices
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Purdue: Food prices could rise because of drought
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana crop conditions continue to deteriorate daily as the drought worsens to a level not seen since 1988. During a news conference at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Thursday, Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob Nielsen said the state&...
Tags: Consumers, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Market Basket: Passport Woodfire Grill owner looks toward future
Despite setbacks before officially opening to the general public, the owner of Passport Woodfire Grill in South Bend still hopes to open his restaurant next week. Christopher Kohut trusts his business can overcome recent negative publicity, especially...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Interior Policy, Restaurants, Sears
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"Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas
NEW YORK (AP) — Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold...Tags: Ice Cream, Caviar, Mangos, Potato Chips, Potatoes
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