E. coli (S.T.E.C.) was the subject of a recent meeting co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Food and Drug Administration?s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They travel for days though checkpoints, across dangerous roads and past Myanmar's bribe-hungry soldiers to make it to the Thai border. They're not refugees fleeing the junta ? they simply want to see a doctor. Myanmar has one of the world's worst health care systems, with tens of thousands dying each year from malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, dysentery, diarrhea and a litany of other illnesses.
New York City health officials announced Wednesday that they hope to revive their stalled plan to force fast-food chains to add calorie counts to the big menu boards that hang above their counters.
NEW YORK -- Burger joints beware: New York's calorie crusaders are at it again. City health officials announced Wednesday that they hope to revive their stalled plan to force fast-food chains to add calorie counts to the big menu boards that hang above their counters.
There is a secret ingredient lurking in almost everything you eat. Unless you are a self-proclaimed nutrition guru, you most likely consume a food or beverage with high fructose corn syrup everyday.
Dietitians of Canada (DC) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), are reaching out to multicultural communities to promote healthy food choices using the Nutrition Facts Panel on packaged foods. [click link for full article]