Gorillas at Prague Zoo Cool Down With Sorbet Amid Heat Wave
Gorillas at Prague’s zoo are keeping cool during the European heat wave by eating sorbet.
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Silicon Valley Company Sues Walmart for $2 Billion
A Silicon Valley company sued Walmart for $2 billion Wednesday, claiming the world’s largest retailer stole its trade secrets on “freshness management” technology for reducing food waste.
Read moreGenetically Modified Foods
The Center for Food Safety accused Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue in a federal complaint Wednesday of failing to set standards for labeling genetically engineered food by the July 29 deadline.
Read moreJudge Orders Release of Pizza Man Facing Deportation
A federal judge in Manhattan pressed a prosecutor Tuesday to explain why a New York pizza deliveryman from Ecuador married to a U.S. citizen is being detained and facing deportation.
Read moreNo Warning on Cereals
California’s Second Appellate District granted Post Foods’, General Mills’ and Kellogg’s request to vacate the L.A. Superior Court’s denial of summary judgment to the cereal giants, who say they should not have to post cancer warnings because cereals contain acrylamide, because to do so would preempt federal law and could mislead consumers into avoiding whole grains.
Read moreArchaeologists Find Bread That Predates Farming by 4,000 Years
Charred remains of food found in a cave indicates hunter-gatherers knew how to bake bread 14,400 years ago – thousands of years before the advent of agriculture – according to a new study published Monday.
Read morePutin Extends Ban on Western Food Imports
Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended a ban on Western food imports for another 18 months after the European Union’s decision to prolong its broader, punitive sanctions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
Read morePork Price-Fixing
A federal antitrust class action against top pork producers claims they have conspired for nearly a decade to restrict the supply of pork, causing consumers to pay higher prices.
Read moreOlive Tree Blight in Italy Threatens Mainland Europe
Corrado Rodio walks outside the thick stone walls of his family’s ancient olive oil mill and farmstead, the Masseria Brancati, and strolls over to a 2,000-year-old olive tree at the farm’s entrance. “It was planted by the Romans,” he says. But will it survive a catastrophic disease that’s spread north and now is only a few miles away from Rodio’s farm? Rodio doesn’t think his trees will be spared.
Read moreVenue Challenged in ICE Pizza Detention
Responding to the deportation challenge by an Ecuadoran man whom immigration authorities snared while he brought pizza to an Army base in Brooklyn, the government says the deliveryman chose the wrong venue for his court battle.
Read moreNutribullet
A woman claims in a federal complaint that a defectively designed Nutribullet high-speed blender virtually exploded as she used it, burning and scarring her.
Read moreGraphic Warnings More Effective on Sugary Drinks
Warning labels with graphic images linking sugary drink consumption with tooth decay, Type 2 diabetes and obesity appear to reduce purchases of the drinks more effectively than calorie counts or text warnings, a new study finds.
Read moreTasty Wires
Kubota Tractor Corp. is the latest to face a federal class action accusing it of making tractors with soy-based wiring, whose flavor attracts rats and mice; carmakers have faced similar claims.
Read moreDC Ordered to Get Food-Stamp Program in Shape
Officials who administer food stamps in the District of Columbia must divert resources to improve how the agency processes applications, a federal judge ruled Thursday
Read moreMuslims Lose Challenge to Flemish Slaughter Rules
Muslims in the Flemish region of Belgium do not face discrimination from new rules mandating that ritual animal slaughter occur only in approved slaughterhouses, Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreChanges to Feds’ Organic Rules Upheld
The Center for Food Safety and 13 organic food groups lost another legal challenge this week to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s process for reviewing substances used in organic farming.
Read moreCarbon Emissions Found to Lower Nutritional Value of Rice
Rice grown in an environment with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide has fewer nutrients, according to research started by the University of Tokyo.
Read moreCampbell Cans CEO, Touts Strategic Review
The CEO of Campbell Soup announced her retirement Friday as the company announced that it will undertake a strategic review to address poor sales in a climate that is increasingly hostile to processed foods and imported steel.
Read moreTrans Fats Put on Chopping Block by UN Health Agency
Trans fats can be eliminated from the global food supply in five years, the World Health Organization announced Friday, unveiling guidelines modeled after campaigns in Denmark and New York City.
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