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Children-and-food study slams food marketers
A government report issued Dec. 6 that accuses food marketers of using billions in marketing dollars to woo children away from good diet choices could become a...
Diet and Fat: A mistaken consensus
In 1988, the surgeon general, C. Everett Koop, proclaimed ice cream to a be public-health menace right up there with cigarettes. Alluding to his office’s famous 1964...
AIV Microbiology's Paul Hall Receives 2009 NCFST Award for Food Safety
The National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), presented its 2009 NCFST Food Safety Award to Paul A. Hall, PhD,...
Obesity task force aims for July deadline
The chairman of the Task Force on Media and Childhood Obesity said that the group planned to report back to Congress and the FCC in mid July with recommendations for...
Powell replaces Sanger at General Mills
Minneapolis-based General Mills Inc. promoted its president/COO Kendall Powell to succeed longtime CEO Steve Sanger.
General Mills sells Pop Secret brand for $190 million
General Mills Inc. is selling its Pop Secret microwave popcorn business to Diamond Foods Inc. for about $190 million cash.
Commodities Affecting General Mills
General Mills Inc.'s profit took a hit over the summer as efforts by the food company to protect against rising commodity costs ended up backfiring amid price swings.
General Mills to close two plants, cut 500 jobs
General Mills Inc. is cutting 581 jobs as it closes two plants that the company had taken over in its 2001 acquisition of Pillsbury.
IFT summit urges food research to focus on defense against terrorism
...professor of food science at University of Florida and former U.S. assistant surgeon general, "But it gained necessary attention. Just not enough." IFT summit...
Food Defense Conference coming to Atlanta
In order to enhance research agendas related to food protection and defense and to report important discoveries in these critical areas, the Institute of Food...
