food industry

More cities are passing legislation to ban the construction of drive-through windows in an attempt to curb emissions, reduce litter and improve pedestrian safety. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest

Health & Safety

Why U.S. Cities Are Banning New Fast-Food Drive-Throughs

3:37pm October 10, 2019

by Jodi Helmer

Most of the bans aim to curb emissions and protect pedestrians. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest they don't have that effect.

Books

How A 19th Century Chemist Took On The Food Industry With A Grisly Experiment

5:35pm October 08, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Deborah Blum's book, The Poison Squad, tells how Harvey Washington Wiley and his band of chemists crusaded to remove toxins, such as arsenic and borax, from food. How? By testing them on volunteers.

Contradictory consumer demands for food labels are making some food companies re-think their alliance with the industry's traditional lobbying group.

Powerful Food Lobby Group Loses Members Amid Industry Culture Clash

11:17pm January 05, 2018

by Dan Charles

Eight large companies have left the Grocery Manufacturers Association, weakening the influential lobbying group. Some companies have dropped out in an effort to shed the industry's "junk food" image.

Amid GMO Strife, Food Industry Vies For Public Trust In CRISPR Technology

2:05pm October 25, 2017

by Kristofor Husted

Mushrooms that don't brown? Pigs resistant to diseases? Though the process does not introduce foreign genetic material into food or livestock, getting consumers to buy in will be an uphill battle.

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Hervé Zarka uses a tool called a simoussi to rake up salt in his marshland on the island of Noirmoutier in France. He says there are many minerals in natural sea salt, such as magnesium and potassium, that aren't in industrial salt.

World News

Harvesting Salt By Hand Is Making A Comeback In France

3:02pm August 23, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

Since the seventh century, salt has been raked in and collected from shallow pools in marshes on the French coast. Refrigeration almost killed the industry, but the local food movement is reviving it.

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"Sell by" and "expiration" labels on food products may contribute to food waste by misleading consumers to throwing away perfectly good food. Now, two food industry associations are encouraging food companies to do away with these labels.

For Food Manufacturers, 'Sell By' Labels May Have Reached Their Expiration Date

5:52pm February 15, 2017

by Dan Charles

Those "expiration" labels on packaged food may confuse consumers and dupe them into throwing good food in the trash. Two major food industry associations want to change that and are proposing reforms.

Customers at Puzzles Bakery & Café in Schenectady, N.Y. More than half the staff at the café has a developmental disability.

For People With Developmental Disabilities, Food Work Means More Self Reliance

1:50pm January 14, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Finding a job and building a life of their own can be a monumental challenge for people with developmental disabilities. But food work can be a good fit for many of them.

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Seaweed farms like this one on Nusa Lembongan Island, in Indonesia, are the main sources of carrageenan.

Carrageenan Backlash: Food Firms Are Ousting A Popular Additive

5:11pm December 12, 2016

by Dan Charles

Food manufacturers are under pressure to replace carrageenan, an ingredient that's widely used in products — from protein drinks to sliced deli meat. The organic industry just moved to ban it.

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A recent study revealed the sugar industry's efforts 50 years ago to shape medical opinion on how sugar affects health. But today, scores of companies continue to fund food and nutrition studies.

Sugar Shocked? The Rest Of Food Industry Pays For Lots Of Research, Too

4:32pm September 14, 2016

A recent study revealed the sugar industry's efforts 50 years ago to shape medical opinion on how sugar affects health. But today, scores of companies continue to fund food and nutrition studies.

Health & Safety

Hundreds Of Restaurant Inspections Overdue In Forsyth County

6:44pm November 12, 2015

by Keri Brown

Public health officials in Forsyth County say there's a backlog of overdue restaurant inspections. The county is working on several steps to meet state compliance requirements.

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