Los Angeles Times Wal-Mart's new food label tells shoppers what's Great For You Los Angeles Times By Tiffany Hsu In case you can't tell which foods at Wal-Mart are healthful, the world's largest retailer will make it obvious right on the package with a Great For You label. Wal-Mart, which now also claims to be the largest food seller in the country ... Walmart to label healthier food as 'Great For You' Wal-Mart debuts 'Great for You' seal Wal-Mart plans simple label to identify healthier foods

MyFox Tampa Bay CDC: 9 out of 10 Americans consume too much sodium each day Fox News The Vital Signs report - the CDC's monthly report of the latest health data -found that a meager 10 types of foods are to blame for more than 40 percent of people's sodium consumption. And most of these foods are everyday items found in restaurants or ... Everyday Foods Add Up to Major Salt Problems: CDC CDC: Breads top list of salt sources in US diet Americans Still Eat Too Much Salt, CDC Finds

7Online.com Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools msnbc.com By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO Junk food remains plentiful at the nation's elementary schools despite widespread efforts to curb childhood obesity, a new study suggests. Fashion designer calls singer fat, but says she "has a beautiful face and a divine ... Junk food widely available at US elementary schools despite anti-obesity push Junk foods widely available at elementary schools Junk food plentiful at elementary schools

Dole Food Company and Transplace Continue Relationship for Sourcing North ... MarketWatch (press release) DALLAS, Feb 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology solutions, today announced that Dole Food Company, Inc. successfully completed their third domestic sourcing in which ...

StandardNet Access to Snack Food at School by Elementary School Students Kansas City infoZine Chicago, IL - infoZine - About half of all public and private elementary school students could buy food in one or more competitive venues on campus (vending machines, school stores, snack bars or a la carte lines) by the 2009-2010 school year and ... Kids have easy access to junk food at school, study finds Students Have Access To Unhealthy Snacks A gap in childhood obesity research

UL Global Study Reveals Food Safety is Top of Mind for Manufacturers and Consumers MarketWatch (press release) 7, 2012 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- In a new global study from UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a world leader in advancing safety, food manufacturers identified product safety as a top business priority, but the majority of consumers believe food ...

Telegraph.co.uk Could Taxes Or Food Stamp Restrictions Tame America's Sweet Tooth? NPR (blog) by Allison Aubrey A tax proposal on the table in Massachusetts could discourage sugar consumption a bit by making sugary foods more expensive. A tax proposal on the table in Massachusetts could discourage sugar consumption a bit by making sugary foods ... Taxes And Food Stamp Restrictions Proposed To Tame America's Sweet Tooth Is regulating sugar the way to reduce our consumption? Some think sugar should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol, but could ... - -

SGS Hosts McDonald's Food Safety Collaboration Panel at Global Food Safety ... MarketWatch (press release) 7, 2012 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- SGS Food Services is hosting "McDonald's: Collaboration in Food Safety & Brand Protection," a breakfast session at the 11th Global Food Safety Conference in Orlando, Florida, from 7:45-8:45 am on Friday, February 17.

Aljazeera.com Displaced Malians Burden Food -Insecure Hosts AllAfrica.com Bamako Dakar Some 12000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Mnaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food -insecure villages around Tillabri in western Niger, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ... Mali contends with new Tuareg rebellion as food crisis looms Malian refugees in Niger await food and water Malian refugees in Niger await food and water aid

TPMDC Florida GOP To Food Stamp Recipients: No Sweets For You TPMDC Republicans in Florida are trying to prevent people on food stamps from buying items like candy, soda and chips with their state-funded assistance. You can't feed a family on potato chips and Mountain Dew, which is the goal: feeding hungry people, ... Fla. bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps Food stamp fight Florida bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps -