Trans fats ban linked with fewer NY heart attacks & strokes

12-Apr-2017 - Local bans on artery-clogging trans fats in restaurant foods led to fewer heart attacks and strokes in several New York counties, a new study suggests. The study hints at the potential for widespread health benefits from an upcoming nationwide ban, the authors and other experts say. The U.S. Food ...

Something completely different at McDonald's: Fresh beef

03-Apr-2017 - The fast food giant said Thursday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in its Quarter Pounder burgers by sometime next year at most of its U.S. locations. It's a major change for McDonald's, which has relied on frozen beef for more than 40 years. Employees will cook up the ...

Fast-food fan Trump could remake healthy school lunches

17-Nov-2016 - Will President-elect Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken? Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by first lady Michelle Obama may have reason to cheer Trump's election as the billionaire businessman is a proud ...

JBT Corp. To Buy Tipper Tie From Dove For $160 Mln

05-Oct-2016 - JBT Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire Tipper Tie, Inc. from diversified global manufacturer Dover Corp. for $160 million, before customary post-closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016. Tipper Tie is a provider of engineered processing ...

Trump campaign pushes food safety rollbacks, then deletes

16-Sep-2016 - A fact sheet issued by Donald Trump's campaign on Thursday said he would roll back food safety regulations if the billionaire businessman is elected president, arguing they are burdensome to farmers and "overkill." The campaign later deleted the fact sheet from its website and issued a new ...

Obama signs bill requiring labeling of GMO foods

30-Jul-2016 - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that will require labeling of genetically modified ingredients for the first time. The legislation passed by Congress two weeks ago will require most food packages to carry a text label, a symbol or an electronic code readable by smartphone that ...

Senate backs bill to label genetically modified food

13-Jul-2016 - Food packages nationwide would for the first time be required to carry labels listing genetically modified ingredients under legislation the Senate backed Thursday. The vote was 63-30 for the bipartisan measure, which would compel foods that include genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, to ...

US government issues new dietary guidelines

11-Jan-2016 - The U.S. government's new dietary guidelines, released Thursday, back off the strictest sodium rules included in the last version, while still asserting that Americans consume too much salt. The guidelines reverse previous guidance on the dangers of dietary cholesterol and add strict new advice ...

Packaging Technology: Bosch plans acquisition of Kliklok-Woodman Corp.

25-Sep-2015 - Kliklok-Woodman develops, manufactures, and sells secondary packaging machinery and vertical form, fill, and seal machines for the food industry U.S.-based company will support Bosch’s growth strategy in North America, Europe and other regions Planned acquisition is latest in a series of ...

80th Green Week: Anniversary edition features numerous highlights

CityCube to host opening ceremonies and supporting programme for the first time

27-Aug-2014 - Taking as its slogan ’Take the time’ Latvia, next year’s partner country, is making preparations to host its largest display to date at the International Green Week Berlin 2015 (IGW). From 16 to 25 January this Baltic state, which in 1992 attended the fair for the first time and which in the ...