Archives for December 2, 2009

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Investment group seeks urgent FDA ruling on BPA

By staff reporter

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is failing in its job to protect consumers from exposure to chemicals such as Bisphenol A (BPA) by missing the publication deadline on its re-evaluation of the safety of the packaging component, warns a ‘green’...

SunOpta enters South African soy alliance

Canadian natural and organics group SunOpta has entered into a strategic alliance with Specialized Protein Products of South Africa, to increase its profitability and access to soy ingredient markets.

Study claims obesity research is distorted

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Obesity research is skewed by bias, particularly when reporting the effects of nutritively-sweetened drink consumption, claims a study published in the International Journal of Obesity.

China lifts Canadian pork ban

China has reopened its borders to imports of Canadian pork, although its ban on live swine is still in place, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday.