Archives for August 3, 2011

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Melatonin brownie maker: ‘We’ll sell them as supplements’

By Elaine Watson

The maker of the melatonin-laced ‘relaxation’ brownies at the center of a debate over where a dietary supplement ends and a food begins says it will make “all necessary changes to market and sell the product as a supplement”.

Cargill recalls 36m pounds of ground turkey on salmonella fears

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Cargill Value Added Meats Retail has initiated a voluntary recall of about 36 million pounds of ground turkey products because of possible salmonella contamination, although there is still no conclusive evidence of the outbreak source, the company has said.

Kraft Foods to split into two separate companies

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Kraft Foods has said it intends to split into two companies, in a move that would create a global snacks powerhouse separate from its North American grocery business.