News on Health and Nutrition from Northern America

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued two proposed regulations regarding calorie labeling on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, retail food establishments, and vending machines.

More than 1100 snack food executives and suppliers from 38 countries are on hand at SNAXPO 2011 in Orlando, where they are gaining insight and knowledge at educational sessions as well as from trade show exhibitors and their counterparts from across t...

As members of the restaurant industry eagerly await federal menu-labeling guidelines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the complexity of the issue is delaying the promulgation of the regulations.

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) readies to submit its proposed regulations for the federal menu labeling law by the March 23, 2011 deadline, the lingering question is how will U.S. consumers react to seeing calories on menus?

Salty snack eaters craving change have much innovation to celebrate in the salty snack aisle.

Tim O'Connor, United States Potato Board president and CEO, discusses the good news about consumer attitudes and potato consumption at the USPB's annual meeting.

Functional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Phyterra Yeast Inc., has been awarded $2.5 million from the Government of Canada's Atlantic Innovation Fund

The US National Potato Council (NPC) has launched a new website to help defend the Potato in School Lunch.

Funcional Technologies Corp. (TSX-V: FEB) se complace en anunciar que su filial, Phyterra Yeast Inc. ha sido beneficiada con 2,5 millones de dólares del Fondo de Inversión del Canada (AIF). El proyecto desarrollará y comercializará una tecnología par...

El Consejo Nacional de la Papa de los Estados Unidos (NPC, por sus siglas en ingles) ha lanzado un nuevo sitio web para defender el consumo de papa en las escuelas. El objetivo del sitio es informarle mejor al público y proveerle de un mecanismo de fá...

After Chris Voigt’s successful 60 days of nothing but potatoes, he promised a series of healthy and tasty potato recipes. The Washington State Potato Commission now has posted the first 21 recipes.

The Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI), representing specialty physicians, academic researchers, and allied health professionals in the field, was very happy to hear the announcement of important changes to food labelling regulations to be implemented by August 2012.

The new (US) federal food safety law has gotten plenty of attention for provisions that aim to protect the public from foodborne illnesses. But a little-noticed section of the law that is supposed to protect workers at food companies who blow the whistle on their employers may — if it is effectively enforced — also prove to be significant for consumers.

Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans, announced regulations to strengthen Canada's labelling of food allergens and gluten sources.

After serving up samples of their favorite tuber at the Capitol, officials of the Washington Potato Commission asked state senators for help in getting the attention of the USDA over a popular program aimed at mothers and children.

During the Potato Expo, Frank van Schaayk (Regional CEO United States and South America McCain Foods) introduced the Alliance for Potato Research and Education in his presentation titled 'French Fries, Re-imagined'

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing to change the nutritional guidelines for the school lunch program that would restrict students to just one cup of certain vegetables per week.

A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that consuming salty foods may impair the ability of blood vessels to widen.