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• Calories Do Count

  Complex diet regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and, just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion. Read More... Posted Oct 28 2008, 06:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Restaurants, Labeling and Labels, Diet and Nutrition, Fast Food Industry, Calories

• Small Type and Large Loopholes in New Labeling Laws

  Labeling laws that are supposed to tell shoppers whether their tomatoes, apples or chicken are homegrown or imported have taken effect. Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 03:27 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Seafood, Labeling and Labels, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Retail Stores and Trade, Fish and Other Marine Life, Advertising and Marketing, Supermarkets

• Many Foods Will Soon Be Labeled by Country of Origin

  Under the new rule, grocery stores will have to identify the country of origin for meats, produce and certain nuts. Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 05:31 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture Department, Labeling and Labels, Meat, Supermarkets, Nuts

• Sorting Through the Claims of the Boastful Egg

  It used to be, an egg was an egg, but now the incredible, edible egg is becoming unintelligible. Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 07:59 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, Labeling and Labels, Organic Food, Eggs, Food and Drug Administration, Sustainable Living, Irradiation of Food

• Superfood or Monster From the Deep?

  Major food companies are competing for health-conscious consumers by plugging one food into another and claiming the health benefits of both. Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 06:56 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Labeling and Labels, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Vitamins, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), General Mills Incorporated|GIS|NYSE

• The Feed: Fighting on a Battlefield the Size of a Milk Label

  An advocacy group has started a counteroffensive to stop the proliferation of milk that comes from cows that aren’t treated with synthetic bovine growth hormone. Read More... Posted Mar 08 2008, 08:32 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Hormones, Labeling and Labels, Monsanto Co|MON|NYSE, Milk