ST. LOUIS -– Missouri researchers have launched a new effort in their fight against worldwide hunger: bringing together a doctor who has long treated the malnourished with plant scientists working to improve the nutritional content of food.

Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine spent a year reviewing nutritional research on foods produced normally and under organic standards, which ban artificial fertilisers and other chemicals. They concluded there was no significant nutritional difference.

Health Canada scientists have found bisphenol A leaching into the liquid of plastic baby bottles marketed to parents as being free of the toxic chemical.

New research in the FASEB Journal shows how resveratrol works as an effective therapy for life-threatening inflammation

Expected produce industry safety standards will top the agenda at this year’s Joint Tomato Conference scheduled for Sept. 8-13 in Naples, Fla. The conference, co-sponsored by the Maitland-based Florida Tomato Committee and Florida Tomato Exchange, comes before the start of the second year of mandatory safety inspections of Florida tomato farming operations and packinghouses.

WASHINGTON -- Camacho's Food Processing, a Salinas, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 1,450 pounds of ready-to-eat pork skin products because they were prepared without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following product is subject to recall:

After the FDA fired a warning shot across the bow of General Mills for touting Cheerios as lowering cholesterol, the Health Blog has been taking a closer look at what other claims are being made these days in the cereal aisle. There we saw Kellogg’s Rice Krispies with a banner proclaiming “Now Helps Support Your Child’s Immunity” splashed across the box.

Mary Clare Jalonick http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifI1woByWAcO_IIqfsv4o1i-PPPAD99OALI01 The U.S. House rejected a bill to overhaul the nation’s food-safety laws amid complaints from Republicans that they weren’t given enough time to read the measure.

The White House Food Safety Working Group's (WHFSWG) "Key Findings" report has a section labeled "Cutting Salmonella Risk in Poultry Products".  Before that bullet, the report says "Two Federal agencies are now making progress to reduce illness caused by Salmonella." www.foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov/FSWG_Key_Findings.pdf.