Tidbits: “Healthy Pop Tarts,” Cloned Meat, Cocoa Shortage, and More
January 22nd, 2008Whole Grain Junk Food: Kellogg has announced that they are releasing a whole grain version of Pop Tarts. This is all so that they can fool parents into thinking they’re serving their kids healthy food now. (Pop Tarts will never be healthy.) FOX News has let us know about this in style by publishing the verbatim press release. From FOX Business.
Sale of Cloned Milk and Meat OK’ed: Despite much outcry, the FDA recently allowed milk and meat from cloned animals to be sold on the market. “It is beyond our imagination to even find a theory that would cause the food to be unsafe,” a representative of the FDA said. While this statement may be preposterous, it’s unlikely that you’ll see cloned meat in the fridge anytime soon anyways — it’s simply too expensive. From the Associated Press.
The King Threatens Florida Tomato Growers: Burger King is considering a move to stop buying tomatoes from many growers in Florida, perhaps due to a movement to pay farm workers there greater wages. From the (Florida) Herald-Tribune.
Cocoa or Bust: Cocoa is in short supply these days due to generally bad weather in cocoa-growing regions. The prediction of the upcoming deficit has some manufacturers stocking up, driving prices up 12 percent. From Food Navigator.
New York Slims Down: City officials in the Big Apple want its citizens to start eating more, well, apples (and other healthy items). They’re reviving a proposal to require chain restaurants to list calorie counts for items on their menus, hoping that it will make people think twice about ordering certain items. Representatives of the fast food industry retort that people would be irritated by the extra information on already cluttered menus. From the Associated Press.
Farm Bill Returns: Did you get tired of hearing about the 2007 Farm Bill? Well, now let’s hear about something completely different: the 2008 Farm Bill. The Gristmill has published a five-part series about the issue. From the Gristmill.
Why Poor Children Are Overweight: It’s not what we thought before, say some researchers from Iowa State University. From the Chicago Tribune.
French Revolution in South Africa: It was high bread prices that (in part) caused the French Revolution, and South African officials are trying to prevent that. They’re looking into possible price gouging by South African bread distributors. From the (South Africa) Independent Online.
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