Sunday, February 10, 2008

Plans for junk food ad ban dropped


Plans for junk food ad ban dropped
Guardian Unlimited - Junk food: Ofcom has estimated that a pre-watershed ad ban will cost �211m in lost ad revenues. Photograph: Dan Chung The government has abandoned plans to impose a pre-9pm ban on junk food TV advertising when it unveils its new anti-obesity ...

Creativity Of One Cup Coffee Makers
It is often said that coffee addicts always drink there coffee straight. However, most of the times this is not the case as coffee has more blends and flavoring than wine. So, cast off all your confines and enjoy nature's gift with 101...

Fast food salt levels 'shocking'
BBC Health - The government recommends a maximum of 6g of salt per day for adults, 5g a day for children aged 7-10 and 3g for children aged 4-6. How can these companies justify selling food that contains more than the maximum daily limit for adults and children ...

U.S. widens contract fraud inquiry to include military's food ...
International Herald Tribune - WASHINGTON : Federal agents are investigating whether several large food companies charged the government excessively high prices for supplies to U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait, according to administration officials. Widening their previously ...

Russian food producers to cap food prices this week as inflation soars ...
Forbes - MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Russia's leading food producers and retailers will this week sign an agreement with the ministry of economic development and trade to freeze food prices from Oct 15 to the end of December in an anti-inflationary move ...