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(source: Food Navigator)

Organically produced apples have a 15 per cent higher antioxidant capacity than conventionally produced apples, says a new study from Germany

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius hasn’t quit her day job–and it has her at the center of a heated campaign pitting consumer groups and organic milk producers against some Kansas dairy farmers and biotech interests

Many Americans Ignore Food Recalls

The Cost of Carry-out

1)Bon Appetit Management Co. Buys Less Beef, Cheese, Tropical Fruit to Cut Carbon Impact

2)Soil Association 2009 Organic Market report

3)Shoppers Prefer Smaller

1) Organic Grocery Store Chain Undergoes Name Change

2)Pistachio Salmonella Link Uncovered

3) McDonald’s to take steps to cut potato pesticides

Consumers in Ohio and elsewhere who are seeking to avoid milk and other dairy products produced with synthetic growth hormones will only be able to discern how their food was produced by looking for the organic label, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the leading voice for the $17 billion organic industry in North America.

1) Nestlé Waters Gets in the Organic Game

2) What is Natural? (food webinar)

3) Pistachios recalled due to salmonella risk

4) FDA recall notice for pistachios

5) and a dairy bailout

Under section 409 of the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, HR 875 individuals would have a cause of action directly against those in violation of a food safety regulation, order, or other action

http://naturalspecialtyfoodsmemo.blogspot.com/2009/03/store-brand-private-label-memo-store.html The introduction and aggressive marketing of high-quality retailer store brand organic products is leading to a change in consumer perceptions in a positive direction, according to a soon to be released research report called the J.D. Power & Associates Private Label Industry Report.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/health/policy/26fda.html?_r=1

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/03/26/ap6215352.html