Health and Wellness Archive
Health and Wellness Sales Near $100B Mark
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- U.S. consumers continue to feed the packaged goods health and wellness industry, which passed $91 billion in 2006 sales, according to the Natural Marketing Institute. ...
Safeway to Launch 'Eating Right' Product Line
NEW YORK -- Safeway plans to introduce a new proprietary brand called Eating Right in the second quarter that could rival the success of the O Organic line it introduced last year, Brian Cornell, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the Pleasanton, Calif.-based chain, said yesterday in a presentation to the Bear Stearns 13th Annual Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Conference here. ...
Oscar Mayer Recall Expanded to 2.8 Million Pounds of Product
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kraft Foods contractor Carolina Culinary Foods has expanded its recall of cooked Oscar Mayer/Louis Rich chicken breast cutlets and strips based on additional sampling initiated by Kraft Foods and conducted at a non-government laboratory. ...
Advisors Recommend Government Approval of Bird Flu Vaccine
WASHINGTON -- Federal health advisors recommended that the government approve the first bird flu vaccine as a stopgap measure. ...
Children an Untapped Market for Produce: PMA
NEWARK, Del. -- Nearly two-thirds of families with children don't eat their five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, and that consumption gap represents a big opportunity for the U.S. produce industry, according to new consumer research by Opinion Dynamics, sponsored by the Produce Marketing Association here. ...
Major Garlic Study Shows Little Impact on Cholesterol
NEW YORK -- A comprehensive study of garlic shows that no matter how it's consumed, the pungent cloves do nothing to lower bad, or LDL, cholesterol. ...
Marsh Rolls Out Beef Nutrition Labeling
INDIANAPOLIS -- Marsh Supermarkets has rolled out beef nutrition labeling to all its stores, all three banners, after a 16-week test run by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association was seen to lift beef sales and increase customer loyalty. ...
BJ's Voluntarily Recalls Pre-Packaged Mushrooms
NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club here voluntarily recalled its pre-packaged mushrooms after possible trace amounts of E. coli bacteria were found in routine inspection test results. ...
AMI: Clarification of Animal Cloning Needed
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Consumers need additional information to make them more comfortable with the idea of cloning food animals, and it's the industry's duty to give it to them via the consumer media, American Meat Institute officials told attendees at the Annual Meat Conference here this week. ...
Botulism Risk Tied to Baby Food
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration here is warning consumers not to use certain jars of Earth Best Organic baby food due to the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that can cause botulism. ...
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