“No foods containing artificial trans fat … shall be stored, distributed, held for service, used in preparation of any menu item or served in any food service establishment.” —NYC Board…
In the past two years, the food nuts at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) haven’t hesitated to drag several businesses to court over one word…
Fanatical food author Michael Pollan has blamed America’s double chins on everything from inexpensive groceries to flourishing corn fields. His recent book finds even more to vilify. In Defense…
When Santa comes down the chimney, he can’t help but drink the milk and eat the cookies kids leave out for him. Sadly, in this litigious age, he may leave…
Popular Christmas movies would have you believe that Santa’s biggest problem is people who stop believing. (See Miracle on 34th Street, The Year Without a Santa Claus,…
This has never happened before. Yesterday’s FDA hearing on limits for salt in food marked what may be an unprecedented shift in the agency’s regulatory role. This is…
Between 1999 and 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a plateau in US obesity rates. Using data crunched from the recent 2003-2004 survey, today’s news is…
Most strategies shift to a “Plan B” when the original plan disappoints. The food cop agenda is no different: If you can’t scare people from eating the foods they love,…
Yesterday, anti-fat fanatic Meme Roth told Fox News that she wants America to “second guess its time-honored traditions.” And the patron saint of Christmas is at the top…
