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<title><![CDATA[Cradle of Winemaking Refuses to Be Crushed By Russian Ban ]]></title>
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The Georgian wine industry, thought to be the world&#039;s oldest, is reeling from Russia&#039;s blanket ban on exports of its wine to the country, which has traditionally bought 90% of its production.



But the Georgians, who have become accustomed over the past few decades to setbacks and hardship, have remained upbeat. Levan Koberidze, the boss of one of Georgia&#039;s biggest wine exporters, GWS, is confident that his company and other Georgian wine firms will be able to develop new markets, and quick...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regulation of Trans Fats]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Enlarge ImageShould we regulate the amount of trans fats contained in the food we eat? A Canadian government task force on trans fats is recommending that all vegetable oils and spreadable margarines have the trans fat content limited to 2% of the total fat content and all other foods be limited to a maximum of 5% of total fat content. These new regulations would decrease the average trans fat intake by at least 55%. What are trans fats? Fatty acids in foods are made up of polyunsaturated (like ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:38</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Samuel FromartzPublished by HarcourtApril 2006; $25.00US; 0-15-101130-3 Who would have thought that a natural food supermarket could have offered a financial refuge from the dot-com bust? But it had. Sales of organic food had shot up about 20 percent per year since 1990, reaching $11 billion by 2003 . . . Whole Foods managed to sidestep that fray by focusing on, well, people like me. Organic food has become a juggernaut in an otherwise sluggish food industry, growing at 20 percent a year as p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:36</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US Hospital Tries to Evict Mcdonald's]]></title>
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One of America&#039;s premier cardiac hospitals is locked in a furious battle with McDonald&#039;s after its director sought to evict the fast-food outlet from the clinic&#039;s sprawling site.



After a lifetime of cleaning up clogged arteries, Toby Cosgrove, the director of the Cleveland Clinic, was convinced that fast-food restaurants had no place in an institution with a mission to promote healthier lifestyles.



But he evidently did not expect resistance from McDonald&#039;s.



When presented with its m...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:35</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French Vineyards Face Worst Crisis in More Than a Century]]></title>
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Tens of thousands of angry winemakers took to the streets across France yesterday demanding urgent government action to help haul the industry out of its worst crisis in more than a century.



The protests in Avignon, Macon, Angers, Nantes, Bordeaux, Blois and Tours marked the first time growers from all of France&#039;s principal winemaking regions - except Champagne, which is still prospering - had demonstrated simultaneously, organisers said.



Bernard Layre, head of France&#039;s Young Farmers&#039; ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:34</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EU Lifts Six-year Ban on Gm Corn]]></title>
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The EU is to approve the sale of a brand of genetically modified corn for human consumption - ending a six-year ban that was challenged by the US.



Next week&#039;s landmark decision by the European commission will allow the insect and herbicide-resistant Swiss-made product to be sold, even though consumer resistance remains powerful. But growing Syngenta Bt-11 maize in the EU&#039;s 25 member states will remain illegal for the moment.



Under new EU rules, canned vegetables have to be clearly labe...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:33</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sweden Approves Gm Potato Crops]]></title>
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Sweden has approved the growing of the first genetically modified potato - not for human consumption but for production of starch for paper.



The move is likely to prove controversial in the EU, which has still to ratify the Swedish decision, because waste products from the process will be used as animal fodder and may enter the human food chain.



Debate rages over the safety of GM potatoes after Dr Arped Pusztai experimented with them in 1998. He said afterwards he would never eat them....]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:32</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast Food Firms Accused of Using Sport to Attract Children ]]></title>
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Consumer groups combating the epidemic of child obesity are increasingly concerned that junk food manufacturers are exploiting the popularity of sport to target children and young people.




British sport received more than &amp;#163;40m last year from the fast food, confectionery and soft drinks industries through sponsorship of events, governing bodies and stars such as David Beckham, the England rugby captain Laurence Dallaglio, and Gary Lineker.




Sponsorship by such companies as McDonald...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:31</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Farmed Salmon Carry Harmful Toxins]]></title>
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by Sherry Morse



Farmed salmon carry about ten times more cancer-causing chemicals than wild salmon, according to a new study. 



The study, conducted at Indiana University, Cornell University and the University of Albany, examined the levels of 14 toxins, all likely to cause cancer in humans. 



The two metric tons of salmon used in the study were purchased in 16 cities in North America and Europe. 



The toxins examined included industrial pollutants known as polychlorinated biphenyls...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:30</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delhi Court Orders Inquiry Into Claims of Poisons in Soft Drinks]]></title>
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An Indian judge yesterday ordered an independent scientific investigation into allegations that Pepsi drinks sold in India contain dangerously high levels of pesticides.



The judge, Justice BD Ahmed, said fresh tests should be carried out on Pepsi products from across the country over the next three weeks.



The results from a government laboratory should then be published in an attempt to settle the row over whether Pepsi and Coca-Cola products are safe to drink. The judge&#039;s intervention...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-07 00:52:29</pubDate>
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