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<title><![CDATA[FDA eyes mandatory tracking program for food]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A mandatory traceability system in the United States would help improve the safety of food, such as produce, a health official told lawmakers on Wednesday, three weeks after the government declared an end to the worst foodborne outbreak in a decade.
Some produce firms, including many in the tomato industry, use voluntary traceability programs but their approaches vary. Lawmakers said a mandatory program was overdue, and would help U.S. regulators improve safety and restore consumer confidence in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:54:50</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Exports tested as China milk scandal spreads]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING - China’s latest product safety scandal — tainted milk formula blamed for killing two Chinese babies and sickening 1,200 — expanded to include more foods Tuesday, with state media reporting some formula produced by companies involved was exported. 
State broadcaster CCTV reported on its evening newscast that a nationwide inspection of the 175 Chinese companies making baby milk powder showed that 22 of them had traces of the industrial chemical melamine in their products. 
One company,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:53:46</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Snacks overpower our best intentions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite our best intentions to eat something healthy, we often choose sugary snacks. 
Dutch researchers asked 585 participants to pick between four snacks: an apple, a banana, a candy bar and a molasses waffle. 
About half of the participants indicated they would choose the apple or banana. 
But when presented with the actual snacks a week later, 27 percent of those who had said they&#039;d pick a healthy one switched to the candy bar or waffle. And more than 90 percent of those who had initially mad...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:49:39</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Few safeguards found for Mexican produce]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ALLENDE, Mexico - At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspects this packing plant, its warehouse in McAllen, Texas, and a farm in Mexico are among the sources of the United States&#039; largest outbreak of food-borne illness in a decade, which infected at least 1,440 people with a rare form...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:38:07</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Faith inspires women to lose weight]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080918_1508.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[




Kimberly Floyd was so inspired after losing 85 pounds that she began her own Christian weight loss-coaching program. &quot;My message is about taking responsibility and making the most of all the gifts God has given you,&quot; she says. 
 
They ate when they were stressed. They ate when they were lonely or frustrated. Then the guilt set in — for breaking the latest attempt at a diet, for losing the power struggle with a craving. It&#039;s an unhealthy pattern familiar to the women below, and one to which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-18 12:30:25</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Early ear infections may pack on pounds later]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080827_1505.html]]></link>
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New research that includes studies of health records from the 1960s suggests that frequent childhood ear infections may be linked to weight gain or obesity later in life. 

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<pubDate>2008-08-27 21:20:31</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Over 200,000 pounds of Hot Pockets recalled]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[
Nestle Prepared Foods Company is recalling about 215,660 pounds of frozen stuffed pepperoni pizza sandwich products, known as Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza, because the product might contain small pieces of hard red plastic and other foreign material, which pose a risk of serious injury to consumers. 
The Mt. Sterling, Ky., company has received four consumer complaints and no reports of injuries. Spokeswoman Roz O’Hearn said the reported foreign substance — hard red plastic as well as clear fle...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 00:01:19</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Salmonella outbreak wanes; questions linger]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.guidefinger.com/health/html/diet_and_nutrition_20080819_1495.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can&#039;t yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they&#039;ve found could explain such widespread illness.
The outbreak isn&#039;t considered over yet, Food and Drug Administration food safety chief Dr. David Acheson cautioned Friday. The outbreak strain has been confirmed in 1,423 patients, with the latest known illness beginning July 24.
The FDA is focusing its probe on some farms in Mexico where a handful of jalape...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-19 11:05:17</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former half-ton man endures hard times ]]></title>
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Nati Harnik / AP FILE
Four years after his gastric bypass surgery, Patrick Dueul says he was 540 pounds in May, the last time he was weighed. That&#039;s about 100 pounds more than a year ago.Times are tough for a man who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms), but Patrick Deuel says he&#039;s trying to keep a positive outlook.
&quot;Oh, I&#039;m still breathing,&quot; the 46-year-old Deuel sighed before suddenly letting out a hearty laugh.
Deuel weighed 1,072 pounds (486 kilograms) in 2004, and in order...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-19 11:02:33</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beef recall expands to 1.4 million pounds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A review of Nebraska Beef Ltd.&#039;s records prompted Thursday&#039;s recall expansion because USDA investigators determined the company&#039;s practices couldn&#039;t effectively control E. coli bacteria on June 24.
About 1.36 million pounds of beef is now included in the recall that began Aug. 8 after the company&#039;s meat was linked to an E. coli outbreak in 10 states and Canada.
The initial announcement recalled 1.2 million pounds of beef produced on June 17, June 24 and July 8.
Nebraska Beef&#039;s products involved ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-19 11:01:16</pubDate>
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