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In the News: Grass Fed Means Grass Fed, Eating Across Spain, Big Brother Café

Posted by Adam Kuban, October 16, 2007

• USDA limits use of "grass fed" label to meat that actually is: Great analysis of this five-year-in-the-making action from the ag agency from The Ethicurean.


• Slowing down fast food in Los Angeles: "Believing that a diet heavy on fast food is contributing to a rise in obesity and health problems, the Los Angeles City Council is about to consider a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A." [USA Today]


• How three people ate their way through Spain in two weeks, spending $17,000 on food: I want that job. [Mercury News]


• Can the food industry police itself? "Food industries and federal regulators are increasingly advocating the same solution following a rash of food-borne illnesses: Have companies police themselves and take action to prevent outbreaks." [Wall Street Journal]


• The Big Brother Café: Dutch consumer studies center will play with dozens of variables while watching people dine, all to find out what makes for optimum eating experience. [DNAIndia]


• Post-dining "dentiquette": Tips on politely taking care of dental health while eating socially. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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