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		<title>Collaborating to Develop New Oil Alternatives to Palm Oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palm oil is a major industrial commodity today. It is economical, versatile, immensely popular, and it is being produced in an increasingly sustainable way. An industrial feedstock in food and confectionery goods, cosmetics, detergents, and biofuels, it is also an important food source in large parts of the developing world. But a number of factors [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=635&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Macronutrient Intake Recommendations: What Does the Evidence Indicate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the increased interest in how we address obesity and the associated metabolic risk factors, there has been more focus on greater understanding of how macronutrient intake (source and amount) affects our health. A big splash occurred with the re-issuing of Atkins’ Diet over a decade ago. Since then, and with the ever-increasing impact of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=626&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Industry-wide Impact of FTC’s POM Wonderful Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final ruling in a case involving POM Wonderful LLC, determining that certain ads for its juice products made misleading claims about the drink’s health benefits. This case has implications beyond the immediate effects on the company involved. The decision will affect a wide swath of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=620&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Potential Buyers for Hostess Brands: Retailers vs. Food Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 20, Hostess announced that mediation with its bakers union had failed and that the 82-year-old company would proceed with liquidation plans. The good news is that the company’s iconic brands, such as Twinkies and HoHos, may not be gone for good. There may be multiple buyers of the individual product brands under the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=614&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Rejects GMO Labeling: What’s Next for GMOs on Food Labels?</title>
		<link>http://foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/california-rejects-gmo-labeling-whats-next-for-gmos-on-food-labels/</link>
		<comments>http://foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/california-rejects-gmo-labeling-whats-next-for-gmos-on-food-labels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[GM Crops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 6, California voters defeated Proposition 37 (53.1% to 46.9%), “The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” requiring label disclosure of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). If passed, the proposition would have prohibited GMO food and other processed food from being labeled “natural.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 1992 [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=609&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Implications of the Farm Bill Expiration</title>
		<link>http://foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/implications-of-the-farm-bill-expiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate and U.S. House Committee on Agriculture have passed their respective versions of the 2012 Farm Bill, but the legislation is stranded, and the 2008 Farm Bill expired on Sept. 30, 2012. Here is a summary report on the current state of play and practical implications of the 2008 Farm Bill expiration. Farm [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=604&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of GMOs on the Future of Agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 10, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture revised its estimated for this year’s corn crop, cutting it by nearly 17% due to the severe drought the United States experienced this spring and summer. And yet, this year’s corn harvest is expected to be perhaps the fifth largest on record. Recently, Kelly Hensel, IFT Digital [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=598&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Farm Bill: Where Are We Now</title>
		<link>http://foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/the-farm-bill-where-are-we-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House and Senate Agricultural Committee Leadership—Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Colin Petersen (D-Minn.), Debbie Stabinow (D-Mich.), and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)—are frustrated. Most House agricultural committee members want to keep farm subsidies as large as possible, but many other representatives are concerned about wasteful spending and unusually willing to interfere in the Committee’s business. So the current [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=592&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Large Soda Ban: Public vs. Personal Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much discussion on the proposal to ban large (&#62;16 oz.) serving sizes of non-diet soft drinks in New York City. I am glad it has people talking about the problem of obesity, but I am not sure this policy is the best approach on balance. My colleagues and I examined the available [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=581&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Soy and Cognitive Function: Latest Results</title>
		<link>http://foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/soy-and-cognitive-function-latest-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effect of soyfoods on cognition has been a topic of some controversy. Because soybeans contain isoflavones, which are phytoestrogens, some researchers have theorized that they could prevent cognitive decline that occurs with aging as estrogen is believed to do. However, the results from a Hawaiian population study published in the year 2000 linked soy [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=foodtecheperspective.wordpress.com&#038;blog=6159955&#038;post=575&#038;subd=foodtecheperspective&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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