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  • Plastics Bags Still a Go in California
    Contentious spats about plastic versus paper made it all the way to California’s lawmakers with the Democratic proposal of a statewide ban on the use of plastic bags, which is already enforced in few California cities, including San Francisco. ...More
    Yesterday
    Posted in News, Store Operations
  • Class-Action Suit Filed Over Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Orange County Superior Court against some of California's largest distributors and retailers of extra virgin olive oil for misleading and defrauding California consumers by claiming the olive oil they sell meets the high standards of ...More
    4 weeks ago
    Posted in News, Grocery
  • Authorities Draw Guns on CA Health Food Store
    State, local and federal authorities recently entered Rawsome Foods in Venice, CA. With guns in hand, they seized raw goats’ milk, raw cows’ milk and blocks of unpasteurized goat cheese. ...More
    4 weeks ago
    Posted in Blog, Grocery, Store Operations
  • FDA Commissioner Says Gulf Seafood Safe
    FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg was on hand in Mississippi July 30 to reopen the waters to commercial fishing as well as reassure the communities and consumers that seafood harvested from the Gulf waters does not pose any health risks. ...More
    August 2, 2010
    Posted in News, Grocery
  • Government Regulation of Pet Products
    Navigating the confusing world of natural pet-product regulation that some describe as ‘the Wild West’ of the industry. ...More
    July 30, 2010 by Sandy Almendarez, Associate Editor
    Posted in Articles
  • Judge Calls vitaminwater Misleading
    U.S. District Court Judge John Gleeson has rejected The Coca-Cola Company’s motion requesting the dismissal of a lawsuit related to vitaminwater. ...More
    July 29, 2010
    Posted in News, Grocery
  • Researchers Taking High D Doses
    Scientists studying vitamin D may not have yet convinced Health Canada to increase recommendations, but some of them are so won over, they take 6,000 IU a day. An article in the Globe and Mail by Martin Mittelstaedt talked with some of these scientists who feel vitamin D ...More
    July 27, 2010
    Posted in Articles, Supplements
  • Top 10 Riskiest Foods
    Ice cream, cheese and berries may be among shoppers’ favorite foods, but FDA says they are also at the top of a much scarier list: the top-10 most contaminated foods. ...More
    July 23, 2010
    Posted in Articles, Digestion
  • Bill Would Require Personal Care Products to Disclose Toxins
    A new bill proposed in Congress would require personal care products to disclose toxins in cosmetics, according to a USA Today article. The legislation would give FDA the power to compel companies to collect and disclose safety information on all of their ingredients. ...More
    July 22, 2010
    Posted in News, Personal Care
  • The Future of Processed Foods
    It's best to eat fresh and non-processed foods, but the recent white paper released by the Institute of Food Technologists opened my eyes to some interesting points. ...More
    July 22, 2010
    Posted in Blog
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