India’s food prices snapped a five-week rising streak as fruits and wheatturned cheaper, raising hopes of a continued cooling off following forecasts of a normal monsoon. The country’s food articles index in the week ended April 17 decreased 0.2% from a week earlier to 292.7, according to data issued Thursday by the Ministry of Commerce [...]
Chicago Public School students can say goodbye to doughnuts, Pop-Tarts and daily doses of nachos and greasy pizza. Wednesday, The Chicago Board of Education adopted new nutritional standards for school breakfasts and lunches, promising that next year the meals will be tastier and much healthier. With the move, the school system becomes one of the [...]
The additives — omega-3 fatty acid DHA and omega-6 fatty acid ARA — are present in 90 percent of organic infant formulas and are marketed as promoting brain and eye development in ways that mimic breast milk. The Washington Post reported last July that U.S. Department of Agriculture employees had concluded three years earlier that the [...]
