The Food Standards Agency in the UK has issued a food alert because Sainsbury's has recalled a batch of its own-brand confectionery product Strawberry Pencils, as pieces of metal have been found in it. Follow the link for more details.

http://foodsafetychat.blogspot.com/2008/09/sweets-recalled-due-to-metal.html

A Beef With Hot Dog Haters

Blog | www.foodproductdesign.com | Sep 5, 2008

Online magazine for food and beverage industry news, product features, editorial library, subscriber info, media kits & advertiser info When I caught wind of those misguided special-interest vegetarian hot-dog-hating commercial hitting the air depicting one child in a school cafeteria line

http://www.foodproductdesign.com/blogs/doug/?m=art&a=a-beef-with-hot-dog-haters.html

Coke and the New Art of China Deal Making (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Blog | blogs.wsj.com | Sep 4, 2008

Coca-Cola's $2.4 billion buyout of a Chinese juice company could leave a sweet aftertaste for Asian deal makers. The proposed agreement to take over the Hong Kong-listed company isn't just China's biggest outright takeover, according to Thomson Reuters data. It also provides a framework for a new

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/09/04/coke-and-the-new-art-of-china-deal-making/?mod=yahoo_hs

Economy Erasing Health Food Consumer Spending

Blog | www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com | Aug 26, 2008

It appears that health food shoppers are not as wimpy as they have been portrayed, relative to the economy. A new survey from Harris Interactive found about three-fourths of consumers are not choosing price over quality in their healthy food purchasing even in the face of the energy crisis and

http://www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com/blogs/shelflife/?m=art&a=economy-erasing-health-food-consumer-spending.html

Drinking with Dems

Blog | onthehouse.typepad.com | Aug 25, 2008

Say what you will about their policies, their candidates and their internal squabbles, if there’s one thing the Democrats do know about, apparently, it’s beer. Why else would they choose to hold their national convention in one of the best...<img

http://onthehouse.typepad.com/on_the_house/2008/08/drinking-with-d.html

TigullioVino.it Weblog Network : Quel brighella di Robin Goldstein

Blog | www.tigulliovino.it | Aug 25, 2008

Se ne è già parlato a sufficienza dello scandalino winespectator. Quel brighella di Robin

http://www.tigulliovino.it/blog/2008/08/quel_brighella_di_robin_goldst.html

A beverage idea so cool it’s frozen

Blog | www.bevnet.com | Aug 22, 2008

Beverage manufacturers have bottled a lot of unlikely drinks over the years – pickle juice comes to mind – but Jon Wilt may have the strangest idea in recent history.

http://www.bevnet.com/bevblog/2008/08/a-cool-beverage-idea/

PRODUCT REVIEW: Bufala Di Vermont Yogurt

Blog | blog.thenibble.com | Aug 20, 2008

A yogurt lover???s dream: thick waterbuffalo yogurt from Bufala Di Vermont isricher and sweeter than yogurt from cow,sheep or goat milk. And it???s much easierto digest.Yogurt-lovers are in for a treat, with the thick, creamy, sensual pudding-like yogurt made from water buffalo milk. People

http://blog.thenibble.com/2008/08/20/product-review-bufala-di-vermont-yogurt/

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Mussel Products from Bantry Bay Seafood

Blog | www.foodpoisonblog.com | Aug 16, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers against eating certain frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, imported from Ireland, because they may be contaminated with azaspiracid toxins, a group of naturally occurring marine toxins...

http://www.foodpoisonblog.com/2008/08/articles/food-poisoning-watch/fda-warns-consumers-not-to-eat-certain-mussel-products-from-bantry-bay-seafood/