January 4/Springdale, Ark./Prime Newswire -- A long-time senior executive of Tyson Foods Inc. has been named the new group vice president of Consumer Products, the company announced. Donnie Smith assumes
December 27/Tokyo/The Toronto Star -- Drinking green tea may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Japan's National Cancer Center. It said men
December 20/Alexandria, Va./U.S. Fed News -- Roque Bru Martinez and Maria del los Angeles Pedreno Garcia, both of Alicante, Spain, have developed a method for the production of resveratrol. An
December 24/M2 Presswire -- As part of the FDA's comprehensive Food Protection Plan initiative, the agency released self-assessment tools for industry to minimize the risk of intentional contamination of food
December 27/Perth, Australia/The West Australian -- American researchers say they can prove that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil can prevent Alzheimers disease. In a major breakthrough in
January 2/Washington/Hindustan Times -- Israeli researchers have found that natural compounds in red wine, fruits and vegetables may help counter unhealthy effects of high-fat foods. Writing about their findings in
January 2, December 24 and 26/Datamonitor -- Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, has announced that it intends to develop several products and variants around natural whole grain oats due to
January 3/Taipei, Taiwan/Central News Agency -- Eating a vegetarian diet on a long-term basis is irrelevant to good health and might even contribute to high levels of uric acid and
December 24/Biotech Business Week -- Redpoint Bio Corporation, a company developing ingredients to improve the taste of pharmaceutical, food and beverage products, announced that it has signed a research agreement
January 7/Supermarket News, -- A newly modified MyPyramid for Older Adults promotes canned and frozen fruits and vegetables as convenient sources of fiber for Americans over 70. "These choices are