PurNutra Inc. will be the world's first company to produce and package a new line of all-natural omega 3/ DHA-enriched cheese.

The FDA examined 85 companies and found a quarter of them produced items with raw ingredients, such as nuts, which were omitted from the food labels.

A disease long forgotten has made a resurgence in the U.S. Rickets, an affliction primarily affecting children deficient in vitamin D, softens bones and causes them to bend.

The Wine Institute reports the volume of U.S. wine exports rose 3% to 79 million gallons in 2000, with 90% of that total from California. The rise in revenues to $560 million continues a 14-year trend that has seen wine exports grow 16-fold from 1985's $35 million.

The Bush administration appears to retain the Clinton commitment to protect the U.S. food supply. Despite the recent withdrawal of the arsenic-reduction regulations by the EPA, the administration and the FDA appear on track with several food safety rules.

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