Archives for January 4, 2008

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US dairy linked to listeria deaths

By  Dominique Patton

Four cases of listeria contamination in the US are increasingly thought to have come from a Massachusetts dairy although officials say they still have not found a source of the bacteria at the processing plant.

Corazonas claims first with sterol-containing chips

By  Jess Halliday

Functional snack company Corazonas is launching potato chips containing plant sterols for cholesterol reduction, and claims to be the first manufacturer to take the healthy ingredient into this kind of snack product.

Vitamin D2 just as good as D3?

By  Stephen Daniells

Challenging the view that vitamin D3 is more potent than D2, researchers from Boston University have reported that both forms are equally effective at maintaining 25-hydroxyvitamin D status.