Most ginkgo products fail quality testing
Product tester, Consumerlab.com, has found five of seven ginkgo biloba products are contaminated or do not meet their label claims.
Archives for November 18, 2008
China and Canada found guilty of citric acid dumping
Ongoing US Department of Commerce investigations have found Chinese and Canadian companies are dumping citric acid and citrate salts into the US.
Confidence in safe food supply slipping
More needs to be done by the government to protect the public from contaminated food, a new survey on food safety and labeling has found.
Round table: Gut health and obesity
Modifying our gut bacteria with probiotics and prebiotics may be a new weapon in the fight against obesity. Three experts active in this field discuss the current state of play, and what the future may hold for weight management with probiotics and...
'Call to action' issued for raising vitamin D levels
Recommended daily intakes of vitamin D should be raised to 2,000 International Units, says a group of 18 scientists from the University of California.