Nassau Executive Bruce Blakeman and Long Island families advocate for gluten warnings on restaurant menus and packaged foods.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman recently teamed up with a Long Island family to advocate for gluten warnings on packaged foods and restaurant menus nationwide. As he considers a bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination next year, Blakeman urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to mandate clear labeling of gluten content in […]
New FDA rule could require nutrition information to be on front of packaged foods
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday Proposal to require most foods to display nutritional information on the front of the package. The front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition label, or “nutrition information box,” contains information about three important nutrients: saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars. The FOP label indicates whether the food contains “low,” “moderate,” […]
Buffett’s Berkshire Is Being Packaged Into a Leveraged ETF – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett created Berkshire Hathaway's Class B shares nearly 30 years ago to thwart money managers who wanted to split up shares in the expensive conglomerate. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg One of South Korea's largest retail brokerages now plans to package its Class B shares into derivative-heavy exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which Mr. […]
Plastic chemicals ‘widespread’ in packaged products like Cheerios: report
Potentially dangerous levels of plastic chemicals are “pervasive” in popular foods such as Cheerios, Coca-Cola and Gerber cereal, a report says. report. Consumer Reports, a nonprofit advocacy group, tested 85 food items sold at supermarkets and fast food chains and found some level of plastic chemicals in 84 of them. Chemicals called “plasticizers” or phthalates […]