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New studies focus on sodium and calorie content of restaurant and processed foods

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

Three recent studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine have analyzed the nutritional content of restaurant and processed foods, raising questions

IOM report on salt recommendations draws criticism

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently issued a report assessing the scientific evidence behind government recommendations that adults in the

New study examines role of gut bacteria in link between lecithin and cardiovascular disease

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2013

A recent study investigating the link between dietary phosphatidylcholine (lecithin) and the production of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), "a

Petitioners ask FDA to regulate use of antibiotics in distillers grains

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

Two agricultural organizations have filed a citizen petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking to ban the use of antibiotics in

Sugar-sweetened beverage tax clears first hurdle in California legislature

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

The California State Senate Committee on Governance and Finance has reportedly passed legislation (S.B. 622) that would impose a 1-cent per fluid

Prop. 65 lawsuit seeks warnings for acrylamide in coffee

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2011

The Metzger Law Group has filed a lawsuit under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Prop. 65) on behalf of the Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT), seeking an order to require coffee makers and retailers to warn consumers that coffee contains acrylamide, a chemical known to the state to cause cancer

Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp.: no class certification for obese teens

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2010

A judge from the U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation in a New York federal district court, has determined that the obesity-related claims filed in 2002 against McDonald’s Corp. cannot be pursued as a class action

Monster beverage seeks to halt city attorney’s investigation and demands

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2013

Monster Beverage Corp. has filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against San Francisco's city attorney, who launched an

Researchers examine effect of advergames on children’s food intake

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

Researchers with the University of Amsterdam's School of Communication Research and Radboud University's Behavioral Science Institute have published

Energy drink additive allegedly linked to heart disease

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

A recent study has allegedly linked L-carnitine, a nutrient found in red meat and commonly used as an additive in energy drinks, to an increased risk