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NAACP New York branch joins others to oppose NYC soft drink size limits

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The NAACP's New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have joined those arguing in court that New York City's restrictions on the size of

Hastings Center Scholar calls for shaming the obese to address epidemic

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

In a paper titled "Obesity: Chasing an Elusive Epidemic," Hastings Center Scholar and President Emeritus Daniel Callahan calls for a combination of

WHO issues global alert on new strain of avian influenza (H7N9)

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, Global, USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response update on a new strain of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus identified

U.S. lawmakers issue report on energy drinks

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

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have issued a joint report presenting the

Dietician organization riddled with “big food” support, new report alleges

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Food activist and attorney Michele Simon has issued a report that explores the relationship between the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and

New Article targets food addiction, adolescent obesity in low- and middle-income countries

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

Focusing on recent research into food addiction, a review article published in the Journal of Adolescent Health discusses "the need for multilevel

Sequestration impact on FDA uncertain

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

Speaking during the Generic Pharmaceutical Association's annual conference in February 2013, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret

President’s Cancer Panel issues 2008-2009 annual report

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

According to a report prepared by President Barack Obama's (D) Cancer Panel, Americans are continuously exposed to largely unregulated cancer-causing chemicals and other carcinogenic substances that are having a "grossly underestimated" effect on cancer incidence and mortality

Hearings begin on fraud allegations in litigation over pesticides used on Nicaraguan banana plantations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

A California trial court has reportedly begun hearing evidence to determine if a 2007 $2.3 million jury award to Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who claimed they were sterilized by exposure to pesticides was based on fraud

FDA issues industry guidance on boil-water advisories

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2010

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued industry guidance to advise food manufacturers on appropriate protocol for dealing with a boil-water advisory