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Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup, used to sweeten products from Coca-Cola Co. to HJ Heinz Co. ketchup and linked to obesity, is falling in the U.S. as health-conscious consumers drink less soda.
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Coca-Cola Co. has taken to television to fight back against an obesity epidemic the world’s largest soft-drink maker has been blamed for fueling.
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When Supervalu Inc. decided to put nutritional labels on its food, the U.S. grocery chain was determined not to play nanny to its customers, according to Chief Marketing Officer Julie Dexter Berg.
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Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appealed to fear with their dissents to the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 23 decision ordering California to shed more than 30,000 inmates from its bloated system.
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Biting into a McDonald’s Corp. french fry should be like “walking on freshly fallen snow.”
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The U.S. would boost monitoring of poultry processors’ sanitary practices and contamination controls instead of eyeballing each bird for scabs and sores under a plan that would save companies $250 million a year.
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A former Bank of America Corp. executive pleaded guilty to participating in a criminal conspiracy to rig the bids on investments sold to municipal bond issuers and profit at the expense of taxpayers.
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Foods sold in U.S. stores need standardized labels to let consumers rank their nutritional value, according to a report from a government science panel.
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A top U.S. regulator’s ties to Monsanto Co., a maker of genetically modified food, are fueling an election-year recall push by consumer and public-interest groups flexing their clout on the Internet.
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