Tag: Food and Beverage

"Snacks shouldn't replace a meal, so look for ways to help your kids understand how much is enough," the USDA tip sheet says. "Store snack-size bags in the cupboard and use them to control serving sizes." (AP Photo)

USDA updates federal guidance on how kids should eat snacks

Pete Kasperowicz · February 22, 2016 10:35 pm

The House approved a bill Friday modifying new menu labeling requirements under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)

House passes changes to calorie labeling on menus

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 12, 2016 5:52 pm

My Shawarma

Lee Smith · February 12, 2016 6:15 am

Bipartisan measure would loosen the requirements for food establishments. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)

House poised to lighten Obamacare calorie mandate

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 12, 2016 5:01 am

"I just bit into a Twix bar and I go, 'Man this Twix bar's got something really hard in it,'" Marco Rubio said. "And I go, 'Oh my gosh, I cracked my tooth.'" (AP Photo and Photo courtesy of Evan-Amos, via Wikimedia Commons)

Marco Rubio breaks tooth on Twix bar

Anna Giaritelli · February 11, 2016 11:16 pm

Agency also announced measures to expand access to healthy food. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

Energy and Environment

USDA to help Flint residents get tested for lead in blood

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 8:07 pm

The Doritos ad depicts a woman being shown an ultrasound of her unborn baby for the first time. Meanwhile, her husband is eating a bag of Doritos and notices that the baby is responding to his hand motions, in an attempt to grab a chip. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

Beltway Confidential

Ultrasound logic

Daniel Allott · February 9, 2016 11:20 pm

The historic Hay-Adams Hotel across Lafayette Square from the White House is now featuring the 2016 contenders on its extremely popular political cartoon drink coasters. (Photo courtesy: Kevin Kallaugher)

D.C. bar lets you share a drink with 2016 candidates

Nicole Duran · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

"We need someone who's going to cut through the bullcrap and bring people together," Buddy Valastro said. (File Photo by Jessica Hill/Invision for Mohegan Sun/AP Images)

‘Cake Boss’ star endorses Christie

Joshua Axelrod · February 8, 2016 5:35 pm

A link in the tweet takes readers to USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, which has a recipe for fruit kabobs. It calls for ripe banana slices, watermelon cubes and clementine sections. (USDA Twitter)

Government wants people to make ‘fruit kabobs’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 3, 2016 4:55 pm

Chipotle saw its sales in December plunge after the E. coli cases were linked to the outbreak and it was forced to temporarily close dozens of locations in Colorado and Washington. (AP Photo)

Chipotle cleared of E. coli

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 1, 2016 6:25 pm

The White House's new proposal, announced Wednesday, aims to ensure all low-income children have year-round access to food, and not just during the academic year through the National School Lunch Program. (AP Photo)

Obama to propose $12 billion to fight child hunger

Kelly Cohen · January 27, 2016 6:32 pm