Tag: Food and Beverage

A majority of fast food and fast casual chains have too much antibiotics in their meat supply, according to a new report. (AP Photo)

Most fast food chains get failing grade on antibiotics

Robert King · September 15, 2015 1:14 pm

FDA’s advice on calorie count rule

Robert King · September 11, 2015 7:17 pm

The Labor Department announced Wednesday it is suing the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, which it says forced hundreds of children in Utah and Arizona to harvest pecans with their bare hands, and for no pay.Â (AP Photo/Susanne Schafer)

Labor Dept. sues church that made kids harvest pecans

Pete Kasperowicz · September 9, 2015 10:29 pm

A Russian River Brewing Company customer takes a sip of the newly released Pliny the Younger triple IPA beer on February 7, 2014 in Santa Rosa, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Study: Everyone gets hangovers, nothing helps

Barbara Boland · August 29, 2015 9:32 pm

The USDA boasted on Wednesday that an average of 13.5 million students around the country were using its School Breakfast Program each day in 2014. (AP Photo)

School breakfast programs now serving 13.5 million kids

Pete Kasperowicz · August 26, 2015 5:52 pm

The USDA reminded teachers that the federal government has a slew of classroom aides they can use next month to get kids learning about how to eat better. (iStock Photo)

‘Fruits and veggies we adore thee’: The songs gov’t wants kids to sing in school

Pete Kasperowicz · August 14, 2015 2:33 pm

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that people who cut dietary fats lost 68 percent more body fat than people who cut carbohydrates. (AP Photo)Â

Study says cut fats, not carbs, to lose the most weight

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:55 pm

Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Oklahoma City Thunder along with his manager Scooter Braun and Braun's fiance Yael Cohen, Sunday, May 11, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)Â

Washington Secrets

Liberals to protest Hillary fundraiser at Justin Bieber manager’s home

Paul Bedard · August 5, 2015 4:54 pm

Kraft Heinz is voluntarily recalling 36,000 cases of Kraft individually wrapped cheese singles. (AP Photo)

Kraft recalls cheese slices due to choking hazard

Robert King · August 3, 2015 1:04 pm

Junk food is so visible in so many non-food retail outlets -- hardware stores, bookstores, car washes, offices -- that it's difficult for people to avoid encountering it wherever they go.Â

Americans crave too much junk food

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Presidential contender Donald Trump speaks to the media during a press conference on the 1st first day of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Donald Trump sues chef Jose Andres for $10 million

Ryan Lovelace · August 1, 2015 3:47 pm

From a survey of 1,000 Americans, Gallup found that 64 percent drink at least one cup of coffee a day. That number has barely budged from 63 percent in 1999. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Gallup: Americans are slowly kicking unhealthy habits

Emily Leayman · July 31, 2015 12:00 pm