Shopping for organic groceries? Now you can look for the label
Starting today, grocery shoppers will see a new label on foods that were grown or processed without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, without antibiotics and without irradiation or genetic modification.
( By Tom Avril, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/21/2002 06:42 AM PDT)

AP Corrects Listeria Story
In an Oct. 17 story about recalled chicken and turkey meat from Wampler Foods reaching schools participating in the federal lunch program, The Associated Press erroneously reported that e-mails cited by a public policy organization came from a federal inspector at a Wampler plant.
( 10/18/2002 06:46 AM PDT)

New Clues Show How Deadly Prions Affect the Brain
Two new reports shed light on the mechanisms by which abnormal proteins called prions affect the body, causing fatal brain diseases like "mad cow" disease in cattle.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/18/2002 07:53 AM PDT)

CDC Details Florida Case of Human 'Mad Cow' Disease
A 22-year-old Florida resident is indeed ill from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human version of "mad cow" disease, which she probably contracted during her childhood spent in Britain, according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/18/2002 07:28 AM PDT)

'No More Tears' Onions? It May Be Possible
Researchers from Japan have discovered that the tear-inducing substance in onions is produced by a compound that, contrary to previous expectations, has nothing to do with the onion's flavor.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/17/2002 09:28 AM PDT)

Area plant cited as likely listeria source
Contaminated turkey deli meat from a Montgomery County plant is the most likely source of a recent listeriosis outbreak in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and six other states, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday.
( By Aparna Surendran, Inquirer Staff Writer, 10/16/2002 07:08 AM PDT)

STAMP OF APPROVAL
Organic foods have gone from Birkenstocks to big business -- and starting next week a government seal will tell you how natural they really are.
( BY GEORGIA TASKER, gtasker@herald.com, 10/16/2002 07:59 AM PDT)

Team Claims Leap Forward Against Celiac Disease
Scientists said on Wednesday they may be able to develop a potential vaccine for celiac disease, the common, debilitating complaint that forces sufferers to eat only gluten-free foods.
( BY RICHARD WOODMAN, Reuters, 10/16/2002 12:41 PM PDT)

New Blood Pressure Guidelines Stress Diet, Exercise
New government recommendations released on Tuesday emphasize that high blood pressure can be staved off largely through lifestyle modifications such as diet and exercise.
( BY LINDA CARROLL, Reuters, 10/16/2002 09:32 AM PDT)