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...alcohol called erythritol. It's already in use in the Z-Carb bar as well as in Carbolite's new At Last! bars. But obstacles to further industry growth remain. For one thing, there's uncertainty about which products can legitimately be labeled as "low" or "lite" in carbohydrate content. The industry claims fiber and sugar alcohols that don't affect insulin levels shouldn't be counted as regular carbohydrates. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says a carb is a carb and has sent letters chastising companies, including Carbolite, for misbranding their products. After spending $500,000 last...
...deep-frying julienned potatoes and an Idaho researcher figured out how to freeze and refry the potatoes for mass consumption, fast-food chains, where some 40% of the U.S. potato crop ends up, have been serving the same basic burger accoutrement. After health concerns about the high fat content of fries were raised more than a decade ago, McDonald's switched in 1990 from a blend of beef tallow and cottonseed oil to pure vegetable oil in its deep fryers. Now McDonald's and the others are scrambling to respond to concerns about trans-fatty acids...
...from a plant that can cause allergic reactions is added to a previously safe food that caused no allergies, this new genetically modified food becomes a disguised killer. One study tested natural soybeans that had been genetically altered by implanting a gene from Brazil nuts to increase their sulphur content. These soybeans, which had caused no allergic reaction previous to being genetically modified, now caused potentially fatal allergic reactions in those people with nut allergies. Since the GM soybeans are not labeled—they are not differentiated from natural soybeans at all—there is no way that...
...most significant step the airport has taken, though, is its aggressive profiling program: cops and other trained airport workers try to determine the intent of certain passengers--rather than just the content of their carry-ons. These hundreds of professional watchdogs have been trained over the past six months to recognize suspicious behavior by discreetly observing body language and movement and by listening to people talk. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposed a system last week that relies almost entirely on computers to do the profiling by gathering a passenger's commercial and personal data and travel history. Logan...
...Star News launched in 1998, it bought its programming from New Delhi Television (NDTV), an Indian-owned company, working out of a state-of-the-art production center in a converted movie theater in New Delhi. Murdoch bowed out of that partnership in April, and Star News says its content is now produced by a majority-Indian-owned company called Media Content and Communication Services (MCSS). Star admits MCSS has paid-up capital of only $2,200 and its 200 staff members draw their salaries from Star News advertising revenue. The production equipment has come from "another company," says Yash...