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...difference between the two groups of omega-3s is now at the heart of a debate in the European Union. In 2007, the European Parliament passed a law allowing companies to tout the health benefits of omega-3s on their food products without having to differentiate between the plant-derived and fish-derived kinds. With the trial period due to expire in January 2010, the European Commission, the body that recommends which legislation will go before the Parliament, approved a proposal in October to make the statute permanent. The Parliament will decide on the issue in January...
...pass them off as the superior, fish-derived omega-3s. "They would be able to pour in cheap plant oils, but imply that they deliver the same health benefits as fish oils," says John Stein, a neurophysiology professor at Oxford University and one of the scientists urging the European Parliament to vote against the proposal and instead set up a scientific committee to advise on omega-3 food labeling. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...labels which type of fatty acids are in each spread. "It's not a competition between these different omega-3s - all are essential for the diet, " says Anne Heughan, Unilever's director of external affairs for Europe. Moreover, she says, Unilever is within the guidelines set by the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) on nutritional labeling. (See a special report on the science of appetite...
...decision is now left to the European Parliament to decide what people across the continent will see on their tubs of margarine in the morning. Chances are, many people are probably unaware that their margarine even has health benefits. There's still the small matter of educating the public about the health benefits of omega-3s in the first place...
...addition, the building that houses the Center for European Studies at Harvard is named Busch Hall, after the Busch beer brewing family, Mulcahy said. The founders of rival American brewing company Harpoon Brewery were also both graduates of Harvard...