Word: taco
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...portions, we can be more efficient by considering what is offered at every meal before taking anything. For instance, if the first item of hot food that catches your eye is beef fajitas, you may jump at the opportunity, realizing that you have not seen the inside of a Taco Bell in three months. As you excitedly leave the hot food area and pass the pasta, your eyes fall upon pesto sauce and you immediately think of Grandma Viola with her magnificent ravioli. Remembering the succulent aroma of her kitchen as you fill a hefty bowl with penne and pesto...
Kraft is pushing for new regulations that would prevent GM food not fit for humans from being approved for any use. Taco Bell, for its part, prefers to err on the side of caution. The last thing it wants is for taco eaters to start saying, "ˇYo quiero McDonald...
...Killer tacos they ain't. But so hot are the politics of genetically modified food that the folks at Kraft Foods last week took the extraordinary step of pulling tons of innocent-looking Taco Bell taco shells off the shelves. Reason? Someone may have been fooling with their genes...
...part of the food chains there's no telling when they'll turn up on our plates. Sure enough, early last week Genetically Engineered Food Alert, a consumer and environmental group, reported that traces of DNA from GM corn not approved for human consumption had been discovered in Taco Bell's tacos. The corn, known as StarLink, contains a gene from a bacterium that makes the corn deadly to corn borers but not to cows. It was approved for use as cattle feed but not for human consumption, for fear it could trigger allergic reactions...
...pizza, and Heinecke, who became a Thai citizen in 1991, now has 116 stores taking about 95% of the country's $50 million-a-year pizza market. But after a 20-year relationship, Heinecke and U.S.-based Tricon Global Restaurants, owner of the Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Taco Bell franchises, are headed for a divorce. And it's not amicable...