The Pictsweet Company Notifies Consumers that Select Kroger Brand Frozen Vegetables Shipped into the Western US are Included in Previously Announced Recall
As part of the on-going CRF Frozen Foods recall, The Pictsweet Company is notifying consumers that certain Kroger brand frozen vegetable sold in Fry’s, King Soopers, City Market, Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Smith’s, QFC, and Fred Meyer are included in the recall announced Friday, May 6. These products were packaged by The Pictsweet Company and contain Green Beans or Green Peas recently recalled by CRF Frozen Foods due to a health risk. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - May 9, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
Feeling the pulse of Africa
(American Society of Agronomy) The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) sent 10 students to the PanAfrican Legume Conference and World Cowpea Conference in Livingstone, Zambia. CSSA is celebrating the International Year of Pulses (IYP) to promote pulses -- crops of dry beans, peas, and lentils. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 9, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Twin City Foods, Inc. Recalls Frozen Organic Peas And Mixed Vegetables Because Of Possible Health Risk
As part of the ongoing recall of CRF Frozen Foods vegetables, Twin City Foods, Inc. of Stanwood, Washington is voluntarily recalling items containing organic peas it received from CRF Frozen Foods. These products include Central Market Organic Peas and Mixed Vegetables, HEB Organic Mixed Vegetables, Sweetfrost Mixed Vegetables, and Woodstock Organic Mixed Vegetables due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - May 7, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
Updated: Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn, And Organic Peas And Trader Joe's Organic Super Sweet Corn Recalled Because Of Possible Health Risk
ConAgra Foods is voluntarily recalling Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn (Yellow/Gold), and Organic Peas and Trader Joe’s Organic Super Sweet Corn due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This voluntary action is being undertaken because the Watts Brothers and Trader Joe’s recalled products contain vegetables that are part of the recent CRF Frozen Foods recall. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - May 7, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn, And Organic Peas And Trader Joe's Organic Super Sweet Corn Recalled Because Of Possible Health Risk
ConAgra Foods is voluntarily recalling Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn (Yellow/Gold), and Organic Peas and Trader Joe's Organic Super Sweet Corn due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This voluntary action is being undertaken because the Watts Brothers and Trader Joe's recalled products contain vegetables that are part of the recent CRF Frozen Foods recall. (Source: Food and Drug Administration)
Source: Food and Drug Administration - May 6, 2016 Category: Food Science Source Type: news
5 Diet-Friendly Snacks to Take to Work
When hunger strikes, reach for these nutritionist-approved munchies to help fill you up -- not weigh you down.
A client of mine gained 10 pounds since landing a great job at a women's athletic apparel company about a year ago. After reviewing her diet, I found where those 10 pounds came from -- the free office snacks.
Free food is considered a "perk" in many offices, but this benefit may have an unexpected price: pounds gained. Even though the snacks provided by my client's employer were seemingly healthier choices -- miniature dark chocolates, yogurt-covered nuts and pretzels, dried fruit, energy bars and trail mix -...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Healthy One-Pot Pasta Recipe Will Be Your New Dinner Hero
Maybe you're the kind of person who lives for your next recipe -- you pore over cookbooks to find your next project, and you take painstakingly styled Instagram photos of each plate you build. Or maybe you're the kind of person who can't even be bothered to throw a packet of instant ramen into a boiling pot of water, so you just munch on it raw (which is delicious, by the way).
But no matter who you are, the last thing thing you want to do at the end of a long day is stand in front of a stove one second longer than you have to. And if you're feeling that sort of way, you probably hate doing dishes even more. Enter: o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Huge Frozen Vegetables Recall Affects 35 States
Well, this certainly disrupts our peas of mind.
CRF Frozen Foods is recalling 15 frozen vegetable products sold in 35 U.S. states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. The packages were sold under the brand names True Goodness by Meijer, Wellsley Farms Organic, Organic by Nature, and Schwan's.
The items -- which include frozen peas, corn and mixed vegetables -- "have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes." The bacterium can cause serious infections in anyone, though pregnant women, newborns, older adults and those with weakened immune systems are especially at r...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Make it Your Year to Eat More Pulses – on Earth Day and Beyond
Why these dried beans, peas and lentils deserve center-plate treatment. (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sharon Palmer Source Type: news
Eating legumes may aid in weight loss
(Reuters Health) – Eating one serving of beans, peas, lentils or chickpeas every day may help dieters lose a little extra weight, according to a new analysis of existing research. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Why You're Doing Salad Wrong (And Six Ways to Make It Right)
If I told you to close your eyes and imagine a dinner salad, what would you see? If you're like many of my patients, "salad" brings up thoughts of dieting, deprivation, and yes -- boredom. Truth is, if you're doing salad the right way, it can actually become a staple you look upon as delicious nutrition. Here's how to do salad right!
Throw out those reduced fat dressings
You may think you're doing yourself a favor by selecting a reduced-fat version of your favorite salad dressing, but you're not. The majority of food products which claim "reduced fat" or "fat free" compensate by adding sugar. This lowers the total calo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Want to Feel Fit? Eat Falafel, Dahl, Cow Pea and…!
Credit: Courtsey FAOBy Osman SharifCASABLANCA, Morocco, Apr 6 2016 (IPS)This is not a minor issue. Chickpea, faba bean, lentil, common bean, field pea, mung bean, black gram, pigeon pea, cowpea, and grass pea are the major pulse crops produced globally. And these especially play an important role in food and nutritional security and sustainable agricultural production systems in the drylands, which cover over 40 per cent of the world’s land area and are home to approximately 2.5 billion people. “These crops are the mainstay of agriculture and diets in these regions, constituting a major source of protein for billions. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Osman Sharif Tags: Editors' Choice Featured Food & Agriculture Headlines Health Middle East & North Africa Poverty & SDGs Projects Source Type: news
Americans’ junk food habits start in toddler years. At age 1, we eat fries and brownies — but few veggies
The first few months of a child's life are a glorious — and healthful — time for eating. There are the tentative swallows of soupy cereal grains. The sweet bites of neon-green pureed peas. The smears of earthy carrots. How and when do things go so horribly wrong for so many Americans? Why is it that by the time millions of us […] (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha Tags: diet & nutrition Source Type: news
Eat More Beans If You Want To Lose Weight
Usually a weight loss plan calls for restriction: You remove a food from your daily eats to drop pounds. But new research is advising you to add to your meal plan -- as long as that added food falls into the family of pulses. Pulses are the dried seeds of the legume branch. So in other words, eat your beans. Or peas, chickpeas and lentils. These foods will help you lose weight and feel fuller longer, according to a new analysis of existing studies conducted by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada. Their study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reveals that a dai...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 31, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Daily serving of pulses may aid long-term weight loss
Want to lose weight and keep it off? A new study suggests eating 130 g of dried beans, dried peas, chickpeas or lentils every day could help. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
