Industry backs off food labels after FDA criticism

A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.

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Coke plans to add more prominent calorie info

Coca-Cola Co. will change the packaging on almost all its products to more prominently display certain nutritional facts amid increasing pressure on lawmakers to consider taxes on sugary sodas, which some health experts blame for rising obesity rates

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Police seize Barcelona, Man United fake labels

Italy's anti-fraud police say they have seized 15,000 fake labels with Manchester United and Barcelona logos on the eve of the Champions League final.

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Lucian Freud paints wine label for French chateau

A new painting by British artist Lucian Freud was unveiled at a South Beach design museum, but it wasn't the only new work of art in the gallery. The other one combined hints of blackberry, white pepper and vanilla with toastier notes and rich tannins.

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More foods getting labeled as US or foreign-grown

No more wondering where your hamburger came from, or where your lettuce and tomatoes were grown: Starting this week, shoppers will see lots more foods labeled with the country of origin.

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Campbell Soup tries to win over label-readers

Ever look at a food label and wonder what an ingredient with a big name — say maltodextrin — is?

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EU Proposes New Simpler Food Labels

The European Commission proposed simplified food labels Wednesday highlighting fat, sugar and salt contents in an attempt to contain the spread of obesity and junk food in the 27-nation EU.

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Do Superstars Still Need Record Labels?

Prince freed himself from record labels years ago. Paul McCartney, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have followed. Now the Material Girl appears to be kissing her big-name record company goodbye for a cool $120 million.

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Cloneburgers Won't Come With Warnings

Cloneburgers won't come with warnings. When the government approves food from cloned animals, expected in the next year, the Food and Drug Administration doesn't plan special labels. Government scientists have found no difference between clones and conventional cows, pigs or goats.

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Maine OKs Santa, Breasts on Beer Labels

It's a bit late for the holidays, but the state's beer sellers are now free to let Santa's Butt Winter Porter sit on their shelves.

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Ho? Ho? Ho? Maine Says No to Santa Label

A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew.

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The groups that brought you the "classlc" atheist bus ads are back with a billboard message that is sure to spark some great discussions:

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Many "health" experts continue to argue that there is little difference between organic and conventionally raised produce, but the scientific evidence -- and common sense -- says otherwise.

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One everyday problem for people who are blind or have very limited sight is distinguishing things that are completely identical to the sense of touch, such as different CDs and DVDs, or canned goods that are all the same size and shape.

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Lawyers for a Connecticut hotel where a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her children are putting some blame on the victim, saying in court documents that she was careless and negligent.

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Given that Brogan Mackay was born with not so much a silver spoon as a £25 Burberry designer dummy in her mouth, it is perhaps no surprise that she is growing up with rather expensive tastes.

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Poll: Partisan Utopia?

So I ventured ever so briefly into the world of the political mixer earlier this evening. For those of you more wise than I, here is a general report.

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Gmail is constantly adding features to help people become more organized. Today, Google has tweaked its Labels feature to add more functionality to the labels toolkit, helping users implement labels in a more organized way.

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President Obama isn't just rewriting rules regulating the environment and the financial markets -- he is also going after the food industry. Target and example No. 1: Cheerios.

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A twist has emerged in the story of Israeli citrus fruit reportedly sold in Iran in defiance of a ban on commercial dealings between the two enemy states.

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BI said that those who said they download illegal music for "free" bought ten times as much legal music as those who never download music illegally. "The most surprising is that the proportion of paid download is so high,"

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Sexual orientation and sexual labels. Gender crossing and gender bending.

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The second most important stage of a relationship: Besottment

All relationships begin in earnest with what I call the 'besottment' stage which develops this important connection. Here is true romantic bliss; a joyful, spontaneous, passionate sensation of love.

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Music search and streaming service Project Playlist may finally be turning the tide in its ongoing battle with the music industry.

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Antipsychotics labels show the FDA cross bones' symbol of death.

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Until recently, the word "natural" stamped on a package of meat meant nothing, legally. But last month the USDA ruled that the word "natural" — and the term "naturally raised" — must be reserved only for certain meats.

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n interviews, several high-level music executives, who spoke on the condition that they not be named to avoid angering Apple, said they operated in fear of Apple's removing a label's products from the iTunes store over a disagreement, even though that has never happened.

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All Songs in iTunes Music Store to be DRM Free

Apple just announced that by the end of Q1 2009, all 10 million+ songs in the iTunes music store will be DRM free. (Starting today, 8 million will be DRM free.) Plus there will be a new pricing structure beginning in April, with songs selling for $0.69, $0.99, or $1.29.

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Excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to the Coca-Cola Company disagreeing with the product's nutrient claim, which does not meet agency's criteria for vitamins and minerals.

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Several of the nation's biggest food makers, including Northfield-based Kraft Foods, have created a common nutrition label that will be featured on the packaging of their products.

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Even more galling to webcasters is the fact that they pay more for playing a song than traditional or satellite radio, a result of patchwork regulation created as each technology emerged.

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As almost everyone knows by now, various major daily newspaper published, on July 10, a photograph of four Iranian missiles streaking heavenward; then Little Green Footballs (significantly, a blog and not a daily newspaper) provided evidence that the photograph had been faked.

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"It just goes to show you that fewer artists need to be associated with record companies," said Larry Mestel, chief executive of Primary Wave Music Publishing and former chief operating officer of Virgin Records.

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In the last month, 12,000 of the world's independent record labels have joined forces to create a "virtual fifth major" meant to earn respect at the bargaining table in a world dominated by EMI, Warner, Universal, and Sony BMG.

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It's hard as hell to do everything exactly the way the experts tell us to, but anyone can do better. Some painless ways to trick yourself toward health:

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A basic burrito is listed as having "420 to 918 calories," but Brooks's basic math skills reveal that a 420-calorie burrito would consist solely of the tortilla wrapper and vegetarian black beans.

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