CDC Software to Host Web Event on Addressing the FALCPA Requirements for Food Allergen Labeling from the FDA (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ATLANTA----CDC Software: WHAT: The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act went into effect on January 1st, 2006 requiring food processors to identify, in plain, common language, the presence of any of the eight major food allergens: milk, egg, peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy.

NYC bans trans fats; Louisville proposal due Thursday (Louisville Courier-Journal)
New York City's Board of Health voted Tuesday to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants _ from the corner pizzeria to high-end bakeries. The board, which passed the ban unanimously, did give restaurants a slight break by relaxing what had been considered a tight deadline for compliance. Restaurants will be barred from using most frying oils containing artificial trans fats by