Drastic action on sugar consumption recommended
The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) have passed on final recommendations to the Government relating to sugar and also fibre and wholegrains as part of their Carbohydrates and…
July 17, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: advisory-committee, carbohydrates, committee, committee-on-nutrition, final-recommendations, government, holegrains-as-part, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, passed-on-final, sacn, scientific
Sugary drink warning labels win key legislative victory in California
Safety warning labels on sodas and other sugary beverages sold in California came one step closer to reality today, when the powerful Senate Health Committee approved SB 1000 on a 5-2 vote.
April 11, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: beverages-sold, california, came-one, committee, labels-on-sodas, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, other-sugary, reality-today, senate, senate-health, step-closer, sugary, warning-labels
National Advisory Committee On Microbiological Criteria For Foods Reestablished Under New Charter
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) has been re-chartered to add a consumer group representative…
October 29, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: committee, consumer-group, foods, inspection, microbiological, national, national-advisory, nutrition, nutrition / diet, safety
European Medicines Agency Recommends Use Of Fibrates As Second-line Treatment
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has concluded that the benefits of the four fibrates bezafibrate, ciprofibrate, fenofibrate and gemfibrozil continue to outweigh their risks in the treatment of patients with blood lipid disorders…
October 24, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: benefits, blood-lipid, chmp, committee, european, european-medicines, fibrates-bezafibrate, human, medicinal, nutrition / diet, on call diets, risks, the-four, the-treatment, treatment
