Food Roundup: Coke to Launch Stevia Drinks While Pepsi Waits, FDA and EPA Disagree on Mercury, and More
Coke to launch stevia drinks — Coca-Cola will start selling drinks containing stevia in the U.S., even though the FDA has not yet declared that the new zero-calorie sweetener is safe. PepsiCo said it will wait for official approval before marketing its own stevia products. [Source: AP]
FDA says mercury in fish OK — A Food and Drug Administration report says children and mothers should eat more fish, despite concerns over mercury contamination. EPA scientists criticized the new recommendations. [Source: Chicago Tribune]
Dairy Queen to release video game — The company announced a new game, DQ Tycoon, in which players will run their own Dairy Queen restaurant. The game goes on sale Friday at Target and online. [Source: Nation's Restaurant News]
2008 lousy for cattle producers — This has been cattle producers’ worst year ever, according to the Livestock Marketing Information Center. Rising production costs and falling cattle prices have led to record losses across the industry. [Source: Meat&Poultry]
Katherine Glover is a Minneapolis-based print, radio and online journalist. She's written for Salon.com, Sierra Magazine and many others, and she does a weekly blog on immigration issues for MinnPost.
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