Food and Drug Administration granted high fructose corn syrup, 'generally recognized as safe' status for use in food and reaffirmed that ruling in 1996 after thorough review. And of course the results of their studies concluded that high fructose corn syrup does not contribute to obesity, it does not cause our internal appetite control mechanism to malfunction causing us to eat more than we need, it does not contribute to Type 2 diabetes. I was going to let it go because I know that there...

Hoping to produce thinner waistlines, many doctors --including the American Medical Association --- want Congress to stop subsidizing the production of foods that are high in fat and cholesterol and spend more to promote fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains that are not. That's just what the nation's doctors are doing, saying that federal lawmakers are responsible for the fact that a salad costs so much more than a Big Mac. Hoping to produce thinner waistlines, many doctors --including...

While wet weather has slowed much of the year's harvest, a mostly dry September helped Tennessee farmers get their crops in ahead of schedule. Cotton production is expected to be down 43 percent from last year and the 780,000 bales produced will be the lowest yield in seven years. Hot weather vexed the state's soybean crop which is expected to be down 48 percent from last year, the lowest since 1966. Corn is Tennessee's agricultural success story this year as production is expected to be...

We were the first animal tag manufacturer to be designated as an Animal Identification (AIN) tag manufacturer by the USDA, which signifies that our tagging system is capable of identifying livestock with the unique, lifetime animal identification number that is being established as a national standard through the NAIS. Digital Angel Corporation Receives Over $600,000 Order From the USDA for National Animal Identification System - Forbes.com. We were the first animal tag manufacturer to be...

In the mid-1980s, an outbreak of BSE in the United Kingdom resulted in the slaughter of thousands of infected cows and collapse of the cattle and beef markets. Economic millstones Weedon said the loss of the export market with the discovery of BSE in Canada in 2003 and the rise in the value of the "loonie," as the Canadian dollar coin is known for the engraved loon on its head, have been "economic millstones that are tough to bear. BSE, also known as mad cow disease, is a brain-wasting...