PETA's Californian cattle claim collapses
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the animal rights charity, has had a legal action to ban "deceptive" Californian dairy advertisements thrown out of court, Tom Armitage reports.
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Soy prices still exposed: China reduces harvests
Pressure on soy prices likely to continue with a new report revealing China is expected to reduce its principal soybean planting area, while increasing corn and rice planting in 2005.
FoodNavigator.com scoops industry award
BeverageDaily.com's sister site FoodNavigator.com has won website of the year in the 2005 Business Food and Drink Journalism awards.
US investigates cheddar price rigging allegations
The US' Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to investigate allegations of cheddar cheese price rigging, said to have occurred at one of the country's most influential commodity trading centres, Tom Armitage reports.
When we eat, a risk factor in obesity?
Greater understanding of an internal clock that controls how much we eat, could contribute to the fight against obesity, say scientists, pinpointing "something deep within the brain."