- The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its manuals on strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases, which support countries in building, assessing, and strengthening national foodborne disease surveillance
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World Health Organization Issues Draft Guideline on Non-sugar Sweeteners, Seeks Public Comment
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- On July 15, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a draft guideline titled “Use of Non-sugar Sweeteners.” WHO is seeking public comments on the draft guideline. Those interested in
WHO Recommendations on Fatty Acid Intake Challenged
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- As previously reported on this blog, the World Health Organization (WHO) released draft guidelines on saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children in 2018.
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Food Companies Agree to Phase Out Industrially Produced Trans Fat by 2023
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- As previously reported on this blog, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a plan in May 2018 aimed at eliminating industrially-produced trans fatty acids from the global food supply.
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WHO Panel Holds Back on Calling for Sugary Drink Tax
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- An independent panel advising the World Health Organization (WHO) did not recommend taxing sugary drinks in a report, titled, “A Time to Deliver.” While the report, released June 1,
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WHO Offers Plan to Eliminate Industrially-Produced Trans Fatty Acids
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- One week after suggesting that adults and children reduce their intake of trans fatty acids to less than 1% of total energy intake (see our May 8, 2018 blog for
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WHO Targets Saturated and Trans Fatty Acids
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) released draft guidelines on saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children. The draft guidelines suggest that adults and children reduce
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CSPI Petitions USDA for Cancer-Risk Warning Labels on Meat
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- For years, researchers have debated the link between the consumption of red meat and cancer. On October 26, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) took what is perhaps the most
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Drinks In Hot Water
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IARC concludes that very hot drinks are “probably carcinogenic.”
- The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is a part of the World Health Organization (WHO) that conducts and coordinates
WHO Spotlight on Sugar
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WHO recommends regulatory measures to slow sugar’s contribution to global childhood obesity.
- Since the late 1980s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended reducing dietary intake of free sugars (i.e.,