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SAN FRANCISCO — A trial began Monday in a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against the nation’s largest baby food makers aimed at forcing the companies to alert consumers that some products contain low amounts of lead. The trial will help determine if the products must carry warning labels …

It’s easy to get and affordable. Fast food looks and sounds good but consuming it regularly can lead to a number of health problems. A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey says that on an average day American adults get an estimated 11% of their daily calories from fast foods. Young …

NEW YORK — A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables. “Most meals are safe,” said Dr. Patricia Griffin, a government researcher and one …

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food-safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupes and leafy greens. The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the …

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed sweeping rules to curtail food-borne illnesses that kill thousands of Americans annually — and, in the process, to transform itself into an agency that prevents contamination, not one that merely investigates outbreaks. The rules, drafted with an eye …