OBJECTIVE This research sought to determine how often nutrition marketing is used on labels of foods that are high in saturated fat, sodium, and/or sugar. DESIGN AND SETTING All items packaged with food labels (N = 56,900) in all 6 grocery stores in Grand Forks, ND were surveyed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Marketing strategy, nutrient label information, if the product was fruit/or milk based, ...

The aim of this article was to investigate the impact of feed sources and feeding system on milk production and milk marketing in the Babille district of Eastern Hararghe zone. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire which was administered to 152 randomly selected sample dairy cow keepers in the district. Data was analyzed using descriptive methods and regression analysis. Data fro...

sils which may promote the use of breast milk substitutes or bottle feeding. It is stated that the presentation of products must clearly express the superiority of breast feeding and that no pictures or text may be used that idealize the use of infant formula. The Code obliges the member states of the World Health Assembly to take appropriate measures to promote and implement these principles. ...

The prevailing catastrophe caused by mothers in China unwittingly feeding their babies formula milk that was contaminated by a potentially toxic chemical, melamine, shows just how fragile the barriers protecting children from danger are. The epidemic has spread to neighbouring countries in southeast Asia, and melamine has been detected in formula milks (and other foods) in the USA and South Afr...

This study were aimed to analyze the market segmentation of goat milk in the Bogor region, Indonesia and to analyze the consumer characteristics and factors which affecting consumer behavior in consuming goat milk in order to serve as the basic data in formulating the marketing strategies of goat's milk in Bogor Regency. The subjects of this study were agents, retailers and goat milk consumers....

Given that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has imposed milk marketing quota on producers, the fact that they are tradeable in the UK increases economic efficiency. Nevertheless, significant inefficiencies remain. Modelling work reported here suggests that significantly more quota needed to be transferred from less to more efficient producers in 1996/97 for industry ef...

Milk in Tanzania has been reported to be contaminated with large number of bacteria. This is because (1) milk is obtained from animals with unknown health status, (2) good milking and handling practices are to a large extent not observed, and (3) marketing and distribution are done in informal channels. These factors are potential causes of milk-borne diseases and milk quality loss. The aim of ...

Donor human milk has been used in the United States for 90 years, but recent advances in human milk science and laboratory techniques have led to increasing use of this resource. Pediatricians began using donor human milk in the 1900s in response to anecdotal observation that premature infants had better health outcomes when receiving their own mothers’ milk. Since then, a formalized human milk...