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Foods-Related Fraud Crimes In Accordance With Uae Federal Law No. 19 Of 2016 On Combating Commercial Fraud, Dr. Ezzat Mohamed El Omary
Foods-Related Fraud Crimes In Accordance With Uae Federal Law No. 19 Of 2016 On Combating Commercial Fraud, Dr. Ezzat Mohamed El Omary
UAEU Law Journal
Adulteration of food is one of the vital issues that countries concerned about; that is due to their negative impact recently on consumers’ health. Especially, with the liberalization of markets and the globalization. This alongside with the development of fraud methods increased risks to consumers. Thus, The UAE legislator considered this by issuing the Anti-fraud Federal Law No. 19 of 2016, which considered any commitments against human or animal food as a punishable crime. Criminalization in this regard requires that the criminal needs to be a consumer pre to the commit of the crime; such commitments are specified in the …
Gras-Fed Americans: Sick Of Lax Regulation Of Food Additives, Martha Dragich
Gras-Fed Americans: Sick Of Lax Regulation Of Food Additives, Martha Dragich
Faculty Publications
Americans are “GRAS-fed” because of a “loophole” in the strict regime Congress provided for the regulation of food additives. Additives - and food products containing them - are exempt from this strict regime if they are accorded GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status. The guidelines Congress provided for achieving that status by scientific evidence of safety are no longer observed. Most additives are determined by the producer alone to be GRAS. At the same time, Americans’ consumption of highly processed foods continues to rise, giving rise to long-term health problems that are increasingly tied to diet. The average American’s diet …
Veggiecation: A Novel Approach To Improve Vegetable Consumption Among School-Aged Children, Yeon Bai, Lisa Suriano, Shahla M. Wunderlich
Veggiecation: A Novel Approach To Improve Vegetable Consumption Among School-Aged Children, Yeon Bai, Lisa Suriano, Shahla M. Wunderlich
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works
Children's general preference for sweeter foods and aversion to bitter vegetables is explained partly by fear of new food and social and cultural influences. Reluctance to eat new foods is related to unfavorable facial expressions and is often learned from the child's family, social circle, and culture.1 Researchers report that the fruit and vegetable consumption of children 6–12 years of age is associated with the accessibility and availability.2 School-based interventions that combine classroom curricula, parental, and nutrition service components show the greatest promise for fruit and vegetable promotion among children.
Taxing The Platypygous, James J. White
Taxing The Platypygous, James J. White
Articles
This Article maintains that obesity in the United States is an enormous public health issue that causes the health care costs of the obese Americans greatly to exceed those of citizens of normal weight. Recognizing that that much of that cost will be born by publicly financed programs and that the taxes supporting those programs will constitute an externality that the fat impose on the thin, the Article proposes a tax on high calorie food-but only when that food is purchased by the obese. The Article addresses many of the administrative, moral and other objections to a tax aimed at …
The Food And Drug Administration And The Economic Adulteration Of Foods, Wesley E. Forte
The Food And Drug Administration And The Economic Adulteration Of Foods, Wesley E. Forte
Indiana Law Journal
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