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                    [ArticleID] => 1362697
                    [Title] => Food coloring may be linked to your child's hyperactivity, studies say
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Food coloring has been used for ages to make food look even more appealing, making it one of the most popular ingredients in food production. 

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-28 12:44:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1121281 [AuthorName] => Alixandra Caole Vila [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20140828/dyed-pasta.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 909137 [Title] => UK: Horse drug may have entered human food chain [Summary] =>

Six horse carcasses that tested positive for an equine painkiller may have entered the human food chain in France, Britain's food regulator announced Thursday — and the agency's chief said horsemeat tainted with the medicine may have been sold to consumers "for some time."

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-15 00:43:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 906787 [Title] => Horsemeat scandal reaches Sweden [Summary] =>

Sweden on Friday became the newest European country to be hit by a widening meat products scandal, as frozen-food company Findus said it was recalling beef lasagna meals there after tests confirmed the products contained horsemeat.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-09 07:00:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900984 [Title] => Burger King drops supplier linked to horsemeat [Summary] =>

British and Irish burger fans could face a Whopper shortage. Burger King has stopped buying beef from an Irish meat processor whose patties were found to contain traces of horsemeat.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-25 05:10:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86965 [Title] => EDITORIAL - How safe is our food? [Summary] => It’s been a week since Trade and Industry Secretary Mar Roxas warned the public about 22 brands of imported sauces and condiments that may contain a carcinogenic substance. Roxas said the brands, whose pro-ducts include oyster sauce and soy sauce, have been banned in Britain and Malaysia for containing a chemical contaminant called 3-MCPD, or 3-monochloropropane-1, 2-diol. The substance has been found to cause cancer when fed in large amounts to laboratory animals throughout their life.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93925 [Title] => Some sauces cause cancer — Roxas [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Mar Roxas warned consumers yesterday against using 22 brands of seasoning and sauces imported from China, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore found containing a high level of the chemical 3-MCPD.

Roxas, in a statement, said he issued the alert after receiving reports that the Food Standards Agency (FSA) of the United Kingdom listed these 22 brands as having high levels that could cause cancer if taken daily.
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