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Byline: Laura Reiley, Tanya Navasiolava CLARIFICATION: In a caption that described sustainable packaging, a previous version of this article called the packaging Forager foam. Forager is a brand name reserved [...]

Byline: Amanda Morris, Teddy Amenabar, Laura Reiley and Jenna Portnoy It started as a routine investigation: Two young siblings in western North Carolina had tested positive for lead poisoning in [...]

Byline: Jenna Portnoy and Laura Reiley Sarah and Ricky Callahan thought nothing of it when a doctor tested their son, Rudy, for lead at a checkup, a routine blood test [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Los Angeles Unified School District has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said the district curbed her free speech rights by limiting her [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Sunrise Magic. Crimson Gold. Autumn Glory. Even the names of apples put us in the seasonal spirit, thinking of cider and hay rides, deep-dish confections or a [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley More than 44.2 million Americans lived in households that struggled with hunger in 2022, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday - an increase [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley A bank note may have 20 different anti-counterfeiting technologies. Your food may be following suit. Makers of premium products such as Spanish saffron, manuka honey and authentic [...]

Byline: Daniel Gilbert and Laura Reiley Businesses are bracing for an explosion in the use of new weight loss drugs, with some investors betting that these medications could precipitate seismic [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Extreme heat, wildfires and drought have decimated much of the world's olive oil harvest yet again, driving prices to a record high of $9,000 per metric ton. [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Your Chipotle burrito will be rolled by a human, but its guts may soon be assembled by a robot. The fast-casual chain announced Tuesday a new automated [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Branneisha Cooper has lost 55 pounds and counting since she went on Mounjaro, a diabetes drug that causes dramatic weight loss, in November. Her inflammation is down, [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley A government shutdown could have an immediate impact on WIC - a program that provides grocery assistance to 7 million pregnant people, mothers and children, including more [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Rebekah Miller has four girls under 10. She's not a 'crunchy mom,' she says, eagle-eyeing everything to make sure it's rigorously organic. But lately, she's become worried [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Whether you're a lifelong Diet Coke consumer or you've recently chewed sugar-free gum or eaten low-fat yogurt, chances are you've consumed aspartame. The ubiquitous artificial sweetener is [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The World Health Organization's cancer research arm has labeled aspartame a 'possible carcinogen,' casting new doubts on the safety one of the world's most common artificial sweeteners. [...]

Byline: Julian Mark, Lauren Kaori Gurley and Laura Reiley Several thousand hotel workers in greater Los Angeles went on strike Sunday over pay and staffing levels, in one of the [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will start collecting data from state and local health departments about infections caused by cronobacter, the pathogen at the center [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Aspartame, a mainstay of diet beverages for decades, is coming under new scrutiny amid fresh research linking the popular sugar substitute to a possible increased cancer risk. [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Agriculture Department on Wednesday gave the green light to three California-based companies to begin producing and selling lab-grown chicken in the United States, bringing the no-slaughter [...]

Byline: Abha Bhattarai and Laura Reiley One of the central issues in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, now making its way to the Senate, are the work requirements that [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley - - - Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that the CDC would require states to report cases of infection. States will be asked [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg and Laura Reiley Tyson Foods shares plunged Monday after the meatpacker issued disappointing quarterly results, as softening demand from inflation-weary consumers sent pork and beef prices lower. [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley - - - Correction: A previous version of this article quoted an expert who said avian influenza has been detected in 50 states. The virus hasn't been [...]

Byline: Ben Brasch, Maham Javaid and Laura Reiley DADEVILLE, Ala. - Authorities on Monday released the names of the four people who were killed in a shooting at a teen's [...]

Byline: Ben Brasch, Maham Javaid and Laura Reiley DADEVILLE, Ala. - Authorities on Monday released the names of the four people who were killed in a mass shooting at a [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley WASHINGTON - The nation remains one outbreak, tornado, flood or cyberattack away from ending up where it was last February when the shuttering of a baby formula [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance. Booze-free cocktails are all the rage. But wine, that most rarefied of libations, has been a little [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley BERKELEY, Calif. - The first course was a celery root soup lush with whole milk. The last was a spice cake topped with maple cream cheese frosting [...]

Byline: Anahad O'Connor, Aaron Steckelberg and Laura Reiley Many people are cutting back on their sugar intake for health reasons. But the food industry has found another way to give [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley It's been right there on the label for more than 30 years. Healthy Choice frozen meals and entrees have been a go-to for people in a rush [...]

Byline: Tony Romm and Laura Reiley A federal pandemic program that provided extra money to Americans who receive food stamps ended on Wednesday, threatening to complicate the finances of an [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley New data shows many young children are not consuming fruits and vegetables daily and are regularly consuming sugary beverages. In 2021, a third of children age 1 [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley It's a clutch decision. You buy your sweetie the Valentine's Day box. You know the one. Red shiny cardboard, heart-shaped, fancy-looking and boasting an assortment of milk [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Biden administration on Friday announced more stringent nutrition standards for school meals, reviving efforts to improve the health of millions of public school students in the [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Is lab-grown meat truly meat? The question is increasingly being asked as consumers prepare for the proliferation of cultivated meat, which is grown from animal cells in [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley and Daniel Gilbert There's bad news for cannabidiol fans. The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that products infused with CBD, which is derived from cannabis or [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley In the Food and Drug Administration's first steps toward expanding its oversight over commercial baby food, the agency on Tuesday proposed new guidance for manufacturers on acceptable [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley and Jacob Bogage Less than two months after an outside group offered a scathing indictment of the Food and Drug Administration's structure and culture and recommended major [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Agriculture Department announced new guidelines for products labeled 'organic,' a term that has been increasingly abused as shoppers have sought healthier, environmentally friendly food. The USDA [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley School districts around the country are drowning in students' lunch debt. Three months after the federal government stopped providing free school meals to all public school students, [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Pandemic restaurant-going was like a series of twists on the old Yogi Berra quip about how nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded. First, restaurants stood [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The $1.7 trillion spending bill being debated in the Senate Wednesday is a big win for child nutrition advocates, but it comes at a price. The measure [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley An outside group that was asked to examine problems at the Food and Drug Administration in the wake of an infant formula crisis this year offered a [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley An outside firm asked to examine problems at the Food and Drug Administration in the wake of an infant formula crisis this year offered a scathing indictment [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley and Zoeann Murphy There was a time when Vermont's landscape was dotted with weathered red barns full of dairy cows, and every country store was chockablock with [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Just as Americans are whipping up their holiday pies, imports of sugar from the Dominican Republic's largest sugar producer will be blocked at all United States ports. [...]

Byline: Kadir van Lohuizen and Laura Reiley The rallying cry in the Netherlands started two decades ago, as concern mounted about its ability to feed its 17 million people: Produce [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday declared a lab-grown meat product developed by a California start-up to be safe for human consumption, paving the way for [...]

Byline: Laura Reiley Plant-based meat, heralded by many as the death knell to Big Meat, appears at this moment to have dealt only a flesh wound. The promise of high-tech [...]

Byline: Erica Werner and Laura Reiley LOS ANGELES - With Thanksgiving fast approaching, turkey farmers from California to Pennsylvania are watching in horror as a virulent new strain of avian [...]