US Universities Settle Financial-Aid Antitrust Lawsuit For $166 Mln February 26, 2024 By Mike Scarcella Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice and Vanderbilt universities have agreed to pay a combined $166 million to resolve claims that they favored...
Food Firms Globally Whip Up Wacky Ways to Battle Bad Diets April 30, 2019 By Annie Banerj and Thin Lei Win Indian health worker Chhaya Sunil Jadhav banned snack food at home after her daughter, 11, fell sick from eating cheap,...
U.S. Urged to Set Standards for Arsenic in Rice September 20, 2012 By MARY CLARE JALONICK Consumer groups are pressuring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set federal guidance on allowable levels of arsenic in...
Arkansas Court Affirms $50M Verdict for Rice Farmers December 9, 2011 By JEANNIE NUSS The Arkansas Supreme Court has affirmed a nearly $50 million verdict for farmers who claim they suffered economic losses after...
Floods May Damage Quarter of Thai Rice Crop, Exports Hit October 28, 2011 By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation’s worst flooding in decades, the government estimates,...
Bayer Pays $750 Million to Settle Rice Contamination Cases July 5, 2011 Bayer A.G. and its global affiliates have agreed to pay U.S. rice farmers $750 million in damages to settle lawsuits...