(Washington, D.C., January 10, 2008) Highlights from the current issue of Food Insight:

• The cover story of the November/December issue of Food Insight highlights results from the 2007 IFIC Functional Foods/Foods for Health Consumer Trending Survey.  Find out what consumers name as the top 10 “functional foods” and more.
  
  
• The use of animal antibiotics is often a confusing topic, but this month Food Insight puts this topic into perspective answering questions regarding antibiotic resistance and antibiotic residues in meat and milk. 
  
  
• Results from the latest Food Biotechnology survey reveal that overall consumer confidence in the food supply is holding steady, and biotechnology is not among the primary food safety concerns.  Get topline results and access to the full report in this issue.
  
  
• Also, check out the latest NewsBites, which includes information on dietary fats language; and a report issued by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute of Cancer Research.
  

Find these articles and more in the latest issue of Food Insight at: http://ific.org/foodinsight.

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