Polyphenols put sparkle in Japanese sales

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Cheap wine and several snack foods that have questionable nutrient value are being fortified with polyphenols in Japan. Consumers there want the substance in their food rather than pill form, so companies are obliging. The plant compound can be found naturally in tea, grape seeds and other foods. The health claim by marketers is that it might prevent heart disease. That claim does wonders for sales of a product.

Japan, Marketing procedures, Food Additives, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical preparations, Advertising Activity, Consumer Attitudes, Promotion, Nutrient Preparations, Marketing, Advertising, Wine industry, Wineries, Dietary supplements industry, Snack foods industry

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MedPartners ordered by California to halt plan's funds transfer

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California Department of Corporations orders MedPartners Provider Network Inc. to stop transferring funds to parent company MedPartners Inc., saying that the health plan has not yet proved that it is a 'fiscally sound operation.' The company, in the middle of a restructuring, says that it is 'confident' that it will be able to show that its health plan is fiscally sound.

Health Care, Health Care and Social Assistance, California, HEALTH SERVICES, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Financial assets, Business Regulation NEC-State, Laws, regulations and rules, Health care industry, Accounting and auditing, Medical care, Commercial law, Caremark Therapeutic Services, MPTR, California. Department of Corporations, MedPartners Provider Network Inc.

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