Arriving on store shelve now, ConAgra Foods, owner of Orville Redenbacher's and ACT II microwave popcorn brands, announced in a recent news release it has reformulated its products with a new butter ...

“We recognize that there are potential occupational health hazards associated with butter flavorings containing diacetyl,” OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr. said. “Under this program, OSHA will ...

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., on June 13 introduced the Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act (H.R. 2693), which, if signed, would require OSHA to issue an interim final standard mandating ...

A potential health hazard unknown to the foodservice industry until just a few months ago is drawing the attention of federal and state authorities who are trying to determine whether kitchen workers ...

Microwave popcorn is a popular snack, but several specific products and formulations have drawn attention over the years due to ingredients or packaging chemicals linked in studies to cancer or other ...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Dozens of plant workers who claim their health was damaged by exposure to a chemical used to give a buttery flavor to microwave popcorn have filed lawsuits in Cincinnati against ...

SIOUX CITY | A Merrill, Iowa, man has sued the makers of popcorn flavorings, claiming a chemical in butter flavorings led to a condition known as "popcorn lung." ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A man who claims his lungs were damaged by the buttery flavoring used to make microwave popcorn has filed a lawsuit against four companies that make the flavoring. Ronald ...