2008 Best Internet Food Story, US Association of Food Journalist Awards 10/8/2008 -Lorraine Heller, Editor of NutraIngredients-USA.com has won the prestigious Best Internet Food Story category of the 2008 Association of Food Journalist Awards.
Fighting off tough competition from general and specialist food titles across North America, Lorraine Hellers article Cloned Foods Approach Shelves won the best Internet Food Story of the AFJ Awards. Her article, highlighting the risks of food from cloned sources reaching the US market, was published on Decision News Medias flagship website FoodNavigator-USA.com.
Shortlisted in other categories were articles from the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post.
The Association of Food Journalists was formed in 1974 as a networking system for journalists who devoted most of their time to researching and writing articles on food topics for news media worldwide.