A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling" distributed by Continental Baking Co., which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation. Twinkies measure 4" x 1.5" (10 cm x 3.75 cm) and are usually sold in packages of two (though they can be sold in packages of three) or boxed in groups of ten individually-wrapped cakes.Each Twinkie contains about 150 Calories (627 kilojoules). Five hundred million are produced each year. Twinkie the Kid is the advertising mascot for Twinkies and can be found on packaging and related merchandise.In Latin America and Mexico, Twinkies are sold under the name "Submarinos" ("submarines" in Spanish due to their shape roughly resembling said vessel) by the Bimbo brand of products in both traditional and strawberry-flavored filling versions; in Spanish America, under their Wonder brand, in packages of three; in Brazil, under Ana Maria brand, typically in packages of two.

If you buy an XO Laptop the One Laptop Per Child foundation will give one to kids in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda. Pretty cool - but don't these kids need food & safety too? Would we be better off contributing to some other kind of aid? But maybe giving something is better than the nothing at all and the kids need fun too.

With the holiday season in full swing, parents are concerned about the lead content of the toys Santa is bringing. FoodSnark.com helps families take greater precaution to keep kids safer from food poisoning this holiday season and into the new year.

In what is poised to become yet another test of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the release of an exhaustive safety report on children's cough medicines recommends a total ban for children under 6 years of age.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel will discuss the safety and effectiveness of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children at a meeting in October, the FDA said on Wednesday. Yeah, thats just what we need.

Since April, there have been several additional revelations about how China produces food and just about everything else. American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have been spot checking to see where Chinese manufacturers cut corners and endanger consumers.