Not in My Food.org : Know what you're eating
USDA is proposing a rule to further relax Canadian border restriction intended to protect U.S. consumers and our cattle market from Mad Cow disease. The proposal would allow cows up to the age of 7 years (any cow born after March, 1999) to be imported from Canada. Currently, only young cows (age 2.5 years or Continue Reading
Feb
05
Not Now Canadian Cow
Posted by jamere in Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Mad Cow, USDA
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Feb
04
Federal Cloned Food Labeling Bill Filed
“I reject the notion that the FDA or anyone else should force Americans to accept and consume any product that can be manufactured in a lab, no matter how offensive the product is.” Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D. Md) “I reject the notion that the FDA or anyone else should force Americans to accept and consume Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Food Labeling, Uncategorized
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Jan
29
Lives, real lives and statistics
Sometimes we are so quick to cite statistics to prove a point, that we overlook the fact that each data point in a statistic has its own story to tell. A USA Today article about the latest victim of last fall’s E. coli outbreak in spinach presented two such stories — abeit quite briefly. One Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in E. Coli, Food Contaminants, Food Safety
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Jan
24
I hate eating a [c]lone
If California State Senator Carole Midgen gets her way, California residents will have the option to chose whether they consume products derived from cloned animals. If California State Senator Carole Midgen gets her way, California residents will have the option to chose whether they consume products derived from cloned animals. Senator Midgen introduced SB 63, Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Clones, Uncategorized
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Dec
05
Flip that bird
Thoroughly cooking chicken on both sides is sound safety advice in light of a new Consumer Reports study that found bacteria contamination in 83 percent of chicken sampled. This study represents a significant increase over Consumer Reports’ 2003 study which found 49 percent of chickens sampled contaminated with either Salmonella or Campylobacter bacteria. The jump Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Campylobacter, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella, USDA
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Nov
03
Big Fat Fib
Consumer Reports put Wendy’s claim of lowered transfat in their french fries to the test. Guess what we found? You guessed it — transfat and lots of it. Consumer Reports put Wendy’s claim of lowered transfat in their french fries to the test. Guess what we found? You guessed it — transfat and lots of Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Food Labeling, Food Safety
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Oct
31
Out-Breaking News!
Just in time for Halloween, health officials announced another bacterial outbreak linked to produce. This time its salmonella and 172 people in 18 states have been sickened. Officials haven’t pinpointed the exact culprit yet, but tomatoes are on the short list. According to CDC the following states reported cases: Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in CDC, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
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Oct
25
Organic Poli-Cyclone
Looks like there’s a bigger storm brewing on the cloned food front. Organic labeling policy does not currently prohibit milk and meat derived from clones from carrying the organic label. Looks like there’s a bigger storm brewing on the cloned food front. Organic labeling policy does not currently prohibit milk and meat derived from clones Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Organics, Uncategorized
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Oct
24
Moo-tiplicity
They say “you can’t step in the same river twice,” but you may soon be eating the same steak over and over whether you want to or not. That’s because the FDA voluntary moratorium on food products from cloned animals and their offspring could be lifted once FDA finalizes its risk assessment for cloned animals. Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Clones, FDA, Food Safety, Label GMOs
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Oct
20
Size Matters!
Food industry scientists are busy applying what they know about unique new properties of elements at the nano-scale to develop new food technologies. Consumers Union and others stressed in an FDA hearing, that what works in the lab, may not be ready for the dinner table. Food industry scientists are busy applying what they know Continue Reading
Posted by jamere in Food Labeling, Nanotechnology, Uncategorized
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