Archive for 'Food Safety'
China says most tainted milk destroyed after new scare.
Feb 14, 2010 –
China assured consumers most of the tainted milk products that resurfaced in recent months have been destroyed, saying none had made it to store shelves or been exported. See the article here: China says...
Read MoreEnvironmentally-Friendly Milk: Does It Exist?
Feb 12, 2010 –
Q: Is there such a thing as environmentally friendly milk? A: A simple question with a not-so-simple answer. The short answer is that yes, there is such a thing. But not everyone agrees on which milk...
Read MoreChina sets up national food safety commission.
Feb 11, 2010 –
China has set up a national food safety commission, headed by a powerful vice premier, who at the watchdog’s first meeting set his sights on the persistent problem of dangerously tainted milk, state...
Read MoreWho do you trust?
Jul 01, 2008 –
I tell ya, the FDA is not smelling like a rose lately… FDA: Is the Tomato to Blame for Salmonella Outbreak? Is It Not?… Three weeks after the Food and Drug Administration first warned consumers...
Read MoreGMOs: Hidden Ingredient
May 12, 2008 –
A recent poll shows that 53 percent of Americans say they won’t purchase foods that have been genetically modified. But many Americans are unaware that they already do. Read More →
Read MoreParents Sue Soft Drink Cos. Over Benzene
Apr 11, 2006 –
By LIBBY QUAID AP Food and Farm Writer WASHINGTON Apr 11, 2006 (AP)— Two soft-drink companies were sued Tuesday by parents complaining that there might be cancer-causing benzene in kids’ drinks. Attorneys...
Read MoreThe Lowdown on Sweet?
Apr 04, 2006 –
New York Times: By Melanie Warner WHEN Dr. Morando Soffritti, a cancer researcher in Bologna, Italy, saw the results of his team’s seven-year study on aspartame, he knew he was about to be injected...
Read MoreOur Preferred Poison
Mar 25, 2006 –
Discover.com: A little mercury is all that humans need to do away with themselves quietly, slowly, and surely By Karen Wright Let’s start with a straightforward fact: Mercury is unimaginably toxic and...
Read MoreWhat those numbers mean on your produce
Mar 18, 2006 –
Read the numbers on your fruit – megnut.com Another little tidbit gleaned from April’s Food & Wine: those sticker numbers on your fruit actually mean something. Here in the US, fruit...
Read MoreSteelworkers Union Alerts Commercial Users of DuPont Teflon ® -Related Chemical about “Duty to Warn” Customers of Possible Harm
Aug 10, 2005 –
Source: ENN: Environmental News Network August 10, 2005 — By United Steel Workers PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Citing growing public health concerns, the United Steelworkers (USW) union has informed major carpet...
Read MoreFresh fears raised about aspartame
Jul 23, 2005 –
The Guardian: The European Food Safety Authority is reviewing “as a matter of high priority” the results of a large new study into aspartame, the artificial sweetener consumed by millions...
Read MoreContaminated Produce Top Food Poisoning Culprit
May 19, 2005 –
Interesting study. But if you read further down in the article, you will see the numbers. The study counts ALL produce in one category but beef, poultry, seafood and eggs each gets its own category. If...
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