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Another Reason to Never Feed Chicken Nuggets to Children
As if you needed another reason to avoid feeding chicken nuggets to children. Earlier this month, Tyson Foods, the Springdale, AR manufacturer of all things chicken, recalled more than 75,000 pounds...
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Acrylamide in Food Most Likely Causes Cancer, Says European Food Safety...
A draft opinion written by the European Food Safety Authority says that it has “confirmed previous evaluations” that eating acrylamide in food increases the risk of developing certain cancers....
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McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets in Asia are Getting Way Weirder Than You Can...
Oh chicken McNuggets. Those things that we’re not really sure if there’s real chicken in them or not. Ok, so there is “white boneless chicken” in them, but with the amount of ingredients added to...
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FDA’s Regulatory Process for Food Additives Full of Holes, Thousands of...
Food additives are being included into processed foods at such an alarming rate that not only can’t the FDA approve them all–the agency doesn’t even know some of them exist. The Washington Post...
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Violations at McDonald’s in Russia ‘Cast Doubt on the Quality and Safety’ of...
McDonald’s in Russia, once a sign of progress for the former Soviet Union, is now in jeopardy of being kicked out of the country. After announcing earlier this month that it was banning major food...
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Can Chef Jamie Oliver Make U.S. Food Safer?
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an agreement that could allow the U.K. to import U.S. foods that are higher in pesticides and growth hormones than current British...
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USDA’s New Poultry Inspection System Spurs Lawsuit Over ‘Privatizing’ Safety...
The USDA’s controversial New Poultry Inspection System is the subject of a lawsuit filed by advocacy group Food & Water Watch. The group wants to stop implementation of the poultry inspection...
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Michael Pollan Clears Things Up: We’re Driving Our Cars on Food and Feeding...
Michael Pollan breaks it down. Half of our food is feeding our food. And a whole other chunk of it is in our gas tanks…. What? Watch. Find Jill on Twitter @jillettinger Related on Organic Authority...
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6 Places to Look for Arsenic in Food
Does arsenic in food scare you? Arsenic is a chemical element that can be found naturally in rock formations and volcanic eruptions, but it also ends up in our soil as a result of arsenic-based...
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25 Percent of Farmers Market Fresh Herbs Tested Positive for E. Coli
Nearly 25 percent of fresh herb samples purchased at farmers markets in Los Angeles and Orange counties in California and in the Seattle area were contaminated with significant levels of E. coli...
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‘Big Meat’ and WTO Get Country of Origin Labeling Shut Down
Country of origin labeling (COOL) regulations that tell customers where animals raised for meat were born, raised and slaughtered, are being eliminated after pressure from the meat industry and the...
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TV Station Uncovers Foster Farms Chicken Egregious Food Safety Violations
Since 2013, Foster Farms has been in the news a number of times as a result of numerous salmonella outbreaks. One processing plant in Kelso, WA had dozens of health violations in 2014, according to...
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Two Egg Company Execs to Serve Time in Connection with 2010 Salmonella Outbreak
Two former egg company executives were sentenced to three months in prison in connection with a 2010 salmonella outbreak that led to thousands of illnesses and a large recall. Former owner of Quality...
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Blue Bell Ice Cream Recalls All Products After 3 Deaths Linked to Listeria...
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention recommends that consumers avoid eating Blue Bell ice cream products and businesses avoid serving them after a deadly Listeria outbreak has been tied to...
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Mexican Cilantro Fields Double as Toilets, FDA Bans Imports
If you’re having trouble tracking down fresh cilantro in your local supermarket, you may want to breathe a sigh of relief. The FDA has banned Mexican cilantro imports over serious health concerns....
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5 Simple Steps to Canning Vegetables Safely and Successfully
Imagine being a superhero with the ability to stop time at just the moment something is perfect. Pretty cool, right? Canning vegetables allows you to have that super power. It allows you to preserve a...
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Shareholders Sue Chipotle Mexican Grill, Say Its Clean Image May ‘Never Revive’
Chipotle Mexican Grill shareholders are suing the chain in what’s known as a shareholder derivative suit. The lawsuit alleges that Chipotle’s board members and executives acted in their own interest...
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FDA’s New GRAS Rules Give Companies Free Reign on Food Additives
Last week, the FDA announced its final rules for determining the safety status for food ingredients best known as GRAS (generally recognized as safe). “Unlike food additives, substances determined to...
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5 Super Gross Food Safety Risks Restaurants Don’t Want You to Know About
iStock/kzenon Most Americans trust strangers to prepare their food on a regular basis – and food safety isn’t rarely at the top of their minds. If you’ve never worked in a restaurant, you probably have...
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Target Pulls Hampton Creek Products Over a Slew of Safety Concerns
image via Hampton Creek Twenty Hampton Creek products, including its popular eggless mayonnaise, Just Mayo, will no longer be available at Target stores “pending review” over alleged safety issues....
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