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Food Safety In The Age Of Legal Marijuana
It’s a brave new world. Recreational marijuana use is now legal in two U.S. states, and the change has given rise to multiple new industries as suppliers rush to meet the demand. As Organic Authority...
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Common Food Packaging is Riddled with Toxic Chemicals, Study Finds
Scientists are warning consumers about a range of toxic chemicals that may be leaching into their diet (and bodies) via food packaging. Although the individual amounts are small, and the risk posed by...
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Research Finds Truth to ’5-Second Rule’ on Food Contamination
It’s a well-known urban myth: pick up food that’s fallen on the ground (or another unclean surface) within five seconds, and no harm no foul; your food is safe to eat. But with so many pathogens and...
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6 Cool Food Apps That Make Meals Safer
There are all kinds of food safety tips floating around out there, but it can be hard to tell the old wives tales from the scientific fact. It doesn’t help that many brands do everything in their...
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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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