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Drug Resistant Salmonella Prompts Recall of 36 Million Pounds of Turkey

8:00 am in Food & Health, food safety, health, politics by TreeHugger

Photo: pathwithpaws Years ago when salmonella scares surfaced the mere idea of them sent waves of fear into the heart of us. But today these scares have gone a step further into drug resistant territory. The latest in a growing trend of drug resistant outbreaks is tied to ground turkey and as a result, 36 million pounds of Cargill turkey products have be...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Raw Milk Purveyors Arrested, Bail Set at $123,000

5:11 pm in agriculture, Business & Politics, food, food safety, organic agriculture by TreeHugger

A menacing herd. Image: USDA via Flickr (Creative Commons) In yet another example of wasted resources and misplaced priorities police in LA have raided Rawesome Foods, arresting three people in connection with the distribution of raw milk products without the proper permits. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Never Mind the BPA in Water Bottles: Your Kids Might Be Drinking Arsenic in Their Apple Juice

4:52 pm in china, drinking water, epa, Food & Health, food safety by TreeHugger

Image: Hyougushi via flickr You'd think the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would have established limits on things like arsenic and heavy metals in our food supply by now. There are limits for certain specified foods, but most items fall through the cracks—including popular, kid-friendly beverages like apple juice. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is It Time To End The War On Salt? In A Word, No.

4:35 pm in diet, Food & Health, food and health, food safety by TreeHugger

Image credit Lloyd Alter Life imitates Woody Allen's Sleeper once again....

Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk." Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties. Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge? Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhea...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Groundbreaking: Egg Industry Backs Federal Regulation for Hen Welfare

3:56 pm in animals, birds, Business & Politics, farming, food safety by TreeHugger

Image: Wikimedia Commons Animal welfare groups are celebrating an announcement from the industry group United Egg Producers that it will support the first-ever federal legislation to improve conditions for all egg-laying hens in the country. The shift toward more humane egg production has been picking up pace over the last year, but on a state-Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Deadly New Salmonella Strain Can Spread from Hogs to Humans

8:29 am in agriculture, animals, farming, food, food safety, united kingdom by TreeHugger

Image credit: Nutloaf, used under Creative Commons license. From e.coli in produce to serious contamination of our meat supply, there's little doubt that major outbreaks of food poisoning are a serious concern in our Globalized, interconnected food system. Campaigners in the UK are now raising t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cicada Ice Cream Proves We Need More Information About Eating Insects

9:09 am in community supported agriculture, food, food safety, insects by TreeHugger

Image: gardener41/CC Cicada ice cream made a big buzz on the web this week. While misinformation flooded the net blaming the health department for shutting down Sparky's newest flavor, TreeHugger's Bonnie gave you the straight dope: the Columbia, Missouri based homemade ice cream shop chose to discontinue sales of cicada ice cream in spite of strong demand. Today we look at the even sadder truth. The reason Sparky's stopped their Cicada experiment stems from a lack of understanding about the safet...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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FDA Finds Listeria at Kellogg Cookie Plant in Georgia

8:00 am in fda, Food & Health, food safety, health by TreeHugger

Photo: oskay If you needed another reason to skip the processed junk food, we've got one for you. You're likely aware that many processed foods are heavy on the calories and light on the nutrients. Processed foods take their toll on the planet, both in their transportation footprint and the energy used in manufacturing. And then there's the processing that goes on behind closed doors that could make you very, very sick....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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German Risk Evaluation Institute Issues Warning on Melamine Cookware

9:00 am in chemicals, cooking, Food & Health, food safety, germany by TreeHugger

Image: moon angel According to the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR, or German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), melamine cookware and crockery are not suitable for microwaving, cooking, or exposure to high temperatures. Melamine, the chemical that was abused in the Chinese infant milk formula scandal, is generally considered as relatively non-hazardous (except when fed to infants in hi...Read the full story on TreeHugger