Tag: Food Safety - Page 10
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Viva La Food Revolution: Kids Knowing What They Eat
The other day I found our 19 month old son quietly parting back the leaves of the strawberry bushes, looking for fresh fruit. A day or two later, he came inside with a self-satisfied look on his face, and some juicy
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California Court Overturns Order to Destroy GMO Beets
It seems that GMOs are again steamrolling their way through our legal system. Back in December it seemed there may be a light at the end of the tunnel when a federal judge ordered that 258 acres of genetically modified sugar
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Sign the Petition To Keep High Fructose Corn Syrup Named HFCS Instead of "Corn Sugar"
High fructose corn syrup is like a third rail for food writers; when Brian was writing about "the mounting pile of evidence that high fructose corn syrup is unhealthier than
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Make Proper Porridge with the Porridge Lady
What do you eat for breakfast? A recent TreeHugger survey revealed that 52% of readers eat a high fibre cereal. What could be healthier than to start the day with a bowl of hot steaming porridge. Unfortunately many of us envision grey, lumpy glop
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Coca-Cola Case Could Set Precedent on Secret Ingredients
Anybody who advises companies on how to walk the line between trade secret and full ingredient disclosure knows that the threat of a lawsuit weighs as much or more than the regulations in any decision made. Protecting recipes --
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Even Anthony Bourdain Says Eat Less Meat
When I wrote about Anthony Bourdain's account of famous chefs feasting on an endangered species, commenter downdrive was disappointed that his favorite travel writer would stoop so low. But as I continue
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Racial Injustice in Food Production: Is the Income Gap an Accident?
If you're in the market for tortillas, buying from a local factory might sound like the most responsible choice, right? What if you knew that a worker (a 22-year-old new father) there had been killed by a dough-mixing machine,
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Ask Pablo: What Is In Our Bottled Water?
Image Source: Woody Thrower Dear Pablo: I know that bottled water is bad for the environment but what about us? What is in our bottled water? Full Disclosure: The Environmental Working Group report referenced in this article discusses major bottled
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Animal Welfare Debate Fires Up in Germany
The question of animal welfare shot straight into consumer awareness with the recent massive dioxin-contaminated egg scandal in Germany. Now, Germany's Agricultural Minister, Ilse Aigner (CSU), has put the question squarely on the
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Jamie Oliver is Thrown Out of Los Angeles' Schools
The UK loves Jamie Oliver and considers him a national treasure: his cook books are at the top of the best-seller list and he led a very public and successful battle against obesity by changing school lunches.
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Would You Drink Milk from a Papier-Mache Bottle?
Since the average plastic bottle takes 500 years to decompose, more solutions to this rapidly growing landfill crisis are needed, quickly.
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4 Surprising Places to Avoid Buying Seafood From
For what seafood you can buy guilt-free,
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Killer Paper Introduces Another Application for Silver Nanoparticles
The ACS' science journal Langmuir has published a paper describing a breakthrough in sonochemical coating of paper by microbiocidal silver nanoparticles. We picked up on the dramatic moniker "killer paper" over at Fast Company.
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Slideshow)
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you.
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you. But the world of bacteria isn't so black and white: some bacteria help, some hurt, and some
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USDA Cheating Own Rules to Expedite Increase in Processed Chicken Imports From China
Food & Water Watch is concerned about some USDA records it stumbled upon that show political pressure was applied to allow an increase in Chinese chicken imports without following proper safety protocol. More interesting than the
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Losing Weight = Toxic?
Here's a frustrating bit of news for the day: losing weight could be driving the toxins from fat cells (where they're stored) into your bloodstream—and making you sick.Because certain pollutants are fat-soluble, including
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5 Reasons to Learn About Eating Insects with GirlMeetsBug
Our recent report suggesting that eating bugs is the answer to reducing our protein footprint met with mixed response. That is why we are not suggesting that you check out Girlmeetsbug.com to learn how you can join the
