Tag: Food Safety - Page 4
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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto
Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.
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Easter Egg Shortages in Czech Republic Due to End of Battery Egg Farms
First egg shortages in the UK, now in the Czech Republic due to the end of battery egg farms. This is no yolk.
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Is It Time for Organic, All-Natural, Artificial Blueberries?
If blue cubes of partially hydrogenated oils and dextrose can sell, what could marketers do with organic, all-natural, artificial blueberries?
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BPA is FDA's Latest Gift to Food Industry
Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.”
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Organic Baby Foods Could End Child Obesity, Diabetes and Junk Food Cravings
Doctors now agree that for a healthy child, a babies' first bite should be a whole food and now there are lots of gourmet options.
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BPI's Response to Outrage Over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-Shirt
Beef Products Inc took its best shot at making up for its silence during weeks of public lashing over what has been dubbed “pink slime,” an additive in ground beef made through a high-tech process that BPI invented.
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Be a Good Little Bunny and Watch Out for Excessive Easter Egg Packaging
Love the egg, hate the boxes: Easter egg packaging is better but still too much.
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Pink Slime Effect: Was The Consumer Reaction Irrational? Will Organic Food Take A Lasting Bounce?
The pink slime public relations debacle may spur interest in organic products & become a marketing course classic.
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Re-usable Take-Out Boxes Take Hold in Portland
Laura Weiss agonized over the waste she knew Portland's food carts were generating. She devised a solution, by bike, with re-usable containers and a subscription service.
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Connecticut Takes First Step Toward GMO Labeling Law
Connecticut legislative committee backs a labeling requirement for genetically modified foods.
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CDC Report: Food Imports Responsible for Half of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
New CDC reports shows that food imports are up and half of food-borne illnesses are from imported foods.
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Campaign Against GMO Food Major Theme at Natural Products Expo West 2012 (Video)
Several attending companies had initiatives lobbying for GMO-labeling at the natural products expo in Los Angeles.
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Whistleblower to Maker of Pink Slime: "Quit Harassing Me"
Long gone are the days of your friendly local butcher grinding meat for your kids’ hamburgers. Taking its place is a corporate behemoth you probably never heard of called Beef Products Inc.
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Nanoparticles Change Intestinal Absorption of Nutrients
Humans consume 100 trillion nanoparticles a day. A study shows that nanoparticles change the intestinal wall and affect nutrient absorption.
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Could Treating Superbugs Like Rare Diseases Save Us From Crisis?
The Infectious Diseases Society of America wants the FDA to treat superbugs like rare diseases.
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Wash’n’Wipes for Fruits and Veggies Can Keep Produce Fresh Longer
Eat Cleaner washes fruits, vegetable, fish and poultry, surfaces and hands to remove contaminents, increase shelf life and make colors pop.
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Rubies in the Rubble are Social Entrepreneurs Making Chutney from Discarded Fruits and Vegetables
Waste not, want not: Rubies in the Rubble make chutney out of discarded fruits and vegetables.
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Egg Shortages in the UK Due to End of Battery Egg Farms
As of January 1, 2012, there are no more chickens kept in cages -- but the price of eggs has risen precipitiously.
