food safety
10 favorite food websites in 2012
December 27, 2012All things relating to the food we eat: where is comes from, who does the work, what are the issues and what we can do to be informed and take action.
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Dairy factory linked to animal torture
March 20, 2012Adirondack Farms, a dairy factory in New York, has been responsible for severe animal abuse investigators learned. While they tout their products as fresh and wholesome, the practices that go on behind the scenes are anything...
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Dangerous bacteria found on meat in Michigan, and nationwide
May 17, 2011Meat samples from Detroit-area supermarkets contained antibiotic-resistant Staphlococcus aurea bacteria, scientists at Wayne State University reported this week. But it's not just Michigan.
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Congress passes major food safety bill
December 7, 2010Food safety advocates hailed the Senate move as the most sweeping reform of food safety in decades prompted by an alarming rise in the numbers of people who die or suffer illness from contaminated food.
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Popcorn, pizza and poison
November 10, 2010Chemists had been looking for the likely origin of certain chemicals that appear as contaminants in human blood. Apparently, they're from food packaging.
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