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The federal government exposed millions of schoolchildren to food poisoning

An investigative report conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office indicates thousands of schools served contaminated peanut butter and canned vegetables to schoolchildren weeks after recalls were announced.
From the GAO report:
When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled suspect peanut products and canned vegetables…Food and Nutrition [...]

Food Tattoos Coming Your Way

Would you buy  tattooed food?  How about food with laser etchings?
You may not have a choice if the Food and Drug Administration has its way.  In an effort to do away with the sticky labels on fruits and vegetables that provide its name or variety, as well as the product lookup number, the FDA is [...]

FDA says Unidentified Blob in Pepsi Can is a Frog

The Food and Drug Administration just completed tests confirming that a can of Diet Pepsi consumed by a Florida man did contain the remains of a dead animal, believed to be a frog or possibly a toad.  Although this sounds like yet another story of opportunists trying to extort money out of a large corporation, the [...]

Study Shows Organic and Conventionally-Produced Food Nutritionally Similar

An independent study commissioned by Britain’s Food Standards Agency (the equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration),  shows that there are no significant differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits, of organic food when compared with conventionally produced food. The focus of the review was solely on the nutritional content of foodstuffs, and did [...]

Mom Finds Frog in Frozen Green Beans

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Attention Walmart shoppers!  Look carefully the next time you pop open a bag of Great Value frozen veggies.  A mom from Tyler, Texas was making a meal for her kids when she claims she found a frog in a bag of frozen green beans.  She now has the giant discount retailer in [...]

New FDA measures rape, sanitize farm land; threatens nation’s ecosystem

The integrity of our nation’s ecosystem is under threat by new absurd, unscientific and draconian measures forced upon farmers in the name of food safety at the hands of powerful corporate lobbyists representing the interests of corporations who mass-produce food. In pending legislation, proposed federal regulations will force farmers to terminate biologically diverse farming methods [...]

Monsanto VP May Run Food Safety Grp

Jill Richardson points out that Obama is considering Michael Taylor — former Monsanto Vice President for Public Policy — to head his new Food Safety Working Group. Are you kidding me? The conflict of interest should be glaringly obvious even to a five-year old. Why not ask Whimpy to start a hamburger delivery service?
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Gravy and Seasoning Packets Recalled

The Plainview Milk Products recall is extending to more products that are seemingly unrelated to milk.
The C.F. Sauer Company of Richmond, Virginia, just announced an extensive and voluntary recall of a number of their products which contain the non-fat milk solids that are produced at the Minnesota milk plant, and which may contain the dangerous salmonella [...]

Nestlé’s Toll House Cookies the Latest on Food Product Recall List

Nestlé’s Toll House refrigerated cookie dough is the latest on the list of tainted food product recalls.  The Food and Drug Administration in a June 19 press release , urged consumers to throw away any packages of the raw cookie dough, since it may be contaminated with E.coli, a bacterium that causes food borne illness.  [...]

FDA Recalls Mexican-Style Cheeses

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for various types of soft Mexican-style cheeses manufactured by Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese, in Reading, Michigan, due to possible listeria contamination.  Sold under the name Aguas Calientes, the potentially contaminated items were distributed to retail stores and delis in the states of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, [...]

Breast Milk Emerges as Potential Cancer Cure

Not long ago we reported how human breast milk was made into cheese for an art exhibit at a London studio.  Now we’re bringing you a story about how breast milk is being used for another purpose – as a potential cancer curing agent.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, there have been “intriguing new developments [which] [...]

Why is Mercury in High Fructose Corn Syrup? – Ask The FDA

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The issue with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is not with the claim that it’s linked to obesity and diabetes, the issue is that HFCS is marketed as “natural” and “safe”. The process involved in manufacturing HFCS involves using a host of chemicals that have resulted in samples of HFCS testing positive for [...]