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Gourmet and Specialty Foods Moving off the Shelves at a Record Pace

Despite the recession, specialty food items are holding their own as sophisticated foodies refuse to give up some of their guilty pleasures.  While many consumers are scaling back the number of times they dine out each month, these same consumers seem to be spending the money they save on their favorite luxury items in the [...]

Say NO to Nanotech in Organic!

The USDA’s National Organic Standards Board is voting on whether nanotechnology should be banned from use in Organic products. The Board’s initial recommendation is to keep nanotech out of organic products entirely. Scientists use nanotechnology to manipulate atomic and molecular structures on the nanoscale level to maximize corporate profits. The properties of Nan particles are [...]

Our Love Affair with Bacon

OK, so it’s not Kosher.   It’s still one of the yummiest food products around.  Bacon is sinfully delicious and when combined with other ingredients, there is almost a certain home run in the taste department.  But even if it’s not Kosher, there’s a suitable substitute that is also vegetarian, so everyone can enjoy the flavor of bacon.
There are [...]

10 Tips on Becoming a Locavore

When I first heard the term “locavore,” I thought it was an ancient species of dinosaur.  But that was then … and this is now.  Since that time, I’ve become very familiar with the locavore movement, which promotes sustainability and helps reduce our carbon footprint.  Plus, it’s good for you!
So what is a locavore?  Simply put, it [...]

FriendsEAT Gets Ready for the Latin American Food Show

FriendsEAT will be covering the Fourth Latin American Food Show (LAFS) to be held at the Hilton Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico this year from September 2-4. LAFS  is one of the most important exhibit events for Latin American food and beverage companies. LAFS will be showcasing food products from over 20 Latin American countries. [...]

Preserve those Veggies for Another Day

Higher grocery and fuel costs, the seemingly never-ending recall of contaminated or tainted food products, and the ongoing interest in sustainability, have led to an increase in the number of home vegetable gardens this year.   Those who don’t have the space, time or green thumbs to maintain a garden, can be found patronizing neighborhood farmers [...]

2 Yrs of Salmonella Tainted Food Recalled

The FDA and USDA are rapidly becoming the laughingstock and hazard of the century. UPI reports Plainview Milk Products Cooperative is recalling two years of food products due to possible contamination.
“The FDA said the Plainview, Minn., company is voluntarily recalling the instant non-fat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents) that it [...]

Russians Risk Death in Buying and Eating Expired Food

Let’s pretend you’re down on your luck and have trouble affording food.  What, in your opinion, is worse?

Shoplifting food from your local supermarkets, hedging your bet that you won’t be caught, which is happening in the U.S.A?  (See Food Shoplifting on the Rise )
or
Buying outdated, spoiled and rotten food for pennies on the dollar, hedging [...]

Chilling New FDA Revelations

In a year plagued with salmonella outbreaks that sickened hundreds of Americans and resulted in several tragic deaths, a year in which thousands of food products in scores of categories were recalled by hundreds of companies, The Food and Drug Administration has announced its failure to meet its own paltry goals for auditing individual states’ [...]

The Dating Game – Food Dating, That Is

With all the recent news and discussions about potentially tainted food products, consumers are paying more attention to the dates stamped on various fresh, canned and frozen items and wondering what it all means.  Does a container of yogurt automatically turn into a toxic substance the day after the date stamped on the side?  Will [...]

The Dating Game: Food Dating, That Is

Storage of Fresh or Uncooked Products

Product

Storage Times After Purchase

Poultry

1 or 2 days

Beef, Veal, Pork and Lamb

3 to 5 days

Ground Meat and Ground Poultry

1 or 2 days

Fresh Variety Meats (Liver, Tongue, Brain, Kidneys, Heart, Chitterlings)

1 or 2 days

Cured Ham, Cook-Before-Eating

5 to 7 days

Sausage from Pork, Beef or Turkey, Uncooked

1 or 2 days

Eggs

3 to 5 weeks

Storage of [...]

Untested Nanotechnology Used In Food Products

Friends of the Earth has issued a new report [pdf] disclosing that “untested nanotechnology is being used in more than 100 food products, food packaging and contact materials currently on the shelf, without warning or FDA testing.”
In a previous article I discuss how nanoscience studies and manipulates atomic structures at the nanoscale of 100 nanometres. [...]