Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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The Slow Decline of #FastFood In America
from msn.com: Sales of McDonald’s in the United States fell 3.3 percent in the last quarter. The consumption of sodas fell last year to 1995 levels, according to the industry specialist Beverage Digest. Americans drank on the average 51 gallons (nearly 200 liters) of soda per person in 1998; last year, it was 44 gallons.…
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#YesOn92 Poll Shows #GMO-Labeling Initiative Leading Prior to Nov. 4 Election
from oregonlive.com: Supporters of a mandatory GMO-labeling initiative say their own polling shows that Measure 92 is ahead with only days to go before votes are counted Nov. 4. The poll, conducted by Washington D.C.-based GBA Strategies, has the measure leading by eight percentage points, 52 to 44. The result differs from a poll released Tuesday,…
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Taiwan Food Tycoon Faces Nearly 140 Fraud Charges
from presstv.ir: A Taiwanese tycoon has been charged with nearly 140 counts of fraud over his alleged role in the country’s latest food safety scare, prosecutors say. Wei Ying-chung (pictured center), one of the country’s richest men, has been indicted on 60 counts of fraud and 79 instances of aggravated fraud as well as violating…
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Taiwan Food Tycoon Faces Nearly 140 Fraud Charges
from presstv.ir: A Taiwanese tycoon has been charged with nearly 140 counts of fraud over his alleged role in the country’s latest food safety scare, prosecutors say. Wei Ying-chung (pictured center), one of the country’s richest men, has been indicted on 60 counts of fraud and 79 instances of aggravated fraud as well as violating…
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Something To Stop Doing Today: Drinking Soda
from therealfoodchannel.com: Are you one of hundreds of millions of people around the world who drink soda every day? I hope not. New reasons why…and they’re scary.
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Dennis & Elizabeth Kucinich at Oregon’s Yes On 92 Rally
Dennis & Elizabeth Kucinich made two local appearances in support of Measure 92, Oregon’s ballot initiative that would require the labeling of foods made with genetically-modified ingredients. Download/Subscribe
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World’s 10 Biggest Energy Gluttons
from oilprice.com: Next time you get into your car and drive to the supermarket, think about how much energy you consume on an annual basis. It is widely assumed that Westerners are some of the world’s worst energy pigs. While Americans make up just 5 percent of the global population, they use 20 percent of…
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Judge Won’t Stop Detroit Water Shutoffs
from abcnews.go.com: A judge overseeing Detroit’s bankruptcy refused Monday to stop the city from shutting off water if people can’t pay their bill. Judge Steven Rhodes said the water department probably hasn’t done enough to help people with chronically low income, but noted there is no “enforceable right” to water. Rhodes covered much ground as…
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Supermarkets Waste Tons Of Food As They Woo Shoppers
from npr.org: Supermarkets and restaurants serve up more than 400 million pounds of food each year, but nearly a third of it never makes it to a stomach. With consumers demanding large displays of unblemished, fresh produce, many retailers end up tossing a mountain of perfectly edible food. Despite efforts to cut down on all…
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U.S. Food, Chinese Processing: the Latest Food Outrage
from blacklistednews.com: The US FDA prevents such things as artisinal cheese and butter being imported from Europe, products that have been in use for hundreds of years and don’t make people sick, but–speaking of sick–this breathtakingly corrupt agency is allowing big food processors to grow food in the US but then process it in China in…
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U.S. Hospitals Overdo Ebola Plans, Posing New Risks
from reuters.com: Fear of Ebola is causing U.S. hospitals to take precautions that, paradoxically, might backfire, increasing the risk to those caring for a patient with the deadly disease, researchers warned this week. The only confirmed Ebola cases on U.S. soil so far have been two American aid workers flown from Liberia for treatment…
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Canadians Cut off From Local Water Supplies After Billion Gallon Waste Spill
from rianovosti.com: Hundreds of British Columbia residents can no longer consume water at the place where they live following a billion gallon spill of mining waste that reached rivers and creeks in the Cariboo provincial area, the CBC reports. The open-pit Mount Polley copper and gold mine recently suffered a breach in a tailings pond,…
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Canadians Cut off From Local Water Supplies After Billion Gallon Waste Spill
from rianovosti.com: Hundreds of British Columbia residents can no longer consume water at the place where they live following a billion gallon spill of mining waste that reached rivers and creeks in the Cariboo provincial area, the CBC reports. The open-pit Mount Polley copper and gold mine recently suffered a breach in a tailings pond,…
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U.S. Aid Workers Given Experimental #Ebola Drug
from japantimes.com: Two American aid workers infected with Ebola are getting an experimental drug so novel it has never been tested for safety in humans and was only identified as a potential treatment earlier this year, thanks to a research program by the U.S. government and the military. The workers, Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent…
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The US Meat Processing Company At The Rotten Center of China’s Latest Food Scandal
from QZ.com: A US-owned factory in Shanghai is at the center of China’s latest food scandal: Chinese health authorities have suspended operations at Shanghai Husi Food, owned by the Illinois-based OSI Group, for reprocessing old and discarded meat to extend its use-by date. Husi was supplying meat to KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s restaurants in China. Staff…