Category: #FoodWorldOrder
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Restaurant Menu Scandal Continues in Japan
from thediplomat.com: After an October 22 admission by the luxury Hankyu Hanshin Hotel that it had misrepresented food menus, several other high-end Japanese eateries have come forward with similar revelations of food fraud. The scandal erupted in June after a separate Tokyo hotel was caught serving Chilean roast beef as “domestically produced.” Hankyu Hanshin Holdings…
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Food Stamps Cuts Kick In, Affecting About 47 Million
from latimes.com: Some 47 million poor Americans who rely on food stamps for their meals will have to get by on less, after their benefits were cut Friday. In California, which struggles with nearly 9% unemployment, local officials are girding for the fallout after the benefit for a family of four receiving food stamps was…
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Japan’s ‘Toxic’ Monster Creeping Towards USA
from foxnews.com: An enormous debris field is creeping toward the U.S. in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that shook Japan in 2011, killing nearly 16,000 people and launching 1.5 million tons of floating objects into the sea. That most concentrated part of the junk field is easily broader than Texas and centered…
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Halloween grinch in North Dakota? Fat notes replace candy
from cnn.com: Instead of handing out candy, a local woman called into a radio station, saying she plans to pass out letters to trick-or-treaters she feels are “moderately obese.” How do you say killjoy? “I just want to send a message to the parents of kids that are really overweight,” said the woman, who identified…
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New York To Raise Cigarettes Sale Age To 21
from bbc.co.uk: New York City Council has voted to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. New York will now become by far the most populous place in the US to impose such a high age limit, the Associated Press reports. The new age limit includes electronic vapour cigarettes. Across the…
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Do Food Stamps Riot Predictions Give Blank Check for Mayhem?
Food Bank CEO Warns of Riots over Major Food Stamps Cuts* from rt.com: The US food stamp system is to be reduced by $5 billion starting in November. The average benefit will shrink and the overall number of people receiving it will diminish by millions. The CEO of America’s largest food bank says the cuts…
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California City Sues Sriracha Factory Over Stench
from bbc.co.uk: A California city has sued the maker of Sriracha hot sauce saying the factory’s smell makes the area uninhabitable. The city of Irwindale has asked a judge to prevent Huy Fong Foods from making the spicy condiment until the factory submits plan to reduce the smell. Huy Fong representatives have said they are…
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Fuku-what?: Climate Change Pact Signed By California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
from mercurynews.com: Saying that the West Coast must lead the way in battling climate change, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington, along with a representative of the premier of British Columbia, signed an agreement Monday committing the Canadian province and the three states to coordinate global-warming policies. Each state and the Canadian province promised…
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Yes On 522: GMO food fight brings in big bucks to Washington
from america.aljazeera.com: A bitter fight in Washington state over whether to label foods with ingredients that have been genetically modified has attracted tens of millions of dollars in spending, more than $27 million if you add the funds of both sides together. The amount of cash and other donations rivals previous fiercely fought battles for…
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Ohio, West Virginia Residents Sue DuPont Over Teflon Cancer
from ap.org: Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont, alleging the company knowingly contaminated drinking-water supplies with a chemical used by one of its plants. The lawsuits, filed Oct. 8 and this week, are among about 50 such cases —…
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No Tsunami Danger to US After 7.3 Japan Earthquake
from orovillemr.com: The National Tsunami Warning Center says there is no tsunami danger for Hawaii, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California following a powerful earthquake off Japan’s east coast. The center says the evaluation is based on information about the quake and historic tsunami records. The magnitude-7.3 quake struck at 10:10 a.m. PDT today,…
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For First Time, FDA Addresses Pet Food Safety
from cnn.com: For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to make animal feed and pet food sold in the United States safer. A new proposed rule issued Friday aims to protect all animal foods from disease-causing bacteria, chemicals and other contaminants.
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FDA Urging Tighter Rein on Painkillers
from nytimes.com: The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter controls on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers, changes that are expected to take place as early as next year. The move, which represents a major policy shift, follows a decade-long debate over whether the widely abused drugs, which contain the…
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Mississippi Baby’s Remission Raises Hope for HIV Cure
from voanews.com: Doctors now have compelling evidence that a newborn girl they treated aggressively for HIV infection may actually be cured. But observers say it is too soon to conclude that early therapy puts the AIDS virus into permanent remission. She is known only as the Mississippi baby, after the southern U.S. state where the…
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Scientists’ Ties to Food Industry Raise Questions in Europe
from nytimes.com: One scientist who advised Europe’s food safety regulators about animal feed additives sits on the board of a foundation backed by the dairy industry. Another who gave advice on food contaminants received research support from lobbyists for the American and European chemical industries. A third scientist who headed an advisory panel on nutrition…