Tag: fda
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3/3 Binge & Purge: Poison, Polls, Paycheck
Satire: Gerber recalls 60,000 jars of baby poison // Poll: Do you believe GMO foods should be labeled? // Council on Foreign Relations recently held food safety talks featured fronts from Pfizer, Cargill, Interpol & more
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wilhelm reich: quack or threat?
Why was there a heavy-handed attempt to censor the work of Wilhelm Reich? The FDA dismissed Reich’s idea of a life force or Orgone as quackery. Was the FDA protecting the public by destroying all references to Orgone? Reich remains a significant historical figure, once a student of Sigmund Freud, and himself, a noted psychoanalyst.…
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FDA Official: “Just Eat a Goddamn Vegetable”
During the Daily Briefing, Tucker Hope reports that the FDA is urging Americans to put something green in their dumb mouths.
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12/9 Binge & Purge: Nano-Foods & Merck Muppets
Dems try to pass ‘Food Safety’ by hiding it in hr3082 // Leaked cables reveal GMO, agrofuel agendas // Sesame Street rolls out superfood Muppets sponsored by Merck
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White House to Serve 2,000 Lbs of Gulf Seafood Over Holidays
The White House announced Wednesday it has shipped about 2,000 pounds of shrimp and crabs from the Gulf to serve at this year’s holiday parties, a big gesture aimed at boosting consumer confidence in regional seafood in the wake of the devastating BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Despite Massive Protests, Senate Passes ‘Food Safety Bill’
The new Food Tyranny Act – called the “Food Safety Modernization Act” in the U.S. Senate – has been passed by the senate today.
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10/28 Binge & Purge: Food Stamp Fortune Cookie
Food stamp usage soars among working families // Why Monsanto is paying farmers to spray its rivals’ herbicides // FDA seizes $700,000 of rice from Georgia warehouse // One-third of US adults could have diabetes by 2050
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10/14 Binge & Purge: Can’t Feel the Beating
Warning to Glenn Beck: Don’t drink Diet Coke // Roger Beachy’s evangelical push for GM foods // Build the pressure on the Gates Foundation // What’s driving Monsanto’s fall from grace? // Family farm ordered to destroy 50,000 pounds of cheese // New FDA regulations to destroy small organic farms
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fda says you have no right to know if salmon are genetically modified
from allgov: If the Food and Drug Administration decides to approve for the first time the sale of a genetically-modified animal (GMO) for Americans to consume, the deal will not include a requirement that producers or retailers label the food as such. FDA officials are still deciding whether to allow a special breed of salmon,…
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‘High-Fructose Corn Syrup’ Getting Rebranded As ‘Corn Sugar’
The good news: Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is at a 20-year low. The bad news: The folks who make this insidious sweetener aim to rebrand it to boost sales.
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fda uses massive egg recall to push for egg pasteurization
from natural news: Amid the massive egg recall currently underway over potential salmonella poisoning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been working hard to push its pasteurization agenda. The agency recently made an announcement recommending that all grocery stores and restaurants begin stocking pasteurized eggs instead of raw ones. According to the U.S.…
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8/19 binge & purge: sour, sugar & service
‘fructose-slurping’ cancer could sour the soda business* gm salmon: aquabounty tech seeks fda approval of fast-growing salmon* sugar beetdown; monsanto wins again* dems may use food-stamp money to pay for michelle’s nutrition initiative* US food crops absorb toxic pharmaceuticals & personal care products from treated wastewater* wic should include more organic, says senate; congress disagrees*…
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outbreak of typhoid fever in US linked to fruit smoothies
from ap: A rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to a frozen tropical fruit product used to make smoothies, health officials reported Thursday. Seven cases have been confirmed – three in California and four in Nevada. Two more California cases are being investigated. Five people were hospitalized, according to the Centers for…
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cnn guest says bpa is good for you
from matt ryan: Dr. Whelan, during an interview on CNN, states there are misconceptions about chemicals. One such misconception is that no cases (to her knowledge) exist where a single child or adult has been harmed from trace chemicals in products. She goes on to say that claims of such are absurd, citing the long-term…