Tag: meat
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high bacteria levels in meat at US stores: report
with superbugs contaminating fresh meat, the truth comes out about food safety bill from reuters: Meat found on grocery store shelves often contains high levels of bacteria, with more than half of the bacteria resistant to multiple types of antibiotics, a study released on Friday said. The meat is still safe to eat but consumers…
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3/24 Binge & Purge: Scares, Shares, Rallies, Allergies
Codex alimentarius & food irradiation in US // russia bans food from 6 japanese prefectures // store-brand food eating up market share // junk-food oxymoron: frito-lay tries all-natural chips
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3/10 Binge & Purge: Dustbowl, Perceptions, Sovereignty
US farmers fear the return of the dust bowl
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11/11 Binge & Purge: Spam the Torpedos!
33 sick in multistate outbreak of e. coli associated with cheese // Carnival Splendor passenger describes 2hr foodlines, other problems aboard disabled ship // Food wrappers leach harmful chemicals into food // War over Monsanto gets ugly
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9/30 binge & purge: 100% all-natural deception
the nature conservancy & corporate donors: monsanto, nestle, altria & more* ben & jerry’s taking ‘all-natural’ label off products* gm salmon frankenfish about to be unleashed into US food supply* ftc complaint charges deceptive advertising by pom* farmer, consumer outcry helping to stop passage of draconian ‘food safety’ bill* meat tainted with deadly bacteria being…
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natural news launches food investigations with ‘pharmaburger’
from natural news: What do you get when you combine fast food with Big Pharma? Pharmaburger! That’s the name of episode one of the new “Food Investigations” mini-documentary series created by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, editor of NaturalNews.com. Food Investigations features short documentary videos (under 10 minutes each) exposing little-known facts about fast food…
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cattle cloned from dead animals to produce ‘that memorable taste’
from bbc: Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals, according to a US cloning company. Farmers say it is being done because it is only possible to tell that the animal’s meat is of exceptionally high quality by inspecting its carcass.…
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6/24 Binge & Purge: Food Facts & Fiction
Big brother is watching you – and he has ice cream! // Pepsico marketing mix-up results in lemon-lime Doritos // Experts say breakfast now 6th most important meal of the day // Audio: All-natural food preservative causes all-natural cancer
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6/9 Binge & Purge: More Unhappy Meals
Cadmium-laced McDonald’s Happy Meal glasses recalled // Obama’s USDA to deceive Americans over GM crops // Federal register documents show further deregulation of GMO’s // Haitians suspicious of Monsanto seeds distributed by USAID
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American Meat Is Even Grosser Than You Thought
While the public has gotten used to microbes like E. coli and salmonella threatening the nation’s meat supply, and while food safety agencies make food-borne illness a high-profile priority, contamination of meat by heavy metals, veterinary drugs and pesticides has been slipping through the bureaucratic cracks.
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4/22 Binge & Purge: Pinkwash, Raw Milk & Meat Residues
Komen makes mockery of self with KFC pinkwash campaign // Fake food safety bills: Feeding America poison one law at a time // US government continues its war on raw milk // ABC grills Vilsack on meat residues // Wholesale prices rise most in 26yrs as food costs explode
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4/15 binge & purge: bayer hazard & banana republics
bayer admits gmo contamination out of control* ‘growing concern’ over marketing tainted beef* former US hostages sue chiquita for supporting terrorists* usda workers grow gardens for soup kitchens & food pantries* supplements exempted from codex language in ‘food safety bill’* update: usda finds major problems with toxins in meat supply*
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2/25 Binge & Purge – Corn, Codex, Hot Dogs & Walmart
3m acres of GMO corn illegally planted in US // 10yrs of bribery & bad tomatoes // McCain’s dietary supplement bill: An attempt to implement ‘Codex Alimentarius’ // ‘Pop artist’ pleads guilty to misbranding
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more food safety news: beef, babies, nuts & budgets
should we care about genetically modified foods?*seed monopolies: the warning signs were there*failure to declare leads to recalls*west missouri beef recalls 14,000lbs*more melamine-tainted milk found in china*baby formula recalled in middle east*usda releases study on peanut industry*washington to ban bpa in food containers for kids*obama boosts fda food safety in fy2011 budget*