Tag: meat
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food safety news: reports, records & even more recalls
bpi sues to keep ammonia beef records private* flashback: beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia*mainstream media focuses on food safety* chicken pot pies recalled*oregon hazelnut recalls make fda report* 38 state salmonella montevideo outbreak*pepper suspected in salmonella outbreak*water distributors in west virginia & rhode island get fda warnings* usda to lift 21yr ban…
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1/18 binge & purge: labels, cleanups & massive recalls
monsanto wins part of dupont license dispute* monsanto takes center for food safety legal victory to highest court*tyson food labeling lawsuits end*calories counts on food labels & menus don’t add up*e. coli alert: calif. company recalls 864k pounds of beef*parkers farm expands recall*more nuts recalled for salmonella*cfia issues warning over salad mix*walgreens adding fresh, prepared…
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beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia
safety of beef processing method is questionedfrom nytimes: Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia. The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with…
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scientists ‘grow’ meat in laboratory
from telegraph: Researchers in the Netherlands have created what was described as soggy pork and are now investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that people will one day want to eat it. No one has yet tasted the product, but it is believed the artificial meat could be on sale within…
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11/19 binge & purge: killer coke, in-vitro meat & more
can diet coke kill you? part1 & part2* also visit killercoke.org* coca-cola redesigns fruit juice cartons to emphasize fruit* 8 ways in-vitro meat will change our lives* welcome to the clone farm* more on michael taylor:former monsanto lawyer hired by fda as key advisor*
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what’s really in that burger? e.coli & feces both allowed by usda
from natural news: There are 14 billion hamburgers consumed each year in the United States alone. The people who eat those burgers, though, have little knowledge of what’s actually in them. Current USDA regulations, for example, openly allow beef contaminated with E. coli to be repackaged, cooked and sold as ready-to-eat hamburgers. This simple fact…
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‘grow’ gm meat in your kitchen with rfid chips to ‘save the planet’
from daily mail: A controversial cooker that ‘grows’ meat and fish by heating animal cells in your kitchen claimed first prize in the Electrolux design competition tonight [9/25]. The invention, called Cocoon, could develop food with the make-up and nutrients of real meat. Mr Hederstierna, 27, said: “This will create 100 per cent pure meat…
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buy-local push prompts ontario grocers to go independent
from cbc: Dale Kropf calls it Independence Day: On July 3, his five grocery stores in southwestern Ontario ceased to be Sobeys franchises. Corporate policies prevented him from buying local products, he says, so he joined forces with four other former Sobeys franchisees and formed the independent Hometown Grocers Co-Op. “We feel that local food,…
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US beef recall expanded, 18 illnesses suspected
from reuters: A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli O157:H7 bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the company and the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday. Greeley, Colorado-based JBS-Swift Beef Co is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to…
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portland company recalls ground beef over e. coli fears
from oregonian: A Portland company is recalling nearly 40,000 pounds of ground beef products over fears they are contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. SP Provisions said in the recall notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that 39,973 pounds of suspect beef was sold under the Cascade Natural Beef and SP Provisions brands before May…