Information on arsenic exposure has been all over the news this year and the latest study to be released says that eating rice may lead to potentially harmful exposure to the toxic heavy metal.
Lots of rice is eaten in the U.S., report researchers from Dartmouth College’s Children’s Environmental Health
Continue Reading Reported in Juice, Now in Rice; Arsenic is Everywhere
After a four-month investigation, federal authorities have indicted yet another group of importers for allegedly smuggling Chinese honey into the U.S.
Since September, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized more than 5 million pounds of intentionally mislabeled
Continue Reading Mislabeled Chinese Honey Leads to Criminal Busts
Experts in environmental health issues have teamed with major companies to warn food industries to exercise caution when using nano-sized, manmade creations as nutritional additives, flavorings, colorings, or anti-bacterial coatings for packaging.
The safety concerns raised by this rapidly evolving technology have yet to be fully understood, said a report
It’s become a tradition — or at least a habit — for Food Safety News to host virtual potlucks
on holidays as a way to share our favorite recipes and love of food,
and also to take a little break from writing about the potential risks
in what we eat.
Continue Reading Thanksgiving Potluck: Gorgonzola and Celery Soup
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn’t exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News.
The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled “honey.”
The removal of these microscopic particles from deep
Continue Reading Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Vaughn Bryant peered through the eye piece of his microscope, making infinitesimally small adjustments on the position of the slide beneath the lens.
“Nothing,” he said, and switched the slide for another.
“Again, nothing,” he said after about 40 seconds, and substituted another glass slide with
Continue Reading Top Pollen Detective Finds Honey a Sticky Business
Roasting is a novel way of cooking shrimp, which can then be used as an appetizer, or in a salad or on pasta, rice or grains.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. shrimp, large, peeled, deveined
½ cup olive oil
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp lemon zest
2 cloves garlic, minced
5 sprigs rosemary, fresh
1.5 Tbsp tarragon, fresh
6 sprigs thyme, fresh
A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of honey banned as unsafe in dozens of
Continue Reading Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
It wasn’t New York City inspectors nor the Food and Drug Administration that found that the nation’s best-known deli was selling lobster salad without the lobster, but a reporter from Cajun country.
I’m not the only one who has traveled hundreds of miles to get to Zabar’s, the Manhattan Mecca
Continue Reading Crawfish? Crayfish? Mud bugs? Call Them Anything But Lobster
It’s become a tradition at Food Safety News to take a break on major holidays by hosting a virtual potluck or picnic, held entirely online for our far-flung staff.
So we’re celebrating Independence Day 2011 by once again sharing our dishes – Mary’s farmers’ market veg dip, Cookson’s
