In reaction to the ongoing multistate E. coli beef outbreak, which has sickened 25 and caused two deaths, Representative George Miller (D-CA) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch
The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is getting into common foods at unsafe levels according to a recent study by Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.
Consumers Union found that almost
In response to the current multi-state E. coli outbreak traced to ground beef from Fairbank Farms in Ashville, New York, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is placing
Consumers Unio
n, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, and the Food Animals Concern Trust (FACT), a Chicago-based animal welfare organization, presented a petition signed by 37,000 people to
Critically acclaimed author Jonathan Safran Foer published an opinion piece on CNN Wednesday tying the eating of animals to the high incidence of foodborne illness.
“Why aren’t more people
CSI Miami-Bad Seed
Air Date-10/19/2009
Full Episode-43.26
Take Two
The Corn Belt is not exactly rising up against CBS, but that “Bad Seed” episode on CSI Miami
Fishermen in the oyster business are not pleased with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) announcement that it will reformulate its policy on processing raw oysters
Yesterday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Obama Administration’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which addresses Federal Child Nutrition Programs.
The Child Nutrition Act reauthorization
Amidst the ongoing health care reform circus and a busy legislative agenda, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) took time to hold a hearing on food
CSI Miami-Bad Seed
Air Date-10/19/2009
Full Episode-43.26
With a deadly but unnamed strain of E. coli starring in the world’s most popular TV show, we had
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) series of hearings on the proposed marketing agreement for leafy green vegetables is drawing to an end this week.
The proposed
Foodborne illness victims and their families gathered at the White House after lobbying the Senate to pass FDA food safety reform legislation in early October; the White House recently cleared