food safety

Derek has updated the original article to demo Buzzfeeds responce (they removed all the site listings to items that turned out not in their favor/showed they were wrong/lied as the case may be). He also adds a new shorter blog on the general topic of additives/food safety and is planning some...

Horse perhaps? Pig? Apparently the suspect meat originated in the Netherlands and was processed at a number of plants in the UK and Ireland. More here, here and here.

'Toxic pesticides from GM food crops found in unborn babies' "...Traces of the toxin were found 93 per cent of the pregnant mothers and in 80 per cent of the umbilical cords. The research suggested the chemicals were entering the body through eating meat, milk and eggs from farm livestock...

http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/a-raw-political-fight-ron-paul-battles-the-fd the federal goverment considers raw milk an illegal substance just like heroin and marijuana. "help please i need the nanny state to make laws to protect me from dangerous animal by products :( " LMAO...

I am worried, though leery of these claims "anyone caught growing food without permission, even in their own backyard, could be charged with a criminal offense. " http://www.zagasi.com/senate-bill-510-a-major-danger-to-human-health-and-freedom/221082/...

How should produce from the grocery store be washed? Usually I just run fruit and vegetables under the tap, but it occurred to me that maybe that's not enough. I'm no germaphobe, and I generally don't buy organic, but I'm wondering if a quick water rinse is enough for something like an apple...

So in today's news, i saw where traces of mercury are reportedly being found in some high fructose corn syrup and their products. http://www.usnews.com/blogs/fresh-greens/2009/01/28/mercury-found-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup.html I've only found a couple references to it so far today, but they...

Who allowed toxic E. coli to poison America's spinach reserves? Why didn't the federal government act sooner to protect young children from exposure? Was there discrimination against a gay vegetable? How can we remedy the systemic disparity of food poisoning illness among women and...

The mention of a businesses right to serve unhealthy food to those who request it in the smoking thread got me thinking: how far should this right extend? For (an extreme) example, let me offer the following: Let's say I hate homeless people, and I want to get rid of them all. I get a whole...