October 2009

Let Them Eat Ammonia

by bdunn on October 28, 2009

in Be Afraid, Big Ag

As if you needed more evidence that the Food and Drug Administration is, to put it kindly, run almost by accident, there’s this: Starting in spring 2011, sales of fresh, live oysters from Texas, Louisiana and Florida will be prohibited from May to October unless they are processed after harvest, an FDA official told the [...]

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Welcome To The Sausage Factory

by bdunn on October 4, 2009

in Be Afraid, Big Ag, Factory Food

The New York Times traces one of the numerous batches of hamburger that has severely injured and killed Americans over the past three years and, guess what? When Cargill sells you choice Angus beef, they sometimes throw in a little ammonia for free: The frozen hamburgers that the Smiths ate, which were made by the [...]

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