Early this year H.R. 2751, the Food & Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, was signed into law. Among other things, this law for the first time gives the FDA the actual authority to order that tainted food be recalled, instead of nagging food factory owners into “voluntarily” shutting down production when that which they [...]
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These are home-grown tomatoes. They are soft, wrinkled and contain the occasional blemish. They are naturally ripened, delicious and full of vitamins and nutrients. I sprouted them from saved seeds, transplanted them (twice), picked off the bugs, provided them a chemical-free environment in my back yard and harvested them. No human beings were exploited or [...]
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Rising gas prices not-so-coincidentally have fueled a big increase in the cost of food, especially produce, and especially tomatoes, as a late freeze knocked out a significant portion of the Mexican tomato crop. How bad is it? It’s so bad that a gang of thieves set up a fake long-distance trucking company, waited for the [...]
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Some kind of shit (perhaps literally) has seeped into grocery store spinach – again. This time, Fresh Express has recalled nearly 3,000 cases of 9-ounce bags of fresh spinach because random testing found Salmonella in the salad greens. Salmonella can give you the runs and make you barf. The bacterium often is spread through contact [...]
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Here are today’s three reasons why it’s better to buy your food from local growers/producers than it is to get your food from companies who buy it cheap from other countries, then ship it across the continent (or the planet) to a store in your town, which then jacks up the price to cover shipping [...]
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Hey kids! Please don’t eat the cute ginger bread house your parents bought at Whole Foods, because it might make you puke your guts out: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 24, 2010 – Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling assembled Ginger Bread Houses sold in, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, [...]
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In the wake of an investigation into five food-poisoning deaths and five more illnesses, the Texas Department of State Health Services forced a San Antonio food processor to shut down its plant and recall all chopped celery and other products processed there since January. SanGar Fresh Cut Produce distributes its products throughout much of Texas [...]
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