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E. Coli
Years after food poisoning, effects still felt every day
We often think of food poisoning victims as people who spent a pretty bad week within close proximity to a bathroom, but then got past the gastric discomfort and on with their lives. But the truth is that a pathogen like E. coli or Salmonella can cause devastating and long-lasting effects on a body and a Continue Reading
Have you heard the one about the food safety bill?
Q: What do you call a bill that’s been languishing in the Senate so long it might just die there?
Food, Inc.’s Eric Schlosser, Consumers Union Urge Senate to Pass Food Safety Bill
Safe and sustainable: we need our food to be both, and nowhere has the case been made better than in the Academy Award-nominated documentary, Food, Inc.
This Week’s Recall Recap
Breaking news on Kellogg cereal, plus thousands of pounds of beef products recalled this week.
Food safety: Are some farms and processors too small to fail?
The reopening of my neighborhood farmers’ market two weeks ago felt like a turn to heaven after months in supermarket purgatory. Irregularly shaped lettuce! Fish caught yesterday! Milk in glass bottles! With these fine products in mind, a recent guest editorial in the Lansing Michigan paper grabbed my attention. “Shouldn’t Mom be allowed to sell her apple Continue Reading
CU Activist Featured On NPR’s The Story
Peter Hurley, whose son Jacob almost died from food poisoning, is featured on NPR’s The Story. Listen. It will make you want to call your Senator today.
Food Safety Reporter Wins 2010 Pulitzer Prize
Michael Moss and members of The New York Times Staff won the 2010 Pulitzer for relentlessly covering food safety issues.
Chi Tribune Article on E. coli in Beef
beef, e. coli, usda
Tests of Packaged Greens Reveal High Level of Bacteria; Are Organic or Loose Greens Clean?
Consumers Union recently tested bagged leafy greens and found bacteria in many samples, in some cases at rather high levels. A question that quickly comes to mind is whether organic salad greens, loose greens, or leafy greens from farmers’ markets, are cleaner or carry less risk of carrying pathogens like Salmonella or E. coli O157:H7.
Author Of “Fast Food Nation” To Speak At CU Summit
Eric Schlosser, journalist and author of the ground breaking book “Fast Food Nation”, is confirmed to speak to attendees of the Consumers Union 2010 Summit.
