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S.510
The people have spoken – and they want safer food
Consumers Union poll finds 80% of Americans want Congress to pass food safety legislation immediately.
Categories: FDA, Food Safety, Recalls
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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?
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety
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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.
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Organics, Recalls, Regulators
Tags: Eric Schlosser, S.510
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
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Imports, Regulators
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Food Safety Bill Coming To Vote Soon
Food Safety Attorney Bill Marler’s blog is reporting that S.510 has been scheduled for a vote.
Categories: Food Safety
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As Public Pressure Mounts Will Senate Act?
Accusations of negligence of against a Nevada based food flavor company has fueled a growing chorus of newspapers, non-profits, and activists are calling for the Senate to enact common sense food safety measures.
Categories: FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
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Another Company Knowingly Sells Contanimated Food
Just after the year anniversary of peanut company PCA knowingly selling salmonella tainted food another company is caught.
Categories: FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
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CU Activist Peter Hurley Fighting Hard for Food Safety
After almost losing his son Peter Hurley became a fierce advocate for food safety.
Categories: FDA, Food Safety, Salmonella
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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.
Categories: E. Coli, FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Organics, Pesticides, Salmonella, USDA
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CU Food Activist’s Op-Ed In The Portland Press Herald
Tammy Morrill a victim of peanut butter poisoning and now an activist for stronger food safety was featured in Maine’s largest paper.
Categories: FDA, Food Contaminants, Food Safety, Salmonella
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