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Speaking of Monsanto, it looks like they're in full retreat from a new generation of GMO corn in Europe -- and, from where I sit,it's hard to imagine that this retreat wouldn't raise questions about GM corn products in the US, too. Via GMWatch on Twitter:
and from CheckBiotech Read more...
From the CDC website:
Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.
So enjoy that bacon this morning, peeps.
UPDATE: I love it that the top search string for this post is "Can I get swine flu from bacon?" Not pork. Not ham. Bacon.
Check out this terrific piece on last year's beef recall over at the Inland News (Riverside, CA) . The lede is the bottom line:
A year after the largest beef recall in U.S. history, the federal government has failed to recoup the costs, deliver a promised policy change or complete its investigation into who was to blame for the illegal abuse and slaughter of suffering cows at a Chino meat plant.
I know. You're shocked. Read more...
Fair Food Fight has confirmed that the Peanut Corporation of America, the company at the center of the nation's current, sprawling salmonella recall, was certified organic and that their certification was up to date.
PCA was certified for organic peanuts, organic cashews, and all organic peanut butters.
A spokesperson for OCIA stressed to Fair Food Fight on a phone call this morning that salmonella was not necessarily tied to any of PCA's certified organic products and that the company had vountarily recalled the organic peanut butter. Read more...
A salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 400 people in 42 states (no deaths) has been traced to an industrial-sized tub of peanut butter, and, once again, it's the Minnesota Department of Health notching another solved outbreak in its belt. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
Officials from the state Department of Health said late Friday that the salmonella bacteria found in 30 Minnesotans believe to have been sickened by eating King Nut brand creamy peanut butter has the same genetic fingerprint as the salmonella bacteria found in 400 sick people in 42 states.
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Kirk Smith [pictured here] , supervisor of food-borne diseases at the state Department of Health, said the clue in this outbreak was that many of the Minnesotans who became ill had eaten in institutional settings. That included nursing homes, schools and colleges, he said.
Specifically, they were eating peanut butter from the wittily named King Nut which distributes peanut butter for the much less wittily named Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), whose presser, at their website, is already laying down the company's legal defense:
From The Wall Street Journal:
Food Giants Scrutinize Chinese Suppliers
I love it. Melamine contamination in the crap-food spewing out of China has been in the news for well over a year and a half, but: Read more...
