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WIth the nation still trying to comprehend the gross negligence of the Peanut Corporation of America, the breadth of the salmonella outbreak, and the intense vulnerability of the US food supply, we're seeing irradiation creeping again and again into the news. Read more...
Danny Robbins of the AP expands on the story ("Org. Inspector Axed For Filing Lame Report on Peanut Corporation of America") that we broke here at Fair Food Fight, Feb. 13th:
Inspector failed to flag salmonella-linked plant
A Texas agriculture inspector failed to note that a peanut plant at the center of a national salmonella outbreak was operating without a state health department license, despite at least three visits in the years before hundreds of people got sick, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press. Read more...
Honey is a lynchpin ingredient. Pull it out of the food supply, and a variety of diets start wobbling and staggering. Vegetarians, whole foods enthusiasts, most kids, cartoon bears, and even some vegans would be hard-pressed to maintain their diets if it weren't for honey.
It's a very simple food, after all. Bees make honey. Beekeeper collects it. The honey gets bottled. End of story right? Read more...
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...
Peanut execs refuse to eat their own product when asked by Rep. Greg Walden (R - OR) to do so.
(El Dragón hates to recommend cable news in any form, but maybe YouTube makes it slightly more palatable?)
Peanut execs refuse to eat their own product when asked by Rep. Greg Walden (R - OR) to do so.
(El Dragón hates to recommend cable news in any form, but maybe YouTube makes it slightly more palatable?)
The uninspected Peanut Corp of America facility in Texas warrants much additional investigation!
The Texas plant was closed Monday night. Salmonella was found in samples the government took previously from the plant.
Again, let us look back in time with the Internet Archive: Read more...
Lawmakers are looking into the national salmonella outbreak and vowing to press for stronger food safety laws and more money for inspections.
"To say that food safety in this country is a patchwork system is giving it too much credit. It is a hit or miss gamble, and that is truly frightening," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, which was holding a hearing on the outbreak Thursday. "It's time to find the gaps in the system and remedy them." 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...
The media plays a huge role in how Americans process something as widespread as a national food-borne outbreak. At Fair Food Fight, we want to monitor how news outlets are covering the story, so we thought we'd make a game of it. So here it is: Our First Ever Link-Drinking Game!
Here's how we play.
If you read a news story or editorial online that suggests America should consider irradiating its food supply in the wake of the current salmonella oubreak, post the link here and make El Dragón drink!
Rules below the fold:
