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May 22, 2012
Bagged Salad Recall Expands Nationwide
OK, so maybe you shrugged your shoulders at yesterday's news about the FDA's warning on Korean shellfish. Fair enough. Not exactly an everyday purchase around these parts. Bagged salad, on the other hand... The FDA has announced that River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, California, has expanded its ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
FDA Warns on Korean Shellfish
The FDA has removed shellfish from Korea -- the official press release says Korea, not South Korea, in case you were wondering -- from its Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (or the ICSSL, as all the cool kids call it). Though noting that Korean molluscan shellfish "represents only a sma ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Fie! Dolor! Footlong Sandwiches Recalled
First, Gut Check apologizes for lodging a certain advertising earworm in your head. (any any any) Second, Gut Check passes along word from the FDA -- which is providing way too many news updates for us this week, frankly -- that M.E. Thompson Inc. has expanded a previously announced voluntarily r ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Q&A With Fast Food Nation Author Eric Schlosser, Win Tickets To See Him Speak
Eric Schlosser has taken on a variety of writing subjects in his time, from illegal immigration to marijuana to pornography, but he's best known for his sharp criticism of the fast food industry in his 2002 book Fast Food Nation. A proponent of the slow food movement, Schlosser tours the country sev ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
Raw Yellowfin Tuna Linked to Salmonella, Recalled
A California company has voluntarily recalled 58,828 pounds of frozen raw yellowfin tuna associated with an outbreak of salmonella. According to the FDA, as of Friday, April 13, this oubtreak has sickened more than 100 people across twenty states and Washington, D.C., including Illinois (ten cases) ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
World's Awesomest Wine Goblet Recalled
Gut Check has always scoffed at those dedicated oenophiles who buy stemware that has been designed for one or two specific kinds of wine, like this Riedel beaut for Burgundy -- or, pardon us, for Burgundy grand cru -- which will set you back a cool $125 each. Can this "beautiful monster" truly "tak ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Cilantro Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination
Image viaPacific Marketing International, a California firm, and the FDA on Friday announced a recall of cilantro for possible contamination with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported as of yet, but a sample of the Pacific-branded cilantro did test positive for Salmonella.The FDA has yet to ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Black Licorice Threat Explained Via Taiwanese Animation
Robin WheelerBlack licorice whips of death and doom. Are your children dizzy today? Prone to fainting? Gasping for breath, clutching their chests or too weak to brush the fecal-looking smears of chocolate from their mouths? It might not be the plain ol' post-Halloween sugar crash. If your n ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Mexican Papayas
Ninety-seven cases of salmonella in 23 states have been linked to Mexican papayas, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Missouri has reported three cases of the illness, and Illinois' reported seven. The suspect papayas were sold whole before July 23 under the brand names Yaya, Blondie, M ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
3 Reasons Why Medical Marijuana is Junk Science, According to Feds
Medical marijuana: You're outta here!On Friday the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services at long last responded to an 11-year-old petition that asked the federal government to reconsider its stance on the use of medical marijuana. The ruling last week likely won't encourage Missouri to jo ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Summer Treats and Meats Recalled
fda.govDole Italian Blend salad recalled for possible contamination.It's been a busy few days at the FDA and USDA, recalling lots of potentially contaminated goods. It's salad season! Unless you've got a potentially-tainted bag of salad in your fridge. Some 2,880 cases of Dole Italian Blend ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Poll: Which New FDA Cigarette Warning is Most Disgusting?
A warning we like to call "Ol' Zipper Chest."If you haven't heard yet, yesterday the FDA announced new health warnings that will cover approximately half of all cigarette packaging beginning in September 2012. The warnings range from the emotional -- images of babies surrounded by smoke and peopl ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Comment of the Day: Cigarette Warnings Need More Pop
Today's comment comes in response to our poll asking readers to pick the most disgusting new FDA warnings on cigarette packaging. None of the labels scared reader Douche McGee who writes: These will do nothing to stop smoking. The only way to stop smoking would be to have random packs explode, and ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Grape Tomatoes, Canned Seafood Get Nasty
Gray's Harbor Public Market Who doesn't love a good seafood salad with tangy little grape tomatoes? The human gastrointestinal tract, that's who, especially if that salad's made with the canned seafood the FDA's just recalled. Quinault Tribal Enterprise in Washington State has recalled al ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
More Restrictions on Reproductive Health Move Forward in the House
Not if the pharmacist doesn't want you to have them.Today in Jefferson City, Missouri representatives added language to a bill that places more hurdles in front of women seeking legal abortions, in addition to fettering their access to emergency contraception.The bill, HCS HB 28, first came befor ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Circuit Court Ruling Puts Raw Milk Cheesemaker Out of Business
image viaThe Cheese House at Morningland of the Ozarks is no more.The battle over raw-milk cheese has come home to Missouri. On Tuesday the Howell County Circuit Court upheld a ruling by the Missouri State Milk Board that Morningland of the Ozarks, a dairy in Mountain View, would have to dest ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Video: A New Food Rule from the FDA
From the new show based on The Onion, via Eater, an FDA official has some helpful advice (NSFW language, though bleeped):
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Sprout Recall Hits Illinois Farm Despite Lack of Evidence.
The Los Angeles Times reports yet another alfalfa sprout salmonella contamination scare. This time the sprouts are from Tiny Greens Organic Farm in nearby Urbana, Illinois. Farm owner Bill Bagby Jr. said that samples tested from his farm were clean. The FDA's results are the same, but interviews wit ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Egg Recall Could Boost Food Safety Legislation
Egg recall could give momentum to food safety legislation. CNN reports that the massive recall has given new life to the bill that stalled in the Senate last year. The bill would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to order recalls and shut down unsafe food production facilities. Ever ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2010
Are The 10 Riskiest Foods Worth the Risk?
Image viaDelicious! Deadly?The Center for Science in the Public Interest has released a new report ranking the ten "riskiest" foods regulated by the FDA (link PDF) based on the number of outbreaks linked to each particular food. Those who have followed all the salmonella, E. coli and other outbre ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2010
The Morning Brew: 6.9
How to spot oil-tainted seafood? The nose knows. Slashfood reports that, in an effort to find a cost-effective way to keep products ruined by the BP oil disaster from reaching customers, the FDA and NOAA are busy training seafood inspectors on how to detect oil by smelling the fish. The Atlantic v ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
The Morning Brew: 4.8
The government thinks the FDA needs to step up food inspections. Despite a rash of recalls in the past six years, the FDA has inspected less than half of the organizations it regulates with the number dropping annually. The food safety legislation currently in Congress would provide more resources ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
The Morning Brew: 3.31
Yep, the morning brew's tardy again. Can you say "dentist appointment"? Can you say it with Novacain Mouth? Let's just get started, shall we? Even as Eat Me Daily reports that a Wisconsin legislative committee has approved a bill that would legalize the sale of raw milk, the Wall Street Journal wr ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
The Morning Brew: Friday, 10.23
White wine is bad for teeth and in vitro fertilization. (BBC, The Telegraph)So long, cashiers. British grocery chain introduces self-service store. (The Daily Mail)Microbrewery beats big beverage company in court. (WCAX-TV)Oregon soy company in trouble with FDA. (The Oregonian)The worst re ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 6.30
More on the expanding recall of E. coli-tainted meat from a Colorado company. (CNN)The FDA confirms E. coli in Nestlé Toll House cookie dough. (Time)Los Angeles bloggers expose the non-vegan ingredients used at vegan restaurants. An impressive report. (Quarry Girl)
Blogs
May 8, 2009
The Morning Brew: Friday, 5.8
Margaret Hamburg, the Obama administration's nominee to head the FDA, has a positive reception before a Senate committee. (New York Times) The number of people facing hunger in the world will number one billion this year, according to a new report. (Bloomberg) KFC suspends its free chicken pro ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 5.7
The FDA isn't keeping up with its audit of state-level food-safety inspections. (USA Today)KFC wasn't prepared for the onslaught of customers with coupons from Oprah for free grilled chicken -- but there were no "riots." (AP)ABC News claims to have identified our favorite "recession foods."
Blogs
April 3, 2009
The Morning Brew: Friday, 4.3
The FDA looks at a New York processing plant in the pistachio salmonella case. (AP)In spite of multiple problems involving peanuts, the FDA still hasn't strengthened its safety requirements for the legume. (Washington Post)A new study from Johns Hopkins suggests that drink calories are harder to she ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2009
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 3.10
A Minnesota company is the first to sell an E. coli vaccine for cattle. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)The FDA wants a better way to find the source of salmonella outbreaks. (AP)U.S. consumers are changing how they shop for meat, looking for sales and stocking up. (Supermarket News)
Blogs
February 4, 2009
CDC Goes New-Media Crazy over Salmonella Outbreak
www.cdc.gov Regular Gut Check readers know that the recall of peanut-butter products possibly contaminated by salmonella has dominated the food-news headlines these past few weeks. Now the CDC, FDA and the Department of Health and Human Services are turning to so-called new media to convey the lates ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2009
FDA: Don't Eat That Peanut Butter!
The FDA today advised consumers not to eat peanut butter or products containing peanut butter unless they are certain that it did not come from the Peanut Corp. of America, which has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened over 400 and may be responsible for six deaths. (CNN)
Blogs
January 8, 2009
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 1.8
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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October 29, 2008
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 10.29
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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September 19, 2008
The Morning Brew: Friday, 9.19
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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June 30, 2008
The Morning Brew: Monday, 6.30
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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June 16, 2008
The Morning Brew: Monday, 6.16
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
June 10, 2008
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 6.10
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
April 22, 2008
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 4.22
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
February 5, 2008
Today's Food News
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
January 30, 2008
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 1.30
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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January 15, 2008
The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 1.15
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
October 10, 2007
The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 10/10
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
September 19, 2007
The Morning Grog: Wednesday, 9/19
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
August 29, 2007
FDA and FTC Tell Monsanto to Quit Bellyaching (Part 2)
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
August 9, 2007
The Morning Brew: Thursday, 8/9
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
August 3, 2007
Food Safety Update
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
July 30, 2007
Small Plates: Monday, 7/30
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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June 29, 2007
Small Plates: Friday, 6/29
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
Blogs
April 4, 2007
rBST and Monsanto: The Corporate Teat
In today's news: a salmonella outbreak, listing food additives made from bugs and the restaurant scene in New Orleans.
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November 8, 2000
Hold Those Cheers for the FDA
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