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11/21/2018

10/24/2018

Dozens more breakfast foods test positive for trace amounts of w**d killer, report says - CNN http://ow.ly/tM0P30mm9C8

Dozens of common breakfast cereals and snack bars have trace amounts of a controversial herbicide found in the w**d killer Roundup, according to a report released today by an environmental advocacy group.

10/24/2018

This can't be good

Recently, there have been a rush of studies revealing how tiny pieces of plastic are making it into the environment, including in the fish and even the sal

10/04/2018

6.5 million pounds of beef recalled due to outbreak - CNN http://ow.ly/Y0OG30m6y1w

JBS Tolleson is recalling 6,500,966 pounds of various raw beef products after it was linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has caused 57 illnesses. Recalled products were sold under brand names Walmart, Cedar River Farms Natural Beef, Showcase and JBS Generic.

10/04/2018

Shouldn’t this have come way sooner? Chipotle Mexican Grill’s head of food safety to retire in 2019 http://ow.ly/DGfG30m5XNl

The head of Chipotle Mexican Grill's food safety will step down from his post and retire next year.

08/09/2018

With food-borne illnesses putting people in the hospital, it's reasonable to be concerned about what you're buying. But exactly how bad is it?

04/19/2018

Nothing causes more consumer confusion than the recall of a couple hundred million eggs by a significant producer. It brings out much befuddlement as retail egg buyers have to sort out Julian dates, brands, lot numbers, plant numbers and distribution channels. Worse than the confusion is that when p...

03/23/2018

Lab-grown meat: would you eat it?

Bill Gates and Richard Branson invested in Memphis Meats, a start-up that makes lab-grown meat alongside Tyson Foods and Cargill. It's a sector set to boom.

01/18/2018

‘Entire aisles are empty’: Whole Foods employees reveal why stores are facing a crisis of food shortages - Business Insider http://ow.ly/YtEC30hRd6l

A Whole Foods store in Houston. Whole Foods employees say stores are suffering from food shortages because of a newly implemented inventory-management system called order-to-shelf, or OTS. Whole Foods says the system reduces unnecessary inventory, lowers costs, and frees up employees to focus on cus...

01/05/2018

FDA issues new guidance to food industry amid recall criticism http://ow.ly/BarM30hAUkC

The US Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance to the food industry. The agency has been criticized recently over its response to food recalls.

01/05/2018

Stay away from romaine, Consumer Reports says - NBC News http://ow.ly/JAIl30hAIk0

People should stay away from romaine lettuce until the FDA and CDC get to the bottom of an outbreak of E. coli infections, Consumer Reports says.

01/03/2018

Why is so slow on food recalls? - USA TODAY http://ow.ly/vjqX30hy5Re

New report shows it can take up to 10 months to pull unsafe products off grocery shelves: Our view