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Turnip Out is Fair Play FDA issues voluntary produce-safety guidelines |
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16 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Turnip Out is Fair Play FDA issues voluntary produce-safety guidelines If you've shied away from spinach since last year's widespread E. coli outbreak, this should give you comfort: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued voluntary guidelines this week to help keep fresh-cut produce safe. What, the "voluntary" part gives you pause? Pshaw. Pointing out that voluntary guidelines for pro ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news (all these topics) |
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To Catch a Leaf FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach |
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05 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| To Catch a Leaf FBI raids companies linked to E. coli-tainted spinach Federal agents raided two produce plants in Salinas Valley, Calif., yesterday, as part of a criminal investigation into whether they violated food-safety and environmental laws in distributing E. coli-tainted spinach. The FBI and the Food and Drug Administration executed search warran ... |
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| Topics: California, Federal Bureau of Investigation, food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news (all these topics) |
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Up the Arsenic Chicken with arsenic a daily part of American diet |
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05 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Up the Arsenic Chicken with arsenic a daily part of American diet You may be getting a significant dose of poison with your Chick'n Stix. Arsenic is a U.S. government-sanctioned supplement to chicken feed -- it's used to kill parasites and promote growth -- despite being a known carcinogen and being implicated in other illnesses. Although the average American's chicken consumption has incre ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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