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FDA Announces Core Network to Respond to Food-Borne Illness By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 27 2011 New coordinated response to scary food contamination. + READ MORE

US Marshals Seize Foods in Rodent-Infested NC Warehouse By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 8 2011 Yuck. Rodent infestation and serious contamination. + READ MORE

Are Huge Meat Recalls Scaring You Vegetarian? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 20 2011 Widespread meat contamination a sign of the times? + READ MORE

The Debt Deal Threatens to Put a Hurting on Food Safety By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 14 2011 What will the debt deal do to our nation's food safety? + READ MORE

Lawmakers Give FDA Pushback on GE Salmon By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 4 2011 A bipartisan effort to stop GE salmon from approval. + READ MORE

SC Raw Milk Producer Fights Back to FDA Foodborne Claim By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 29 2011 Is raw milk safe? What's your take? + READ MORE

Indentured Servitude in America's Tomato Fields By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 14 2011 Is that tomato you're about to sink your teeth into contributing to slavery in our tomato fields. + READ MORE

Mystery Unfolding, Is the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak Really Linked to Bean Sprouts? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 6 2011 A scary sickness and a rush to pinpoint the cause. + READ MORE

Why is America One of the Only Industrialized Nations With No GMO Labeling? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jun 4 2011 What you don't know does hurt you sometimes. + READ MORE

Feds Crack Down on Amish Raw Milk Farmer in Sting Operation By Sara Novak IN Food & Health May 6 2011 That's right, the Feds be cracking down on this illicit illegal activity. He's violated a federal law by crossing state lines to distribute his raw milk. + READ MORE

European Fisherman Angry Over GMO Salmon 'Monster Fish' By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 29 2011 "We don't have any monster pigs in Europe, or monster cows, and there's no need for such a salmon." + READ MORE

USDA Moving to Deregulate Genetically Modified Plums By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 27 2011 USDA moves to deregulate GM plums. + READ MORE

Drug Resistant Salmonella Found in 55,000 Pounds of Turkey Burger By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 10 2011 This is what we've been scared of from the start. Drug resistant bacteria in the food we eat are about as bad as you can get, but the CDC says that's just what's happening. + READ MORE

Denmark Drastically Limits Antibiotics in Livestock: Here's Why By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Apr 4 2011 Sub therapeutic use of antibiotics is using them for any use other than sickness including fattening them up faster or to quell any sickness caused by cruel treatment or unhealthy living standards that could cause them to get sick in the future. Sub therapeutic use of antibiotics is under fire because scientists are finding that they cause the perfect breeding ground for drug resistant bacteria and the super bugs which are wreaking have started to show their frightening heads in Britain in the U.S. + READ MORE

The FDA May Change High Fructose Corn Syrup Name to Corn Sugar By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Mar 1 2011 The FDA is currently taking comments as to whether to change the name high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to corn sugar on its Web site. + READ MORE

American Heart Association Partnering With the Beef Industry By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Feb 23 2011 While lean beef is certainly healthier than regular beef with regards to heart health, the idea that the foremost authority on heart health would enter into a financial partnership with the beef industry and the government's tool for promoting it is somewhat disconcerting. + READ MORE

Endangered Right Whale Dies from Fishing Rope - But Nothing Being Done to Prevent it From Happening Again? By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 10 2011 As this whale illustrates more than any politician can, the world's oceans are in desperate need of better regulation. + READ MORE

USDA Allows GMO Sugar Beet Planting Even After a Landmark Court Decision Says No By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Feb 7 2011 The USDA most recently announced that farmers will be allowed to grow genetically modified sugar beets this season, "while it finishes work on a full environmental impact statement on the beets' effect on other crops and the environment." What? If you even think there may be a problem, why would you continue to make it worst? + READ MORE

Yikes! National Organic Program Removes Organic From Its Title By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 20 2011 The purview of the subcommittee has expanded to include nutrition programs and food stamps, and the word organic has been dropped from the name entirely. Is this a de-emphasis of the organic program? It's enough to oversee the entire organic program without to huge subgroups being added + READ MORE

7 Legislative Decisions Changing the Face of America's Food System By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 18 2011 For those that follow the politics of our nation's food system, it’s been an exciting year. New legislation, decisions, and rules handed down from the FDA, Congress, and other entities have the power to change the way an entire nation eats. This is a monumental time in the history of our food system. Even while corporations like Monsanto are attempting to patent the seeds we plant, more and more citizens are bucking up and saying not so fast. + READ MORE