Philippines: Tainted Peanut Butter Factory Suspended

After the China "tainted milk" issue and the Ebola Reston virus found in Philippine swine. The Department of Health has again discovered a new health threat to Filipinos.Salmonella. "Health Secretary Francisco...

Breakthrough as peanut allergy is cured with peanuts

A research project in the UK has treated children suffering with peanut allergy with peanuts and seems to have cured them. Other studies have tried this approach usually injecting small amounts of peanut material...

The Maggots in Your Mushrooms

"You are what you eat" –right?––After reading this alarming report, I'll never be able to buy packaged / processed foods again! This information is relevant to all of us everywhere around the world, since most packaged foods are made up of 'imported and local' produce....

Peanut Corporation of America files for bankruptcy

The peanut processing firm at the centre of a fatal salmonella outbreak in the United States has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.  The move comes after the outbreak was traced back to one of the...

Dead rodents, excrement in peanut butter plant lead to recall

The Texas Department of State Health Services today ordered the recall of all peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America's plant in Plainview, Texas, when it was discovered that dead rodents, rodent...

Peanut Co's Stewart Parnell Pleads the Fifth in Salmonella Query

The owner of the Peanut Corporation of America, which is currently at the centre of a federal investigation after a massive salmonella outbreak was called before Congress today but pleaded the Fifth Amendment and...

FDA website lists all FDA recalls including peanut butter

There are a few websites that update and list the ongoing recalls by the FDA for foods that have been found to be harmful. The Food and Drug Administration website lists all recalls, withdrawals and alerts within the last 60 days; the latest being an FDA peanut butter...

Architect Of Carter Presidency, Hamilton Jordan, Dies

Architect Of Carter Presidency, Hamilton Jordan, Dies Hamilton Jordan, 63, a fun-loving political operative who helped propel a virtually unknown politician from the Georgia statehouse to the White House, died last night at his home in Atlanta, close friends said.  He...

An eighth-grader boy charged of felony

"An eighth-grader (13 years old) from Morton Middle School is accused in putting crumbled cookies, made of peanut butter, into the lunch box of another eight-grader, suffering from severe peanuts allergy."

Feds Bust Marijuana-Laced Snack Factory

"SAN FRANCISCO — Federal agents said Thursday that they shut down a factory that made marijuana-laced barbecue sauce, chocolate-covered pretzels and other “enhanced” snacks intended for medical users of...

Family sues over tainted peanut butter

Finally this family will receive some recompense for suffering allegedly caused by this young girl's favourite snack, in what might turn out to be another victory for consumers. "INDIANAPOLIS - When Krystina...

Leftovers: A Post-Corgi Interview with Mark McGowan

London-based performance artist Mark McGowan was kind enough to do an brief email interview with me; the transcript is as follows.jordan: What aspects of fox hunting bothers you to the extent that you'd choose to...

Life is good®

"Take Me Out to the Ballpark for Summer Fun Life is good at Fenway celebrates summer fun and good old-fashioned Americana at the nation's favorite ballpark. A crowd of 20,000 will enjoy a field of dreams day...

Walk a Mile in These Shoes: Congress Reps Living on Food Stamps

US Congressional Representatives Tim Ryan and Jim McGovern have agreed to subsist on food stamps for one week: they will have only US$21 to spend on food to last them for seven days. This works out to a buck per...

FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food

Sorry, but I'm on a major food safety thing today. Both this story from the Washington Post and the AP item about an overwhelmed FDA (see below) are growing evidence of a public that is growing increasingly...

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