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Exposed: Why You Should Boycott Farmed Salmon

  British Columbia’s pacific salmon, considered an essential species for the ecosystem, have been disappearing since the early 1990s. Biologist Alex Morton, who has followed and

Bacon and Food Safety

History of Bacon Bacon has an ancient history. The domestication of "pigs" (immature hogs) for food dates back to about 7000 B.C. in the Middle East. ...
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Sprouts: What You Should Know

Sprouts: What You Should Know Do sprouts carry a risk of illness? Like any fresh produce that is consumed raw or lightly cooked, sprouts carry a risk ...
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Fatal Foodborne Clostridium perfringens Illness

Fatal Foodborne Clostridium perfringens Illness at a State Psychiatric Hospital — Louisiana, 2010 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) August 17, 2012 / 61(32);605-608 Clostridium perfringens, the third most common ...
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What Do I Do Before and After Food Poisoning?

By Jim Kean     Many of us have, at one point or another in our lives, fallen victim to food poisoning.  It leaves you exhausted, cringing and ...
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New Resource to Help Protect Consumers from Pathogen Risks in Food and Water

Congressional and Public Affairs  Neil Gaffney  (202) 720-9113 WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Environmental Protection ...
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Americans Still Uninformed About “Pink Slime” and Food Processing in General, Says FDA Consultant

Columbia, MD “The public’s recent outcry to have ‘pink slime’ removed from grocery store ground meat comes from gross-out images on the internet and not from ...
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Resolve to Be Food Safer in the New Year

Posted January 03, 2012 |  By Howard Seltzer, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Some people don’t take food poisoning very seriously. Maybe that’s because ...
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Don’t Let Yersiniosis Spoil Your Holidays!

Posted December 29, 2011 |  by Maribel Alonso, Bilingual Information Specialist, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service The holidays are a cherished time of year, when you ...
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Holiday food safety tips

Holiday food safety tips Posted December 16, 2011 |  By Howard Seltzer, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition The holiday season is a time for celebration ...
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