The Environmental Working Group ranks produce by pesticide residue, naming apples, celery and strawberries the most contaminated and onions, sweet corn and pineapple the cleanest, while stressing that eating conventional produce beats eating none.
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PHILADELPHIA Wholesale Produce Market Open for Business (PR)
The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market opened its 700,000-square-foot refrigerated facility on Essington Avenue, housing 26 merchants and serving customers within 500 miles. Its cold chain system is meant to hold temperature and extend shelf life; the old market closed on June 2, 2011.
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Food Labels Are Serious Business
FDA's Howard Seltzer recounts two botulism cases in which shoppers left soup labeled KEEP REFRIGERATED out for a day or a week, reheated it, tasted it and were hospitalized. He urges readers to treat handling instructions on food labels as binding.
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Kiss the Cook & The Farmer Too (Event)
An invitation to a $150-a-ticket farm-to-table benefit evening at Hillside Gardens in Mill Valley, California, for Kiss the Cook & The Farmer Too, a 13-part public television series on cooking and sustainable agriculture, with local food, live music and a preview of the pilot.
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Fox Packaging Launches new web site highlighting benefits of their packaging line (PR)
A press release announcing Fox Packaging's new website, foxbag.com, which details its CLAF mesh and poly/mesh produce bag lines and adds a link for reordering.
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Savings News May 01, 2001
A promotional listing of retailer coupon codes and discounts, covering mattresses and bedframes, Mother's Day sales, meal-delivery plans, a press release service and cell phone offers.
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Deals from Best Buy
A roundup of Best Buy promotions on cameras, camcorders, computers, GPS units, appliances, games, music and movies, including an online-only Easter sale.
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Newegg deals and promotions
A list of Newegg.com promotions with prices, rebates, promo codes and expiry dates, covering televisions, security software, a home theater system, laser printers, a network camera, a video card, a shaver and a steam cleaner.
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Deals, savings, coupons for the day
A roundup of retail promotions, covering Newegg.ca processor and HDTV prices, a GlassesShop coupon code, a one-day Groupon offer on a General Mills sampler pack, and Cellhut phone deals.
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Hint Water Product Review
A review of Hint Water, flavored faintly with watermelon, raspberry-lime and pomegranate-tangerine extracts and carrying no sweeteners, juice, calories or preservatives. The piece pairs its 'drink water, not sugar' pitch with CDC figures showing childhood obesity tripled over 30 years.
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What are some holiday shopping tips?
A roundup of US government holiday resources: gift ideas from USA.gov, shopping tips from the FTC, TSA guidance on packing food and gifts for air travel, and USPS pages for free boxes, printed postage and scheduled pickups.
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Key Restaurants join American Farmland Trust in kicking off dine for farms week (PR)
American Farmland Trust announced its first Dine Out for Farms week, October 10-16, 2010, with Founding Circle restaurants raising money for programs that protect farmland and support family farmers.
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Chocolate Toddler Formula Pulled After Sugar Uproar
Mead Johnson dropped its chocolate-flavored Enfagrow toddler drink, which carried 19 grams of sugar per serving, after parents and nutritionists protested. Mercola notes the product's first three ingredients are whole milk, nonfat milk and sugar, with vitamins and omega-3 added on top.
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Featured website: Grill Charms
Leslie Haywood's Charmed Life Products sells small charms that mark meat before grilling, with collections indicating doneness, spice level or personal preference, plus a pink series that gives 10 percent of proceeds toward finding a cure for breast cancer.
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Food Stamp Facts
The food stamp program is federally funded but run by state or local agencies. Everyone applying in a household must have or apply for a Social Security number and be a US citizen, national or qualified alien; immigrant categories exempt from a waiting period are listed.
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Get your Black Friday coupons via Yowza
Yowza's website was down, but people who already have its mobile coupon app can find Black Friday deals from newly added retailers including Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Hobby Lobby and ULTA. The app locates participating stores within 1 to 50 miles and shows a barcode the cashier scans.
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Kelloggs to back down on immunity claims in cereals
Kellogg said it will drop the claim that Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies help support a child's immunity, though the FDA had sent no warning. The company says it added vitamins A, B, C and E because parents asked for more positive nutrition, not because of swine flu.
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Announcement: Avery and Zazzle Contest: Recipe Binder Design-Off
A public-relations pitch inviting the site to promote Avery and Zazzle's Recipe Binder Design-Off contest, listing entry details, prize amounts and an offer of free promo codes.
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