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Food law, regulation, government advisories and the legal fights over what reaches your plate.
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PCRM to Heart Attack Grill: Shut It Down
PCRM wrote to the Heart Attack Grill urging it to close or remake its menu after a customer eating a Triple Bypass Burger was hospitalized and the restaurant's 575-pound spokesman, Blair River, died of pneumonia at 29. The letter drew national coverage.
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Organic Group Challenged to Remove Former Board President/Speaker
The Cornucopia Institute asked the Natural Foods Expo to cancel a fundraiser speech by pediatrician Alan Greene, alleging he helped mislead the USDA's organic standards board into approving Martek's synthetic nutritional oils without disclosing financial conflicts.
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The Hidden Email the White House Hopes to Keep Under Wraps
Activist Adam Eidinger raised Roundup and GM crops at Monsanto's 2012 shareholder meeting. The White House has refused a PEER freedom of information request for an email a Monsanto-linked lobbyist sent a top Obama policy analyst, and a judge dismissed organic growers' patent suit.
Legal Actions
CSPI Intends Litigation Unless Company Drops Deception
CSPI says it will sue Amway unless the company stops claiming its Nutrilite Twist Tubes deliver two servings of fruits and vegetables or boost immunity. The group notes the Strawberry Kiwi flavor contains neither fruit, and both lines are sweetened with sucralose.
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Expert: Texas cattle producers should remain de-stocked despite recent rainfall (PR)
Texas AgriLife Extension forage specialist Larry Redmon told the Blackland Income Growth Conference that beef producers should stay de-stocked after the drought: pastures need three to four inches of rain a month and up to a year to recover. He also flagged weeds and grasshoppers.
Advisories
Consumers to Receive Timely Food Safety Alerts Through State Twitter Feeds
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service launched state-specific Twitter feeds carrying recalls of meat, poultry and processed egg products, plus advice on keeping food safe during severe weather. Eight states went live first, with feeds for all states and territories due in early March.
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Farmer's market
EWG Action Fund asks readers to press their representatives to co-sponsor the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act from Rep. Chellie Pingree and Sen. Sherrod Brown, arguing the federal farm bill has long been written to benefit agribusiness and industrial-scale farms.
Advisories
Key Nutrition Information for Most Popular Meat and Poultry Products Coming to a Store Near You
Under a new FSIS rule, packages of ground or chopped meat and poultry now carry nutrition facts panels, and 40 popular whole raw cuts must show calorie, total fat and saturated fat figures on the label or on display in the store.
Advisories
Be a Food Safe Office Mate: Help Keep the Office Refrigerator Clean
An FDA food-safety educator's tips for the shared office refrigerator: keep it at 40F or below and the freezer at 0F, check with appliance thermometers, throw out perishables weekly, treat cooked leftovers as good for four days, and wipe spills immediately.
Legal Actions
Judge Sides with Monsanto in Lawsuit
Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto on February 24. Daniel Ravicher, lead attorney for the 81 plaintiffs, called the ruling flawed on both the facts and the law and said they will take it to the Court of Appeals.
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Fast-food menu calorie counts legally compliant but not as helpful to consumers as they should be
A Columbia nursing study of 200 menu items at Harlem fast-food chains found most calorie postings met New York City's labeling law but were not useful: shared items required complex math, and calories could double depending on flavor without enough detail to make a healthier choice.
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FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn Hosts Chinese Food and Drug Delegation from Hubei Province
Benjamin England and Rick Quinn of FDAImports.com briefed a delegation of food and drug officials from China's Hubei Province at a five-hour training event in Chantilly, Virginia, covering import law, labeling and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Advisories
Challenge Yourself to Cook It Safe! Tips for Cooking with a Microwave or Conventional Oven
USDA's Diane Van urges cooks to follow package directions exactly, since many convenience foods only look ready to eat. She warns that microwaves leave cold spots where bacteria survive and that an oven below the recommended wattage needs longer cooking.
Law & Regulations
How to register food processing facility with FDA
Step-by-step FDA instructions for registering a food processing facility under the Bioterrorism and Response Act of 2002, covering how to create an account at access.fda.gov and complete the Food Facility Registration Module to receive a registration number.
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Do you care where your food comes from?
An EWG Action Fund appeal urging readers to tell Congress, as the 2012 farm bill is written, to steer money toward organic and local farming and affordable healthy food, noting that nearly $400 million went to recipients living in cities in 2010.
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The Major Cause of Breast Cancer Almost Everyone Ignores
FDA secretly monitored the personal email of nine of its scientists and doctors who had warned Congress that the agency was approving risky medical devices, including cancer screening equipment; six are now suing. Mercola ties this to his case that mammography's harms are downplayed.
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New Jersey Threatened with Mandatory Water Fluoridation – Science, Costs & Residents Ignored
The Fluoride Action Network says New Jersey bills S-959 and A-1811 would require cities to fluoridate public water. FAN's Paul Connett calls the mandate unfunded, puts start-up costs at an estimated $5 billion, and argues that fluoride's benefits are topical.
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