An Ohio State analysis for the Produce Safety Project puts the yearly U.S. health cost of acute foodborne illness at $152 billion, with about $39 billion of that traced to fresh, canned and processed produce.
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From School Lunches to Antibiotics, Consumer Are Handing Agribusiness its Lunch
Michael Taylor, who legalized bovine growth hormone during an earlier FDA stint, angered agribusiness as deputy commissioner of foods by not warning it that the FDA would back a bill limiting farm antibiotics. rBGH milk is already out at Wal-Mart, Kroger, Costco and Chicago public schools.
Advisories
USDA Offers Food Safety Tips In Preparation for Tsunami Warnings
With tsunami warnings issued for American Samoa, Guam and Hawaii after Chile's earthquake, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service offered outage advice: keep appliance thermometers at 0F and 40F, freeze water and perishables in advance, and line up dry ice and coolers.
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Company Research On Genetically Modified Foods Is Rigged
Mercola recounts how a 2004 British Food Journal study reporting shoppers preferred GM corn was staged: the non-GM bin carried a sign asking “Would you eat wormy sweet corn?” Reporter Stuart Laidlaw described the setup, and ethicist Richard Jennings called the study flagrant fraud.
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USDA joins national collaborative on childhood obesity research (PR)
USDA joined the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research, launched in 2009 by NIH, CDC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and will coordinate its research with them. Its efforts include about $25 million in NIFA competitive grants in 2010.
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USDA program expected to feed 5 million children this year (PR)
USDA will donate more than 100,000 tons of commodities worth nearly $170 million in fiscal 2010 under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education program, feeding more than 4.8 million children in 18 developing countries, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.
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Organic livestock
The National Organic Program's Access to Pasture rule requires organic ruminants to graze daily through the grazing season, taking at least 30 percent of dry matter intake from pasture over at least 120 days, alongside 100 percent organic feed and no growth hormones or routine animal drugs.
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APEC to hold Ministerial Meeting on Food Security (PR)
APEC senior officials meeting in Hiroshima discussed food security challenges including crop productivity, human resources, fisheries, irrigation and confidence in trade, and will shape the agenda for the group's first Ministerial Meeting on Food Security.
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Corporate Baking Giant Sara Lee Hijacks Organics (PR)
The Cornucopia Institute accuses Sara Lee of greenwashing by marketing 'Eco-Grain' in its Earthgrains breads as more sustainable than organic grain. The group says the farmers who grow it differ little from conventional producers using petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides.
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New USDA Rules Establish Strong Organic Standards for Pasture and Livestock (PR)
Family farmers and the Cornucopia Institute welcomed new USDA rules setting grazing and pasture requirements for organic dairy cows and other livestock after more than a decade of lobbying. Mark Kastel says cheap milk from confinement mega-dairies has been crushing ethical family producers.
Advisories
Have a Safe and Healthy Super Bowl Celebration
A public-health checklist for Super Bowl parties: put out fruit and vegetables, watch the calories hidden in dips, check product recalls, follow the clean-separate-cook-chill rules, and line up a non-drinking driver before the party starts.
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Don't Buy It: Keep Cloned Meat Off Grocery Shelves (PR)
An action alert asking readers to sign a petition telling grocers they will not buy meat or animal products from cloned animals, after the FDA lifted its ban despite more than 150,000 public comments opposing the move.
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USDA announces new framework for animal disease traceability (PR)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new animal disease traceability framework after a 15-city listening tour on the National Animal Identification System. It would cover only animals moved across state lines, be run by states and tribes, and encourage lower-cost technology.
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FDA Shifts Position—Now Has Concerns about BPA Risks
After declaring BPA safe in 2008, the FDA now reports some concern about the chemical's effects on the brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children. Officials said they may reclassify BPA from food additive to food contact substance so they can act faster.
Advisories
USDA CONSUMER ALERT: Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency (Advisory)
USDA urges households facing winter storms to keep appliance thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer, freeze containers of water and perishables ahead of outages, find out where dry ice and block ice are sold, and keep coolers ready for outages lasting more than four hours.
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Eat for a Healthy Heart
FDA's Barbara Schneeman explains using the Nutrition Facts panel to trade off fat, sodium, cholesterol and calories across the day rather than dropping favorite foods. Labeling is required on most packaged foods but voluntary for raw produce and fish.
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Dairy Atrocities Shock Nation
Undercover video shot for Mercy For Animals at New York's largest dairy shows a worker gouging calves' eye sockets to hold them while burning off horn buds, tails docked afterward, and downed cows left as long as 12 days without veterinary care or euthanasia.
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Organic Family Dairies Being Crushed by Rogue Factory Farms (PR)
Organic dairy farmers are petitioning President Obama and the Office of Management and Budget to adopt stricter organic livestock rules requiring that dairy cows graze. Cornucopia's Mark Kastel says industrial dairies milking up to 7,200 cows have flooded the market with cheap milk.
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