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21st century snake oil: Rough week for homeopathy
Over the counter homeopathic remedies sold in the U.S. will now have to come with a warning that they are based on outdated theories ‘not accepted by most modern medical experts’ and that ‘there is no...
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Is ‘best if used by’ better than ‘best before’
Kristen Leigh Painter of the Star Tribune reports date labels on food don’t quite represent the peril that people think. For years, foodmakers have put sell-by and use-by dates on a number of products....
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Use a thermometer: Canada to improve labelling on frozen chicken thingies
I’m old. My ribs hurt, my body hurts, I can’t butterfly like Tony O, and I’m writing about stuff I had ideas for 12 years ago. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), along with their federal food...
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Campy in NZ poultry: ‘Warning labels required’
(Doesn’t say if the study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.) New Zealanders want brightly coloured warning labels on fresh chicken to warn them of the risks of the country’s “number one...
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Dutch food inspectors to get tough on water in meat product labeling
AArrgghh, the Dutch. The Dutch food safety board has given the meat industry until July 10 to come clean about how much water it adds to packs of meat and fish sold in supermarkets, the Volkskrant...
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Shazam to let Chiquita reach shoppers via stickers
We – meaning my former lab – advocated that if Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers were going to undertake all those food safety steps back in 2000, they should brag about it. Specifically through...
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419 sick with Salmonella from raw frozen chicken thingies in Canada since...
Most frozen breaded chicken products available for sale in grocery stores in Canada contain raw chicken that can cause Salmonella illness and therefore pose an increased health risk to Canadians who...
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No they don’t: Netherlands study says consumers read food hygiene warning...
Tony McDougal of Poultry World reports that researchers wanted to see how the label impacted consumer perceptions on risk and food-handling behaviour in the light that poultry meat is an important...
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Australia still has an egg problem, state of New South Wales trying to do...
The NSW Food Authority is urging people to check their kitchens for any eggs that are marked with the identifying stamp BEC or BEC115 because they may be contaminated with a particular type of...
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Smell the glove: Americans don’t understand food date labels and surveys...
Note to journalists (if there are any left): Don’t reprint PR fluff like it’s news and don’t bury the lede. “A good way to test your food is also a simple way: give it a sniff,” says Roni Neff, PhD....
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