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State senator calls for investigation into 'meat glue'
Just when you thought the “pink slime” controversy was in the past and that the discovery of mad-cow disease had blown over, the forces that be now bring yet another cause for carnivore concern: calls for an investigation into ‘meat...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Burger King, Allergies, Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings
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USDA's 'pink slime' choice: Kids can have additive or more fat
"Pink slime" -- the ground beef additive maligned by a celebrity chef and incorrectly depicted in an Internet image as a fluffy pink concoction resembling soft-serve ice cream -- may not be appearing on your child's lunch tray come fall.
And that would...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Salmonella Infection, Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry
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'Pink slime': Revolting beef additive or absolutely edible?
"Pink slime," a food additive made from spare beef trimmings that's treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill off E. coli, salmonella and other possible bacteria, continues to rear its slimy head.
Last month, as KTLA reported, McDonald's decided to cease...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foods and Beverages, Salmonella Infection, McDonald's, Hamburgers
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Ocean Spray recalls more dried cranberries after finding metal fragments
Money & CompanyOcean Spray expands is recall of craisins after finding tiny metal pieces... -
Scientists create living LED screens out of glowing bacteria
TechnologyScientists created a living LED screen made out of biopixels of E. coli bacteria.... -
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Bagged greens: To wash or not to wash
The salad chefs I know fall into two camps: Some serve pre-washed bagged leafy greens straight from the bag. The others insist on washing them first, even though the bag label promises that the contents are "triple-washed."
Over the years, I've ignored...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Education, Salmonella Infection, Electrical Appliance, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: Salmonella Infection, Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses, Diseases and Illnesses
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Big, bad E. coli
E. coli O157:H7 is one of the biggest villains in food safety circles, made famous by the 1993 Jack in the Box hamburger outbreak and by later food poisoning cases, including the 2006 spinach outbreak.
But even as bagged-greens companies perfect their...Tags: Jack in the Box Incorporated
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Columbus salami factory fined $700,000 for ammonia leak
Salami with Pinot Grigio: good pair. Salami with more than 400 pounds of leaked ammonia: not quite as tasty, as Columbus Foods continues to discover.
The company – which makes salami, deli meats and cheeses for sale at retailers such as Albertsons,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fines, Punishment
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Reports link Taco Bells to 2011 multi-state salmonella outbreak
For days, the speculation has been rampant: Which Mexican food chain – only identified as “Restaurant Chain A” by federal investigators earlier this month -- was linked to a large salmonella outbreak late last year?
This week, Food...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Salmonella Infection, Symptoms, Restaurants
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Food poisoning: America's homegrown threat
Opinion L.A.Every time there's a food recall, like Tuesday's listeria outbreak and August's salmonella scare, I think back to Nicholas Kristof's June 11 column in the New York Times, "When Food Kills," which points to an alarming statistic. Every year in......
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