Tag Archives: Food Inc
Agribiz food at risk for Cyclospora cayetanensis contamination
Taylor Farms, the large vegetable producer whose salad mix has been linked to hundreds of sickened people in 22 states, has had an unusual number of voluntary recalls for potentially tainted products in the last three years.The recent recall of greens used at Olive Garden, Red Lobster and possibly other restaurant chains is Taylor Farm’s […]
Soylent Green and the In-Vitro hamburger
The hamburger, assembled from tiny bits of beef muscle tissue grown in a laboratory and to be cooked and eaten at an event in London, perhaps in a few weeks, is meant to show the world — including potential sources of research funds — that so-called in-Vitro meat, or cultured meat, is a reality. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?ref=science […]
Agri-Biz to shut down US farm investigations
“Ag-gag” laws are designed to limit undercover investigations on factory farms by campaigning groups. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22098224 Concerns over the conditions in which cattle, pigs and poultry are raised and slaughtered have prompted many animal welfare groups to mount undercover investigations. There is no single US federal law that protects animals, welfare investigators have played a significant […]
Whole Foods admits selling GMO food
Genetically modified ingredients are deeply embedded in the global food supply, having proliferated since the 1990s. Most of the corn and soybeans grown in the United States, for example, have been genetically modified.”…these food products are somehow different or present a special risk or a potential risk,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/business/grocery-chain-to-require-labels-for-genetically-modified-food.html?pagewanted=all Labeling is already required in the European […]
Dirty Babylon 