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1 How Long Will It Last?
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2 Are Inspectors to Blame For the Peanut Salmonella Outbreak?
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3 Pistachios: Salmonella's Latest Victim
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4 Yummy Link: Food Safety for Packed Lunches
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5 Obama Administration Rolls Out New Food-Safety Website
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6 What's Better: Wood or Plastic Cutting Boards?
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7 Biggest Headline of 2009: Obamas in the Food World Spotlight
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8 Lettuce Be Careful: E. Coli Outbreak Prompts Romaine Recall
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9 Experiment Shows Spiked Eggnog Might Be Safer
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10 Do Your Food Safety Habits Make the Grade?
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11 Kellogg's Recalls Peanut Butter Sandwiches
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12 Food Section Sampler — Sept. 15, 2010
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13 Company Behind Salmonella Scare Files For Bankruptcy
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14 Food Preserving Facts: Do You Have Them in the Can?
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15 Yummy Links: From Trivial Food Trends to Weight Loss
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16 Obama: "We Are Strengthening Our Food Safety System"
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17 Have You Ever Had a Food-Related Illness?
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18 Will a Food Safety Bill Improve the USDA's Tainted Reputation?
Have you always pooh-poohed those cage-free, organic eggs sold at the supermarket? Well, read ahead, because a new story may have you thinking twice. A 20/20 special airing today on ABC shows workers at Iowa-based Sparboe Farms — the fifth-largest shell egg producer in the US and main supplier for eggs at McDonald's — burning off the beaks of young chicks; dead, rotted hens being pulled out Read more
Raw milk and cookies, anyone? Dairy is a major component to most tots' diets, and in the US, almost all dairy products are only available in pasteurized form, as regulated by the FDA. Yet, even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FDA, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and numerous other health organizations are unanimous in their position that raw milk should not be Read more
For every minute that I cling more desperately to the idea of Summer produce, I can feel it further slipping away. My soon-to-be saving grace? A frenzy of food preservation as the days get shorter and the nights grow colder. Who knows; perhaps I'll host a canning and pickling party or make a fruit jam of my own! But before I share ideas and recipes with you, I want to find out just how versed you Read more
On the cusp of one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history, the debt deal passed last week in Washington has got us worried about the future of food safety. In January, things were looking up. President Obama signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system with the Food Safety Modernization Act, the first major food reform since 1938. But last week, everything changed. Read more
You might want to steer clear of grilling turkey burgers for now: Agribusiness giant Cargill has just issued a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey in what's being called the largest food recall ever. In a recent investigation, the US Department of Agriculture determined a link between Cargill's ground turkey product and a salmonella outbreak that has already killed one California man Read more
I am obsessed with sweet potatoes. Steam them, bake them, grill them, or mash them, and I will eat them. When I went to grab a couple to roast in the oven, I was shocked to find that one of my taters had sprouted, and not just tiny little white eyes — there was a full blown plant emerging from the skin. Before cutting into the orange flesh to prepare for dinner I stopped to think— is it safe Read more
What the heck is quinoa, anyway? — Kitchen Daily The winner of America's Next Great Restaurant has shuttered two locations. — Eater 10 international dishes to go with June's climbing temperatures. — TLC New food columnist David Tanis talks cooking with cannellinis. — New York Times Why America's food is much safer than you might think. — Grub Street NY Father's Day must make: New York Read more
Barbecue season is upon us, so let's celebrate by grilling, since it's an easy and low-fat way to cook. If you're grilling, protect your health by marinating your meat. Here are seven things explaining why marinating is good for your health and how to do it. Marinating meat, fish, and poultry significantly decreases the amount of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines (HCAs) produced when the meat is Read more
Happy Spring, everybody! The two aspects of this season that have the most impact on you and your kitchen are the oh-so-welcome bounty of Spring produce — and a dreadful but necessary phrase that you may be familiar with, Spring cleaning. Along with those kitchen appliances that need to be stowed away and the cabinets that are waiting to be wiped down are probably a number of pantry items and Read more
A landmark food safety bill is expected to be passed, yet food could be subject to a more tainted reputation now more than ever. No, it has nothing to do with the fact that one in six Americans fell prey to foodborne illness this year. Rather, it's the latest terror threat to America, which, according to CBS News, involves use of poisons in hotels and restaurants in multiple locations over a Read more
