Sometimes you think you have seen it all and then you see something like this. From Tom Philpott at Grist:
Right now, in at least three states, meat-industry lobbyists (in league with Monsanto) are pushing legislation that would criminalize the practice of sneaking cameras onto factory farms. In the meantime, here’s the
We decided to fund yet another bacterial test on retail meat – this time chicken. All the chicken in the 100 chicken IEH Labs survey, which included whole fryers and packages of chicken parts, was collected and tested from March 1 to April 4 from Seattle area grocery stores. The chicken was purchased from Fred
Most consumers would be surprised that USDA/FSIS’s website explains chicken inspections as:
All chickens found in retail stores are either inspected by USDA or by State systems, which have standards equivalent to the Federal government. Each chicken and its internal organs are inspected for signs of disease. The “Inspected for wholesomeness by the U.S. Department
We will be having an open house at our new offices on May 18 as well as a book signing by author, Jeff Benedict, for his new book “Poisoned” – The true story of the deadly E. coli outbreak that changed the way Americans eat
See you then.
In October 2009 that we filed a “Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli, Including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1)” with the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Since I filed the Petition, I have also filed two supplements (See, First and
Well, perhaps not.
USA Todays, Kim O’Donnel, gave a “shout-out” to Food Safety New’s own Lois Lane, Helena Bottemiller in her article “Your source for safety information:”
Food safety attorney Bill Marler’s presentation at the 2011 Guiding Lights Weekend in Seattle on how to lobby for the public interest in an era of divided government.
You really have to wonder about Republicans. They always say they hate those damn ambulance chasing trial lawyers, but, short of sending flowers, defunding food safety is the best gift ever. Cutting the budgets for the CDC, FDA and FSIS will only mean more food poisoning outbreaks, more illnesses, more lawsuits, and more money in
On a morning with the news is Liz Taylor’s death, radiation in Tokyo’s drinking water and more bombing in Libya, thanks to the folks at Food and Water Watch for applying humor to a serious topic:
Avvo, a recent entry into the attorney rating market was kind enough to give William Marler a:
Could not do it without the staff.
