food safety

You Must See This Video

June 29th, 2011 · 9:25 PM

Startling, eye-opening facts about what is going on with your food–and the food you feed your families. A must see:

New Study Links Plastic Chemical to Health Risks

September 18th, 2008 · 5:25 AM

Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008

Bisphenol-A (BPA), found in plastic food and drink containers, has been found in higher concentrations in people with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. These higher levels are associated with elevation of liver enzymes (increased death of liver cells because of increased liver stress). The director of FDA’s Office of Food Additive [...]

Irradiated Foods

September 13th, 2008 · 5:44 AM

I’m reprinting the following letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal with permission of the author, Joe Mendelson, Legal Director of The Center for Food Safety, Washington.

The Journal supposes that any interest group opposed to food irradiation “presumably thinks you can hire enough inspectors to look at every tomato.” This is not [...]

Food Safety, Cloned Animals

July 31st, 2008 · 8:36 PM

The recent New York Times article in the July 25, 2008 issue talks about Europe and their lack of endorsement of cloned animals and their milk for human consumption. They maintain that there is inadequate studies, too many questions unanswered, and will not permit their import into Europe yet:

The European Food Safety Authority pulled back [...]