STUDY: RAW AND PASTEURIZED MILK DIFFER IN TASTE, SMELL AND SAFETY
By Dan Flynn
Belgian researchers have not exactly said the benefits of raw milk often cited by advocates exist only in their heads, but they’ve come pretty close. They’ve found that the only big difference between pasteurized and raw milk is “organoleptic,” meaning how it tastes, smells, feels or appears. Their conclusion: raw milk is a “realistic and... Continue Reading
Russia Bans Lithuania Dairy Trade
Russia has suspended imports of dairy products from Lithuania, which currently holds the rotating EU Presidency. Russia's consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, cited quality concerns for the suspension. Continue Reading
Total GMO Ban To be Considered by Russia Within Weeks
As one of the few nations in the world with a GMO-free platform, Russia does not allow any cultivation of GMOs for commercial purposes. Their regulatory agencies recently suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage. The Russian Prime Minister has now ordered the same agencies to consider a possible ban on all GMO imports into Russia. Continue Reading
Don't Trust Chicken Nugget that Visited China
Would you willingly eat chicken nuggets processed in a country that has no intention of meeting U.S. food-safety standards? Most Americans likely wouldn't.
That may explain why the U.S. Department of Agriculture waited until Friday -- the day before a long holiday weekend -- to announce that it had ended a ban on Chinese chicken imports by approving four Chinese poultry processors to ship processed chicken to the U.S. Continue Reading
What is Really in Chicken Nugget???
Stand-up comedians have long joked that some things, like the actual components of chicken nuggets, are better left mysterious.
Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken." Continue Reading
STUDY FINDS KOSHER CHICKEN HAS HIGHEST RATE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT E. COLI
Raw chicken marketed as kosher may harbor up to twice as much antibiotic-resistant E. coli as poultry raised conventionally, according to a new study funded by Northern Arizona University. The study’s results may fly in the face of the generally accepted notion that kosher meat is safer than meat raised to other standards. According to... Continue Reading
Should Groceries be Held Criminally Responsible When They Sell Produce They Knew Was Not Produced Safely ?
By Bill Marler
This past week, Eric Jensen, 37, and Ryan Jensen, 33, brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms in Granada, CO, presented themselves to U.S. Marshals in Denver and were taken into custody on federal charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigation. The Information... Continue Reading
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