Saturday, August 16, 2014

8/16/14 Health News:PETITIONS URGE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON ANTIBIOTICS LEGISLATION ♦ Ebola Crisis Vastly Underestimated ♦ MECHANICALLY TENDERIZED BEEF

 IS MECHANICALLY TENDERIZED BEEF SAFE
Christopher Waldrop, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America, spoke with Food Safety News at the 2014 . The discussion covered the food safety risks associated with mechanically tenderized beef, as well as some of Waldrop’s concerns with the USDA’s new poultry... Continue Reading
Ebola Crisis Vastly Underestimated
The World Health Organization said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis. Continue Reading
PETITIONS URGE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON ANTIBIOTICS LEGISLATION
Like many other bills introduced in Congress in recent years, movement on the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) and the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA) has stagnated. Two weeks ago, Dr. Mark Hyman introduced a petition on Credo Mobilize to get Congress to pay attention to the two bills. As of Wednesday,... Continue Reading

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