8/18/14 Health News: Living close to Walmart makes you fat ♦ Denver marijuana edibles food-safety violations ♦ Food additives escaping FDA oversight

Just living close to Walmart makes you fat

New research published in the Journal of Transport & Health offers more evidence to bolster theories we already had: People living in dense, urban environments are far healthier than people living in the ’burbs. Continue Reading

2014 Denver marijuana edibles food-safety violations

US Food Safety reports on food safety violations with marijuana? Who would have thought this was possible. Yet, according to the Cannibist, Denver businesses that manufacture and sell edible marijuana are subject to the same rules and regulations as full-service restaurants and all other food-related facilities. Continue Reading

More food additives escaping FDA oversight

The explosion of new food additives coupled with an easing of oversight requirements is allowing manufacturers to avoid the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for ensuring the safety of chemicals streaming into the food supply. And in hundreds of cases, the FDA doesn’t even know of the existence of new additives, which can include chemical … continue reading

Canada: Walmart Recalls Enfamil A+ Infant Formula

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Walmart Canada Corporation and Mead Johnson Nutrition (Canada) Company are advising the public that some bottles of Enfamil A+ Ready-to-Feed Infant Formula have been found with the tamper-proof seal broken and blue tape applied in its place. These bottles were found to contain water and some formula residue instead of infant formula.

A total of three complaints have been reported in Brampton and Mississauga.

Walmart immediately removed the product from sale in a number of stores in the Halton and Peel regions of Toronto and did not find any additional product that had been altered.

Products

Brand Name	Common Name	Size	Codes(s) on Product	UPC
Enfamil A+	Ready to Feed Infant Formula	18 bottles x 237 mL	Various	0 56796 90518 0

What You Should Do

Consumers using infant formulas should examine the containers to ensure that the security seal is intact and has not been altered. If you have product that appears to have been altered, do not use or consume it. Product that appears to have been altered should be thrown out or returned to the store where it was purchased.