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May 7, 2012
A Handy, Disgusting Guide to Pink Slime and Other Mechanically Processed Meats
Is it getting hard to keep track of bad news from the American meat industry? A brief guide from Pro Publica explains the subtle differences between pink slime, white slime and good old fashioned mechanical meat recovery. It also explains where to find (avoid?) the meats and how they'll be labeled.
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March 7, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Defends Restaurant Letter-Grading System
Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims that New York City's restaurant grading policy has led to a decline in the number of cases of salmonella poisoning citywide. According to the Associated Press, Bloomberg defended the grading at a press conference held at the Bronx's Zero Otto Nove restaurant on Tuesday ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Salmonella in the City: Infections Are Down, Mayor Bloomberg Says
It's just one of those win-win-win kinda things. In 2010, the city began requiring restaurants in the city to post letter grades based on health inspections. That means that restaurants that score badly -- due to things like pest-conducive kitchens or inadequate hand-washing facilities -- have to ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Scab Alert! Poultry Safety Proposal Calls for Fewer Skin Inspections
In the past, U.S. poultry processors' food safety procedures largely involved checking the birds for scabs and sores (grosssssss). But now, new proposals have called for producers to focus more on sanitation, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Tom Vilsack, U.S. secretary of agriculture, said that as m ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
Scientists Grow Meat in Labs (OMG!)
Meat made in a petri dish is apparently a real thing. In what appears to be the culinary world's latest interpretation of Mary Shelley, scientists have already solved the riddle of making animal flesh in a lab, and are now figuring out how to sell it profitably, according to Food Safety News.
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December 30, 2011
Food Factories Clean Up Act Only Before Safety Inspections: Report
Digging into a hot dog or chowing down on a cold-cut sandwich? Regulators say many companies that make these types of ready-made foods only follow some key safety regulations right before Listeria monocytogenes inspections.
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December 15, 2011
AP: Ex-Health Inspectors Nabbed on Bribery Charges in SF
Two former San Francisco health inspectors have been accused of swapping cash in exchange for okaying hundreds of restaurants' food safety qualifications, the Associated Press reports. The ex-inspectors are said to have sold up to 350 health certificates since 2007, charging several hundre ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Subway to Install Touch-and-Go Pay System; Have Terrorists Distracted Us from Food Safety?
Sbarro, which filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has now filed an amended reorganization plan that aims for the company to exit bankruptcy before the end of the year. [Nation's Restaurant News] Subway plans to install a contact-less payment system at more than 7,000 U.S. locations, ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Bloggers Pissed Over Frozen Lasagna; Patsy's In Debt
You know those commercials where real people are caught on hidden cameras reacting to some new product? Well, for ConAgra and some unsuspecting bloggers, it didn't really work out this time. [NY Times] The restaurant planned for Union Square Park may be delayed now that concessionaire O-V Ho ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
The Allied Forces' Plan to Poison Hitler's Food Revealed
Brits plan: make dude look like a lady.Could Hitler have been defeated using food poisoning? Probably not. But a new book reveals the £1 million plan British spies tried to implement that involved dosing the Nazi leader's dinner and why it would never have worked. So, what was the Brits' po ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Bringing Borscht Back; Queen Mary 2 Fails Health Inspection
After a few years of folly -- i.e., focusing on healthy snacks -- it appears that PepsiCo is turning its attention back to Pepsi. [Wall Street Journal] Cold borscht certainly isn't as hip as it used to be back in the 1950s, but Marc Gold, CEO of Gold Pure Food Products Co., hopes to bring th ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Pulque a Big Hit With Mexican Hipsters; Congress Makes Cuts to Food Safety Program
Young Mexico City hipsters are reviving an old Aztec drink called pulque, made by fermenting the heart of the blue maguey plant. [Washington Post] Produce can be certified organic by the USDA even if it's sprayed with pesticides, as long as the chemicals are derived from nature. [NPR] Small ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
Basically, the American Meat Institute Wants Us to Eat Shit and Die
Nothing to see here, folks!Europe is currently in the grip of what has become one of the deadliest E. coli outbreaks in history. As one might imagine, that has inspired some soul-searching here in the United States. Food-safety experts have spent years trying to persuade the USDA to step up E ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Pierre Cardin's Maxim's Finally Getting Sold; The Limelight Marketplace Already Done For
Pierre Cardin's now-defunct Maxim's restaurant at 680 Madison Avenue, which closed back in 2000, is finally being dismantled and sold. [NY Post] Gristedes owner and supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis' daughter will marry Richard Nixon's grandson this Saturday at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Kids Compete for Culinary Scholarships; Jews Do Seder Out
More than 100 food recalls were made during the first quarter of the year, but only three recalls were for the dangerous E. coli pathogen. [Food Safety News] Twenty New York City high school students will compete for scholarships to culinary schools at a Careers Through Culinary Arts Program ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
FDA Overhauls Its Recall Website, and It's Actually Pretty Great
Following in the footsteps of the New York Department of Health, the FDA has overhauled its food recall search engine to make it easier to use.
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January 7, 2011
Tyson Foods Founder Dead; More Food Recalls
Donald J. Tyson, who built his father's chicken farm into Tyson Foods, died yesterday at the age of 80 from complications from cancer. [NY Times] Councilman Oliver Koppell has proposed that the city institute letter grades for supermarkets. [NY Post] More than 100 people have been sickene ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday
Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Robe ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Ask the Critics: What Should I Do if I Get Food Poisoning?
stockmusicsite.comNot a fun way to spend the evening.Rebecca F. asks: My boyfriend and I think we got food poisoning from a restaurant we ate at a few days ago since we both got sick within half an hour of each other. Are we supposed to tell the restaurant? What do we do? Dear Rebecca: Get ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Senate Finally Passes Food Safety Bill
workthething.com Following delays of more than a year, and recalls of everything from eggs to gorgonzola cheese to cilantro, the Senate has finally passed the Food Safety Modernization Act, a bill that will, if passed by the House, fundamentally alter the government's role in ensuring the saf ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Study Finds That Duh, Gloves Don't Necessarily Prevent Food Contamination
Building a bacterial playground.A new study has made official what restaurant cooks have known for years: wearing gloves does not guarantee better hygiene.
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September 16, 2010
Chuck E. Cheese Recalls Toys; Forbes Launches Food Site
Chuck E. Cheese is recalling 1.2 million toy light-up rings following incidents of children swallowing the battery or sticking it up their nose. [Nation's Restaurant News] China warned that the worst offenders of food safety rules would get the death penalty. Two people were already executed ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Ask the Critics: What's the Worst Case of Food Poisoning You've Ever Had?
Guess who's coming to dinner?When you tell people you're a food writer, the subject of food poisoning almost invariably rears its head (or flagellum). I'm often asked about the worst case of food poisoning I've ever had, or told--in gory detail--about the state of others' gastrointestinal tra ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Purdue Calls for New Chicken Labels; Dairy Queen Seeks to Stop Blizzard Infringement
The latest addition to the ever-growing list of food recalls: frozen mice. MiceDirect, which provides mice as snake food for pet owners, is recalling millions of frozen mice due to potential salmonella poisoning. [NY Times] Katie Holmes is flying in her favorite cupcakes, made by Todd Englis ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
Airline Food Gets Upgraded; Double Down Reviews Abound
Our Man Sietsema wasn't the only one who tried KFC's Double Down Sandwich (and lived). The Times' Sam Sifton weighs in on the abomination, and Nation's Restaurant News deconstructs KFC's approach to marketing it. [NY Times] [Nation's Restaurant News] As free food on economy flights has now g ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Stephen Colbert & Jonathan Safran Foer Talk Turkey, Linger Over Bacon
Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer got a fair shake on The Colbert Report last night, where he discussed infertile turkeys and the proliferation of tainted meat -- that is, until Colbert broke out a plate of bacon and offered his guest a piece. A mildly ruffled Safran Foer took it in strid ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Tavern on the Green Donates Two Tons of Food; New York Has Its Own Grain Belt
Taiwan is looking to mend trade ties with the U.S. after recently repealing its decision to import U.S. beef products. A change to Taiwan's food safety laws made some U.S. beef products no longer eligible for import. [Reuters] New York's grain belt is being revived and expanded with specialt ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Top Buzzy Openings of 2010; Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2009
What are some of the buzziest openings to look forward to in 2010? Keith McNally and Nate Appleman's Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria, natch. But also Loreley Williamsburg, Zak Pelaccio's Fatty Cue, and No. 7 Sub in the Ace Hotel. [Metromix] The city is getting increasingly lax on smoking speakeasi ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
The Shake Shacking of America; The Big Plate Revolution of New York
Dale Hemmerdinger, the ex-MTA chairman and current landlord, is evicting Shamsher Wadud, who for many years owned the Indian restaurant Nirvana on the roof of the building next door. Wadud is broke and a Parkinson's sufferer, and claims his apartment is overrun by rodents. [NY Post] The Shak ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
South Koreans Consider Classifying Dogs as Livestock
The dog meat industry in South Korean has apparently long occupied a kind of gray area, in which dog is sold for human consumption, but is not subject to the same regulations as, say, the beef industry. This means not only that the quality of dog meat is not guaranteed (there has been a spate of rel ... More >>
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July 20, 2009
Save Yourself from Salmonella: Overcook Your Meat; This Summer, Do a Pizza Crawl or a Hot Dog Schlep
More farmers markets are equipped with terminals allowing them to accept food stamps, which have now gone paperless since the government replaced the paper coupons with debit cards in 2004. The state of New Jersey started giving the terminals to farmers this month. [NY Times] The Food Safety Enhanc ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
A New Deputy Food Commissioner Will Protect Us From Our Food Here at Home; Codex Alimentarius Does the Job On a Global Scale
The Obama administration has created a new deputy food commissioner post in an effort to better curb salmonella and E. coli contamination following a rash of outbreaks in the last year, including the peanut product recall, the largest in U.S. history. An improved tracing system for identifying the o ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Sensa Makes Food Smell Better, More Satisfying; US & Canada Reach Organic Trade Agreement
Before you drop a dollar in that busker's open guitar case, be forewarned: Dunkin' Donuts has hired a dozen street musicians to play around Manhattan. The faux buskers are making $20 per hour in the "Breakfast NOT Brokefast" campaign, which promotes eating a Dunkin' Donuts breakfast instead of donat ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Rare 1 in 30 Million Yellow Lobster Found; McNugget Scam Uncovered
Gebisa Ejeta, a scientist at the University of Purdue originally from Ethiopia, has been awarded the 2009 World Food Prize for his work on drought and weed-resistant varieties of sorghum. [VOA News] The most common source of food poisoning across the country in 2006 was chicken, followed by leafy v ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
Chili's Founder Dies; Campbell's Soup CEO Says We Should Copy Canada
Two people were killed in an explosion at a North Carolina food plant known for producing Slim Jims. More than 40 people were taken to the hospital, including three firefighters who inhaled ammonia gas during the aftermath of the blast. [NY Times] Gordon Ramsay continues to piss off the Aussies, ev ... More >>
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May 19, 2009
The Simpsons Riffs On Food Safety, "Green" Foods
Last Sunday's Simpsons episode poked fun at not one but two food issues. Faced with bad press, Krusty launches a vegetarian burger, the "Mother Nature," which turns out to be made with tainted barley from Ogdenville.
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May 5, 2009
James Beard Loves New York; All-Natural Chicken Not Always So
James Beard Foundation Awards winners included Jean Georges for outstanding restaurant, Drew Nieporent for outstanding restaurateur, Dan Barber for outstanding chef, Momofuku Ko for best new restaurant, Daniel for best service, and Totonno's pizzeria was named one of America's Classics. [NY Times] ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Peanut Board Funds Subway Ads; Food Safety Regs Remain Unsatisfactory
Spotted on the D train: one of the National Peanut Board's ads bearing its new slogan, "Peanuts: Energy for the Good Life." The ad could be for cell phones or anti-depression medication. It depicts a young man in a suit slumped on what appears to be a New York subway bench, clutching his phone as h ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
Another Food Scare: Now it's Pistachios
More fodder for those who believe the FDA needs a total overhaul--another food recall! This time, it's pistachios. The recall involves one million pounds of the nuts, possibly contaminated with salmonella, produced by Setton Pistachios in California. The FDA recommends avoiding all pistachios and pi ... More >>
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March 20, 2009
Obamas Get a Garden
Michelle Obama will enlist the help of 23 fifth-graders to dig up a patch of the White House lawn in which an organic vegetable garden will be planted. The garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt's WWII victory garden, will be visible to passers-by. [NY Times] Some of the city's A-list restaurat ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
"21" Club Stealing Tips?
More than 30 employees of the "21" Club filed a class action suit against their employer on Tuesday, claiming that the restaurant has been illegally withholding their tips. The amount in question could be more than $1 million. [NY Times] Kellogg CEO, David Mackay, calls for an overhaul of the coun ... More >>
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March 6, 2009
Edible News
In many of the largest food poisoning outbreaks in recent years, including the recent outbreak of salmonella in peanuts, food safety issue have gone undetected by private auditors.[NY Times]In France, a checkout girl's memoir of working at a supermarket has become a bestseller, and there are plans t ... More >>
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March 2, 2009
Fat Duck To Hopefully Reopen Wednesday
The Fat Duck, Heston Blumenthal's three-Michelin star restaurant in England, closed last Tuesday after dozens of customers reported feeling ill following their meal there. Now, nearly a week later, the cause of the food poisoning scare remains unknown. In 2005, the restaurant was named "the best pla ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Colonel Sanders' Secret Recipe Is Safe
Colonel Sanders' handwritten fried chicken recipe was returned to KFC corporate headquarters in Kentucky yesterday after a new, safer vault was installed to house the top secret recipe. [NY Daily News]A report released yesterday shows that California winemakers' grape harvest is down 6%, a fact that ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
Obama Calls for Safer Food
In an interview on the Today show earlier today, President Obama said the Food and Drug Administration needs to step it up. With a salmonella outbreak in peanut butter blamed for eight deaths and sickening over 500 people, Obama said he wants to examine how the agency operates. "I think that the FDA ... More >>
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January 16, 2009
Obama Administration Urged to Make Food Safer
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is urging the Obama administration to increase spending for food safety measures and cut subsidies to corn-based ethanol.[Reuters]Speaking of food safety measures, importing sheep's lungs is banned in the U.S., making it difficult for Scots in the States to make ... More >>
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January 12, 2009
Food News Roundup
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is urging the Obama administration to increase spending for food safety measures and cut subsidies to corn-based ethanol.[Reuters]Speaking of food safety measures, importing sheep's lungs is banned in the U.S., making it difficult for Scots in the States to make ... More >>
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September 23, 2008
Edible News Roundup
The Grocery Manufacturers Association is urging the Obama administration to increase spending for food safety measures and cut subsidies to corn-based ethanol.[Reuters]Speaking of food safety measures, importing sheep's lungs is banned in the U.S., making it difficult for Scots in the States to make ... More >>
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December 30, 2003
Slaughterhouse Politics
Ranchers Fought Rules That Might Have Prevented Mad Cow
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