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Why McDonald's Happy Meal hamburgers won't decompose - the real story behind the story

Natural News

by Mike Adams

October 20, 2010

Check out the video link and you'll see an entire museum of Big Macs and hamburgers spanning the years -- none of which have decomposed.

The truth is many processed foods don't decompose and won't be eaten by molds, insects or even rodents. Try leaving a tub of margarine outside in your yard and see if anything bothers to eat it. You'll find that the margarine stays seems immortal, too!

FDA's Ace in the Hole

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund

by Pete Kennedy, Esq.

October 13, 2010

Despite there being not even a single report of illness, there have been numerous instances over the past four years where licensed raw milk dairies in New York and Pennsylvania have had their sales suspended due to positive tests for Listeria monocytogen

The farmers typically lost a week to two weeks in sales plus the price of any milk the farms received back after issuing a recall due to the discovery of L-mono in a milk sample. Some farmers were also fined for adulteration because the raw milk was deemed to contain a "harmful substance which may render the milk injurious to health."

Insider Info: 18 Tips to Saving Big Bucks in Whole Foods

Savvy Sugar

October 10, 2010

You can be savvy with Whole Foods grocery shopping if you know the tricks of the trade. People are loving organic food, especially with documentaries such as Food Inc. shedding light on unhealthy farming practices.

But going organic can be more expensive, so I turned to Ashley Hawkins, spokesperson of the supermarket chain, for some tips on how to save. Most stores or metro areas have their own Twitter and Facebook pages, and they definitely list deals and specials there.    

Organic grocery 'Whole Foods' is a loose cannon on target

Forbes India

by Elizabeth Flock

October 10, 2010

When John Mackey dropped out of his second university, his aspirations to open a natural foods supermarket looked shaky. He had no money, no business training, and no degree.

He hoped to open a vegetarian store in the carnivorous state of Texas. His mother thought he was wasting a good mind to become a grocer. Mackey and Lawson opened Safer Way in 1978, knowing full well that health food was a gamble. When the couple used their apartment to store food, they were thrown out and forced to move into the second floor of Safer Way, where they showered with a hose.

Sugar beets caught in GMO food fight

Ag Journal

by Candace Krebs

October 5, 2010

APHIS announced it intended to issue permits to sugar beet seed producers authorizing seedling production under strict permit conditions that would not allow flowering.

APHIS issued four "non-flowering" permits with appropriate environmental and permitting documentation. The move didn't sit well with environmental groups opposing biotech crops. An environmental coalition filed a lawsuit on Sept. 9 challenging the issuance of permits to sugar beet seed producers.

Finding out what's in ObamaCare: McDonald's needs waiver for health-care coverage for hourly workers

Hot Air

by Ed Morrissey

September 30, 2010

No good deed goes unpunished. McDonald's takes a lot of heat for the nutritive value of its menu, but the company did try to find ways to improve the health of its staff by offering them a low-cost health insurance plan.

McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul.

Mums taking action to label genetically modified infant formula

Australian Food News

by Josette Dunn

September 27, 2010

Aussie mums are undertaking DIY labelling of contaminated baby food this morning, after tests showed one of Australia's leading infant formulas contains a number of unlabelled genetically modified products.

Activists in Sydney and Melbourne have taken food safety into their own hands and labelled the baby formula, S-26 Soy, clearly tagging it as genetically modified and giving parents the right to choose. At 9am this morning, mothers entered a major Woolworth's outlet in Sydney and Coles' Fitzroy store in Melbourne to stage a sit in. They are demanding that supermarkets remove the products from the shelves until proper testing and labelling has been undertaken.

Seeing red over additives

The Sydney Morning Herald (AU)

by Rachel Browne

September 25, 2010

ARTIFICIAL food colourings linked to hyperactive behaviour in young people need to be phased out in Australia, as they have been in Britain, according to a growing chorus of nutritionists and child welfare groups.

Grocery chain Aldi and at least three large food brands have already chosen to remove such colourings from products available on Australian supermarket shelves. But the government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand says there is not enough evidence to ban the colourings.

Tampa Bay parents worry about recalled Similac baby formula

St. Petersburg Times

by Kameel Stanley

September 24, 2010

The nationwide recall of Similac baby formula has sent parents into a scramble as they try to make sure their children haven't consumed any of the tainted product.

Abbott Laboratories Inc., a Chicago-area company, announced Wednesday it was recalling about 5 million units of its popular powdered baby formula after beetles and larvae were found in the product at a plant in Michigan. Since news of the recall broke, Abbott has been so inundated with inquiries that people have said it is difficult to get through to the company.

FDA advisors to vote on genetically engineered salmon

Los Angeles Times

by Andrew Zajac

September 18, 2010

Earlier this month, the FDA released a preliminary report that the salmon "is as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon" and unlikely to harm the environment.

In a step that may move genetically engineered meat and fish closer to the American dinner table, an FDA advisory committee is due to vote on preliminary findings that a modified salmon is as safe as an ordinary salmon. Such votes are not binding on the FDA but usually have strong influence.

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