Food Safety

Food safety comprises all of the kitchen cleanliness and food handling and storage rules and regulations that keep people from getting sick when they eat. With recent lawsuits stemming from E. coli infected meat and filthy restaurant kitchens like those revealed on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, food safety is more of a concern than ever.

Basically, food safety rules and practices are there to prevent food poisoning. This is a concern in private home kitchens, in restaurant and institution kitchens, and in foreign countries where sanitation and food handling may not be up to Western levels.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Food Safety”

• The Festering Fraud behind Food Safety Reform

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 136
  By Nicole JohnsonFarm Wars“The general public must recognize that only after the demystification of U.S. agriculture will family farmers, labor, and consumers see beyond corporate agribusiness’ manipulations to the point where they will recognize that both their mutual interests and the future of agriculture can ...
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• USDA Turkey Tweets Promote Thanksgiving Food Safety

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 700
  USDA’s first “Turkey Tweets” campaign started this week to give consumers tips for preparing a successful and safe Thanksgiving day meal. Twitter users can read helpful "Turkey Tweets" right up through Thanksgiving Day. The USDA is also providing a live Facebook chat to answer questions about safe holiday food ...
  7 hours ago

• Urban Farming In The South Bronx

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  addictive_picassos Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Urban farming has become increasingly popular these days, as more city dwellers search for rooftops, backyards and abandoned lots where they can grow vegetables.  In addition to providing fresh, healthy produce where concrete and convenience stores once ...
  22 hours ago

• not tested

  
  skippy the bush kangaroo — Authority: 556
  dont buy. a deadly outbreak of e. coli has been traced to a large producer of ground beef that stopped testing its ingredients years ago under pressure from beef suppliers. a facility in ashville, n.y., owned by the company, afa foods, recalled more than 500,000 pounds of ground beef on oct. 31 after it was linked ...
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• Caffeinated Alcoholic Drinks Are Dead. (Long Live … )

  
  WSJ.com: Health Blog — Authority: 684
  The FDA may be cracking down on alcoholic energy drinks. But theres only so much the agency can do.
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• News Feed November 13, 2009

  
  Green Fork Blog — Authority: 509
  Can’t Reach the Summit Only one G8 leader has confirmed attendance at next week’s Hunger Summit in Rome (Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi, who’s hosting) and many stakeholders are not impressed . GM Export Snafus The EU doesn’t want our GMO soy (or anything else) but that’s not stopping traces of it from ...
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• Weekly Round Up

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  There is a wealth of news and articles about food safety that contain a lot of interesting and useful information. Here are some links I’ve come across this week that I think are valuable reads. Senate Schedules Markup of S. 510 Details about the markup of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act scheduled for ...
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• BPA may affect sexual function in adult men, study finds

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 590
  While the Food and Drug Administration continues to review the safety of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), a new epidemiological study finds for the first time that the ubiquitous substance may well have a serious impact on male sexual function in adults who are exposed to substantial amounts. The men affected worked ...
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• Martha Stewart Visits Brooklyn and Rooftop Farms

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  It’s hard not to love Martha Stewart. I mean she promote awesome things like eating well, cooking and crafting. Plus, she was one of Food, Inc ’s early champions sharing her love for the film with all of her Twitter followers! Well I am happy to report that Martha is now championing another project near and ...
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• Tips for Avoiding Factory Farm Products

  
  YesBiscuit! — Authority: 470
  A guide to shopping and eating for those who wish to avoid supporting factory farms:Most people share at least the following traits: they want to be healthy; they like animals; and they value clean air and water. Yet relatively few Americans connect those concerns with their food. As more people start making the link ...
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• 1,500 UK holidaymakers hit by food bug at six First Choice resorts

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 525
  From the things-not-to-say-when-1,500-customers-have-barfed file: "Holiday Villages are all large properties and the reported level of illness is very low considering the large population." The Mirror reports this morning that families staying at six of the most popular First Choice Holiday Villages have been ...
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• Swedish Embassy Book Seminar About Food Safety & Sustainable Fisheries

  
  Kurashi - News From Japan — Authority: 464
  On November 30, 2009 I will participate in a book seminar at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo. The event is arranged by Lena Lindahl, Sweden Sustainable Association, a long-term resident in Tokyo with exceptional trilingual skills in the education for sustainability sector. I will talk about food safety, the ...
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• New legislation to make eating out safer: Food Authority

  
  Australian Food News — Authority: 513
  Food from NSW restaurants, take-aways, bakeries, caterers, pubs and clubs will be safer to eat when legislation passed by the State Government this week takes effect, according to the state’s Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald.“The new Food Amendment (Food Safety Supervisor) Bill will require food ...
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• Wisconsin:Too many “helpful” organizations have a vested interest in your continued tax-deductible donations and membership fees

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 136
  by: Sue Diederich                                                     Copyright (C) 2009 All rights reservedExcerpt from this article:“Any organization that would tell you NOT to mobilize in as big a manner as possible, when the issue affects you personally (or ...
  2 days ago

• Food-borne infections endanger long-term health, especially for kids

  
  Booster Shots — Authority: 681
  Fair warning: Put down that salad or medium-rare cheeseburger youre eating, pitch the brie cheese you enjoy with a glass of wine, and clear the chicken and leafy greens from the plate in front of Junior. Because youre not going to want eat or serve any of them after you read what a pair of reports released ...
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• We Need Food Safety: Ashley’s Story

  
  MomsRising Blog — Authority: 132
  My five-year-old daughter Ashley loves to swim, go to ballet class and tag along after her big sister Isabella. To the world, Ashley is a picture of health and vitality. While she appears to be thriving, my husband and I struggle to deal with her multiple daily medications, a severely restricted diet and the ...
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• Report says food-borne illnesses hit kids hardest

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 432
  With the Senate expected to consider food safety legislation that gives the FDA additional oversight and enforcement powers, two organizations have turned a spotlight on the issue. Poll and research data released today from the Make Our Food Safe Campaign and the Center for Foodborne Illness look at the ...
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• Food Safety Reminders For Healthy Holidays

  
  YourNaturalWellness.com — Authority: 126
  Holiday celebrations are not complete without a bounty of food on the table. That’s why gathering over a feast has been a part of every merrymaking, especially during the holidays. But the festivity might turn into a tragedy if the food served makes you and your guests sick. This is the last thing that we ever ...
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• Climate Issues and Agriculture; Food Security; and Food Safety

  
  FarmPolicy.com — Authority: 125
  Climate Issues and AgricultureDan Morgan, a former Washington Post reporter and editor, who is now an independent writer specializing in agriculture and energy, published an article yesterday titled, “Mining Carbon Down on the Farm.” Datelined from Wheatland, Wyoming, the article stated that, “This region of the ...
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• Time to bin the “Best before” date?

  
  Not Delia — Authority: 129
  Food waste is something of a hobby-horse of mine – I always feel a pang of guilt when I’m chucking away something I’ve bought, fully intended to do something with and then left languishing at the back of the fridge for just that bit too long. But I can console myself with the knowledge that [...]
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