A plate of tomato and pepper stew a la FDA, hold the credibility [updated]
Seeing through the FDA is not the same as transparency.Posted on July 30, 2008 7:54 AM • 6 Comments •
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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.
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Food:
Produce industry and Bush administration's short sighted and costly mistake
Hoist on their own petard, with help from the Bush administration.Posted on July 26, 2008 7:26 AM • 8 Comments •
Salmonella outbreak developments
A little progress sounds pretty good when there's been no progress until now.Posted on July 22, 2008 7:26 AM • 7 Comments •
Spoiling the tomato barrel
One rotten tomato can spoil the whole industry.Posted on July 20, 2008 3:28 PM • 14 Comments •
"One donut, decaf, no glaze, no powdered sugar"
Filling the hole in the donut -- with caffeinePosted on July 19, 2008 7:50 AM • 13 Comments •
Understanding the watermelon - Viagra connection: it's not hard
Eat a lot of watermelon and it won't be long.Posted on July 2, 2008 7:29 AM • 17 Comments •
Oversight-free chickens
What do you think "raised without antibiotics" means on a package of chicken?Posted on June 9, 2008 7:47 AM • 4 Comments •
Better than roadkill
More meat in a vat musings.Posted on April 22, 2008 3:46 PM • 29 Comments •
A public health question about plant viruses for the hivemind
An epidemic of cucurbit disease and a question about human diseases from plant viruses.Posted on April 21, 2008 7:09 AM • 7 Comments •
Chicken McVat
Do we have a steak in the outcome?Posted on April 16, 2008 7:12 AM • 31 Comments •
The importance of research on beef jerky
Keeping the jerky supply safe.Posted on March 27, 2008 4:10 PM • 13 Comments •
Egypt, chickens and Indonesia
Egypt tames chicken. Indonesia play chicken.Posted on March 27, 2008 7:36 AM • 1 Comments •
My salad days
Big increase in foodborne diesase from green leafy vegetablesPosted on March 20, 2008 4:25 PM • 16 Comments •
Prostitution. It's what's for lunch.
Consorting with prostitutes for fun and profit.Posted on March 18, 2008 3:50 PM • 7 Comments •
Fried rat. It's what's for lunch.
Chicken, no! Rats, si!Posted on March 14, 2008 6:54 AM • 16 Comments •
US beef recall: safety, cruelty and record size
Four times bigger than the previous record. And with a twist: animal cruelty.Posted on February 19, 2008 4:38 PM • 9 Comments •
Do me a flavor in 2008
Predictions for the top ten sweet flavors in 2008Posted on February 18, 2008 3:56 PM • 15 Comments •
Gorging ourselves on diet drinks?
Rats fed saccharin put on more weight than those fed sugar.Posted on February 12, 2008 4:43 PM • 23 Comments •
Why can't the chicken cross the road?
Leg disorders in broiler chickens.Posted on February 7, 2008 7:07 AM • 45 Comments •
Selling old meat and stale bread
Sandwich to go.Posted on February 2, 2008 7:55 AM • 12 Comments •
Food labels: the font of all knowledge can be pretty small
There's a lot of stuff about tainted food in the news, whether it is toxins in imports or questionable additives in US products (e.g., bisphenol A in hard plastics). This stuff is not on any food label, of course, but...Posted on December 26, 2007 4:14 PM • 9 Comments •
Poultry workers and drug resistant E. coli
Another hazard of poultry workers. As if they didn't have enough.Posted on December 21, 2007 4:58 PM • 3 Comments •
Wet markets: going viral
A recipe for emerging infectious diseasesPosted on December 11, 2007 7:01 AM • 4 Comments •
Blog Action Day: chickenshit on the half-shell in Maryland
Poultry farms running amok. Straight into the Bay.Posted on October 15, 2007 7:56 AM • 5 Comments •
Mouth feel and the energy recovered from a free-running crack
Crumbliness and priorities. An off taste.Posted on September 25, 2007 4:13 PM • 5 Comments •
Eating your fruits and vegetables
Have you had your fiber today?Posted on August 7, 2007 7:03 AM • 3 Comments •
McDonalds and Skittles: child predators on the net
Preying on my grandchildren.Posted on August 1, 2007 4:38 PM • 1 Comments •
Pass the nuts. Please.
Cashews are worse than peanuts (but I like them more).Posted on July 21, 2007 7:06 AM • 33 Comments •
Caffeine in carbonated beverages
A very stimulating post.Posted on July 9, 2007 4:12 PM • 17 Comments •
USDA bird's eye view not so sweeping
The US bird establishment isn't ready.Posted on June 26, 2007 7:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Hot and filthy
Filth standards. Never heard of them? Read on.Posted on June 14, 2007 3:43 PM • 5 Comments •
One donut, black
Coffee and donut, hold the coffee.Posted on January 30, 2007 7:46 AM • 10 Comments •
Cheers, fatso
Caloric values of 50 beers and wines.Posted on January 17, 2007 5:55 PM • 4 Comments •
Would you like fries with that?
Functional foods. Coming to a supermarket near you.Posted on December 4, 2006 5:02 PM • 4 Comments •
The conquest of hunger is in sight
Low food esteem.Posted on November 20, 2006 7:03 AM • 15 Comments •
Fathead
Obesity rivals global warming as a threat? What an idiot.Posted on September 4, 2006 7:54 AM • 19 Comments •
Growing meat in tissue culture?
Petri dish meat?Posted on September 4, 2006 7:44 AM • 24 Comments •
