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Food Headlines 4.27.12
Hot subject this week: Mad Cow Disease in the U.S. April 24, 2012: Case of Mad Cow Disease Is Found in U.S. Stephanie Strom http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/health/case-of-mad-cow-disease-is-found-in-us.html?_r=1 Mad Cow Disease Confirmed in California Dairy Cow, USDA Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/mad-cow-disease-california-usda_n_1449871.html?ref=food Mad Cow Disease Found in California: What Are the Risks to Humans? Amanda Chan http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/mad-cow-disease-variant-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease_n_1450195.html?ref=food&ir=Food April 25, 2012: Mad [...]
Food Stories We Watched This Week
Headlines 04.20.2012 Animal Antibiotics: FDA Asks Drug Companies to Limit Overuse Amid Health Concerns http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/animal-antibiotics-fda-livestock_n_1417655.html?ref=food&ir=Food April 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP)—The FDA called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics in farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria. The FDA has struggled [...]
Food News In Review
Headlines We Were Watching This Week 04.05.2102 Pink Slime Scandal Screwing Restaurants, Says Red Robin Paula Forbes http://eater.com/archives/2012/04/05/pink-slime-scandal-screwing-restaurants-says-red-robin.php April 5, 2012 The “pink slime” media frenzy is now screwing over burger chains that don’t even serve the stuff. After receiving hundreds of guest inquiries at Red Robin’s headquarters and in many of the company’s 460+ [...]