Food
Commenters Blast Proposed FDA Food Safety Rules
The comment period for two controversial proposed FDA food safety regulations, part of the Food Safety Modernization Act, closed yesterday. What did commenters have to say?
Minnesota Women Challenge "Cottage Food" Regulations
Cannot be sold from home or from a food stand
Food Police Are Gluttons for Punishment - of Others
The FDA could impose regulations that would cost an ungodly lot - while achieving absolutely nothing.
Austin City Limits Fast Food Restaurants?
A proposal in Austin, Texas, could ban fast food restaurants-and maybe even ensnare the city's beloved food trucks.
Mandatory Restaurant Calorie Postings Don't Affect Consumer Choices
Latest study echoes others that say they don't cause people to eat less
Dept of Agriculture: 90 Tons of Prepackaged Salads, Sandwiches Recalled Over Possible E. Coli Contamination
26 sick patients in three states
The FDA's Ill-Conceived Proposal to Ban Trans Fats
We may soon have to say goodbye to many doughnuts, crackers, frozen pizza, coffee creamer and other goodies-whether or not we agree.
Start Hoarding Donuts: The FDA Is Banning Trans Fats
Previous city and state meddling goes national
FDA Moving to Ban Transfats Nationwide
Estimates average American eats more than 4 pounds of it a year
Los Angeles Mulls Easing Street Vendor Regulations
Will bacon dogs still taste as delicious if they aren't so illicit?
Nestle to Reduce Salt Levels in Food to Please WHO
Despite experts not being in agreement in correct consumption limits
Mexico Passes Junk Food Tax
Government wants to use the extra cash on infrastructure and social security
California Slowly Unshackling Some Small Food Entrepreneurs
Do California's statewide cottage food law and the possible lifting of the regulatory burden on some farmers markets in the state signal a trend?
FDA Proposes More Pet Food Regulations
Though it still doesn't know why some jerky treats are currently killing dogs
Thousands of Salads Recalled Due to Listeria Fears
Yesterday it was meat. Perhaps we should just stop eating to be safe.
Raids and Arrests in European Wine Counterfeiting Case
Seven arrested over sales of imposters of one of the world's most-expensive wines
22,000 Pounds of Meat Recalled over Listeria Fears
Meat sold in states across the country
Frank New Documentary on Washington, DC's Hot Dog Entrepreneurs Gets it Right
An excellent new documentary, which premieres next week at the Austin Film Festival, looks at the challenges faced by Washington, DC's food cart entrepreneurs.
Keep Food Legal Sues Bloomberg Administration to Disclose Food Policy Facts
Who are the people, groups, and government agencies behind the Bloomberg administration's food policies? Keep Food Legal is forced to sue to find out.
New Salmonella Outbreak Shows Resistance to Antibiotics
Linked to chicken from California
Is a Federal GMO Labeling Compromise Looming?
Recent developments point to a possible federal compromise on mandatory GMO labeling. Sadly, the potential unintended consequences of this federal labeling scheme are so terrible and obvious that they appear to make for the perfect Washington compromise.
Obesity in NYC Has Skyrocketed Under Bloomberg
Bet he'll argue that's proof there needs to be even more rules
Does "Mountain Dew Mouth" Have Anything To Do With Mountain Dew?
The "Mountain Dew mouth" fuss looks more like a war against a disfavored beverage than a legitimate health concern.
Entrepreneurship and the 'Sharing Economy' in Greece
Good cheap meals from informal micro-cookeries
Is Farm Aid Still Relevant?
Farm Aid's original mission is a good one. But some of the policies it supports are less appealing.
