Dude, Where’s My Vitamin C?
Maybe you are a person that buys vitamin C, herbal cough syrup, or probiotics when you think you might be coming down with a cold. Maybe you take Co Q10 to keep your heart healthy, or Red Yeast Rice to keep your blood pressure down because you don’t like the side effects or cost of [...]
Sally Fallon and Liz Reitzig on the release of Farmageddon – E46
SWAT type raids with guns aimed at unarmed families on small dairy farms? Confiscation of product and equipment with no proof of contamination, and no compensation for damage and loss? Is it because these dairy farms are just covers for drug operations or weapons stockpiling? Nope. They only produce raw milk. Uh-huh, a food that humanity has been consuming for [...]
Arsenic in Your Chicken Anyone?
According to an Associated Press story, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it.
Scientists and Fishermen Alarmed By Sick Fish in Gulf
According to the U.S. government, the BP oil spill is old news and the Gulf of Mexico is fine. The FDA announced back in August 2010 that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico was safe to eat, and it was seemingly business as usual. Now, a pnj.com article reports that scientists and fishermen are finding [...]
FDA Issues First New Rules Under Food Safety Modernization Act: More Protection or More Control?
Last Wednesday, the FDA released details on the agency’s first new rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The FDA now has the authority to detain food products for 30 days simply because it has “reason to believe” they pose a threat to food safety. Signed into law by President Obama this past January, the [...]
Food Integrity Now – Sally Fallon and Kristin Canty – Farmageddon – E30
Could raw milk cure asthma, allergies and other diseases? Why is the FDA conducting gestapo-type raids on small farms selling raw, unpasteurized milk and cheese? Sally Fallon of the Weston A. Price Foundation and Kristin Canty, Director of the upcoming documentary, Farmageddon, a movie that documents the FDA’s opposition to raw milk, discuss this topic with the [...]
Food Integrity Now – E23- Project Gulf Impact – The Gulf is Not Safe
Besides “specially trained” human sniffers, what tests are being conducted to determine the safety of seafood from the Gulf? Are the tests adequate to make any such determination, or are they intentionally limited in favor of economic recovery? Is this worth the long term health risks? Heather Rally and Gavin Garrison of Project Gulf Impact [...]
Food Integrity Now – E22 – Jean-Michel Cousteau on the health of the Gulf.
Over 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants dumped in the Gulf and the FDA is telling us the seafood is safe. Is it really? Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau and founder of The Ocean Futures Society, joined us on the show to give his perspective on the tragic oil spill and the [...]
Food Integrity Now – E18 – Barbara Kowalcyk – Discussing food safety and S.510
You know Barbara Kowalcyk, founder of The Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention, from the hit documentary Food Inc. Her son tragically died from eating e.coli-tainted beef. Barbara has been making large strides towards increasing the safety of our food and was a recent recipient of The LennonOno Award for Peace. She took some [...]
The debate over genetically-engineered salmon sizzles, FDA to decide on Monday
The internet was on fire these past two days after the FDA deemed AquaBounty’s genetically-engineered salmon safe for human consumption this past Tuesday. Bloggers and opinion columnist on both sides of the issue gave their best shots at influencing their readers and arguments raged in the comments. A call-in campaign started by The Center for [...]
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