Category Archives: Food Safety

Stallman Explains Rationale of EPA Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit

In a column published in Thursday’s Baltimore Sun, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman explained the rationale of a lawsuit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency by Farm Bureau that challenges the agency’s “pollution diet” for the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

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Truth, transparency in food labeling

The Corn Refiners Association is hoping the FDA will heed its petition to use the label “corn sugar” as a replacement to high fructose corn syrup.

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Science Contradicts the Humane Society of the United States on Salmonella and “Cage-Free” Eggs

Despite recent claims to the contrary from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), recent poultry science does not support the conclusion that expensive “cage-free” egg production lowers the public-health risk from Salmonella, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) said today.

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Recent Egg Recall Reminds us about the Basics in Food Safety

Sharing words of appreciation for our nation’s food safety system, Mary Lee Chin, MS, RD, an independent consultant based in Denver suggests that food safety should always be a priority in the home regardless of a nationwide egg recall. “

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I’m Going to Have my Omelet and Eat it Too

Since the nationwide egg recall, I’m more in love with the egg. Yes, I said more in love with eggs than ever before. I was thinking about this during my omelet breakfast recently.

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