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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Farmers market lovers want to see exemptions in food safety bill
Roy Neal calls the state and federal laws designed to protect him from Ranee Priem's home-canned zucchini relish and apple jelly -- including the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 now working its way through Congress -- attempts at "solving a nonproblem." Neal was browsing through the Cascade F... Continued...

Friday, August 7, 2009

Safeway recalls ground beef sold in nine states
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Safeway Inc. announced Thursday a major, nine-state recall of salmonella-tainted ground beef sold between June 6 and July 14. Safeway /quotes/comstock/13*!swy/quotes/nls/swy (SWY 18.56, -0.06, -0.32%) , the giant grocery store chain based in Pleasanton, Calif., said... Continued...

Monday, August 3, 2009

Chemicals can turn genes on and off; new tests needed, scientists say.
Each of us starts life with a particular set of genes, 20,000 to 25,000 of them. Now scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence that pollutants and chemicals might be altering those genes—not by mutating them, but by sending subtle signals that silence them or switch them on at the wrong tim... Continued...

Friday, July 31, 2009

Two Agencies Take Steps to Improve Food Safety
Strengthening its efforts to keep a deadly strain of E. coli out of meat sold to consumers, the Department of Agriculture said Friday that it would begin regular testing of meat trimmings used to make ground beef. At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration said it was working to develop m... Continued...