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TheFoodWatchdog

  1. Everyone thinks meat glues is only for meat. I moved a story on Scripps Howard that shows it's all over the market. goo.gl/Kb3jQ 10:45 PM May 8th via web
  2. Use of nanoparticles in food increases; human health and environment endangered bit.ly/yvUbGt 2:14 PM Jan 29th via web
  3. Arsenic in rice matches EPA safe allowable limit for the toxic metal in drinking water. bit.ly/sP9RdQ 10:22 AM Dec 7th, 2011 via web
  4. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, soaring heat, droughts, wildfires yet people anguish over the fate of their tomatoes. goo.gl/PXYu7 11:28 PM Sep 9th, 2011 via web
  5. Crawfish? Crayfish? Mud bugs? Call them anything but lobster. Zabar's - U.S. top deli caught by New Orleans' reporter goo.gl/yUsOs 10:26 PM Aug 14th, 2011 via web
  6. Invasion of the sea creatures, and a guide to eating them. bit.ly/nFAENI 3:48 PM Jul 12th, 2011 via web
  7. philip brasher 5:25 PM Jun 23rd, 2011 via TweetDeck
  8. Tabasco in your coffee, meat glue in your beef, but no nano to be seen at huge food science conference bit.ly/lkESFD 5:20 PM Jun 22nd, 2011 via web
  9. Shark fin soup – a cultural war, angry grandparents, millions of slaughtered sharks all for a tasteless ritual soup. bit.ly/kxyxao 8:31 PM Jun 13th, 2011 via web
  10. Feds finally bless new cooking temperatures for meat and now everyone can be a better cook http://bit.ly/mg485d 9:42 AM May 24th, 2011 via web
  11. When in doubt, throw it out !!. Feds tell how to keep from getting food poisoning after the storm or flood. http://wp.me/p1vvOi-tN 11:29 PM Apr 26th, 2011 via web
  12. Feds agree: If a diet sounds too good to be true, it probably is, even if a reporter is telling you about it. http://wp.me/p1vvOi-s7 8:50 PM Apr 20th, 2011 via web
  13. Two studies find bad news for meat eaters: Bacteria even USDA inspectors don’t look for. http://bit.ly/hRu5AQ 3:06 PM Apr 19th, 2011 via web
  14. Want to avoid poison-tainted food? FDA has a new guide which can keep you safe. http://bit.ly/ezWUk0 11:07 AM Apr 5th, 2011 via web
  15. Foodies get their say in the Oxford English Dictionary. "10-second rule and Muffin Top make it to list. http://goo.gl/zGI88 6:45 PM Mar 28th, 2011 via web
  16. The Michelin Guide, that hook us all on using a “star” rating system for restaurants is getting low marks these days. http://goo.gl/q7x8D 2:14 PM Jan 21st, 2011 via web
  17. When Baby Doc Duvalier fled Haiti 25 years ago, the best chefs on the island raided his pantry and fed the poo http://goo.gl/6CtOQ 1:59 PM Jan 17th, 2011 via web
  18. When Baby Doc Duvalier fled Haiti 25 years ago, the best chefs on the island raided his pantry and fed the poor. http://goo.gl/4rXm1 1:57 PM Jan 17th, 2011 via web
  19. @RENEECBYER Come on Renee. Photographers have procrastinated on entering contests since the days of George Eastman. Get with it love. 10:45 AM Jan 15th, 2011 via web in reply to RENEECBYER
  20. Dioxin spreads through eggs for European pastries; chicken, turkey and pork may be next. How much is heading to US? http://bit.ly/dWGBEK 9:34 PM Jan 9th, 2011 via web