@georgetakei
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The novel is in part responsible for the passage of the revolutionary Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug act, and thus the establishment of the modern-day Food and Drug administration in the U.S.
#FDA #FoodSafety #Food #USDA
https://archive.org/details/upton-sinclair_the-jungle
Does eating fish from where nuclear, biological & chemical weapons were used & disposed sound appetizing?
In Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is Johnston Atoll, site of nuclear tests & disposal of chemical & biological weapons.
With potus dismantling food inspection, your tuna could have who-knows-what in it.
Bioweapon residue? Weaponized chemical agents? Massive radioactivity?
This is a bad idea.
Make Salmonella Great Again
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-food-safety-inspections-plans/
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
CFIA RECALL
Date: 2025-04-19T12:00:00
Product: Sweet Cream brand and D. Effe T. brand frozen pastries recalled due to Salmonella
Details: The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.
More: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/sweet-cream-brand-and-effe-t-brand-frozen-pastries-recalled-due-salmonella
#Canada #foodsafety #recall
@adhdeanasl @COVID19_DISEASE Another reason we in the #UK don't need unregulated, unsafe, factory farmed and processed American food products exported here. #Starmer should tell #Trump to shove the trade deal up his fat orange arse.
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236 #FDA #FoodPoisoning #Illness #TrumpAdministration #FoodSafety #Government
TIL: Cardboard / gable top milk cartons are lined with... plastic. But they block ultraviolet light
Ultraviolet light can penetrate clear glass bottles (PDF) and HDPE (PDF) plastic bottles.
UV light degrades vitamins A and D and riboflavin.
*All of these packaging types are used for many other foods as well.
https://slate.com/technology/2011/03/should-i-buy-milk-in-glass-plastic-or-cardboard-containers.html
#Milk #Microplastics #FoodSafety #FoodPackaging #Nutrition #VitaminA #VitaminD