Is it time to start growing our own food?
See how the #trump administration is mishandling food safety.
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn’t surface
https://wapo.st/4kcl8Qo #giftarticle #uspol #Ecoli #health #foodsafety #makeamericasickagain
This is an eye opening thread about a real dropkick in the US pushing #RawMilk, and everything about this guy sticks to high heaven.
#FoodSafety #Agriculture
https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/114541403813459582
Chemical exposure from ultra-#ProcessedFoods may contribute to health issues
Shannon Kelleher, May 16, 2025
"Toxic synthetic chemicals that migrate into ultra-processed foods from packaging, processing equipment and other sources may explain why these foods are so bad for our health, according to a new review article.
"In addition to the foods’ poor nutritional value, these chemicals represent an 'underappreciated and understudied' explanation for the link between ultra-processed foods and health problems such as obesity and other chronic diseases, the authors conclude in the article, published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine.
" 'The more (ultra-)processed a foodstuff, the greater its burden of synthetic chemicals generally is,; the authors wrote.
"Ultra-processed foods such as #candies, #HotDogs and #PackagedSoups are industrially made and contain many added ingredients not found in home kitchens, such as #stabilizers and added colors and flavors.
"Thousands of harmful substances including #bisphenols (such as #BPA), #phthalates, #microplastics (tiny plastic particles) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (#PFAS) can leach into industrially produced foods during production, as well as from containers in which the foods are stored and while heating them up before they are eaten, according to the article. Emerging research suggests that even the 'normal and intended use' of plastic materials that come into contact with foods along their journey to our plates can contaminate these products, the authors wrote.
"Research increasingly shows that some of the same synthetic chemicals found in ultra-processed foods, as well as drinking water and other sources, are prevalent in our bodies. About 98% of the US population has PFAS in their blood, while microplastics and even smaller plastic particles (nanoplastics) accumulate in 'just about every portion of your body…no organ is spared, really,' Dr. Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University, said during a May 15 webinar hosted by the group Beyond Plastics. Plastic particles have been found in everything from the placenta to the brain, lungs and heart, he said.
"In a 2024 study, Rajagopalan and colleagues found a link between microplastics in the arteries and risks for heart attacks and strokes.
" 'The particles looked quite nasty,' he said. 'They were jagged particles with sharp edges, very similar to cholesterol.' "
"But they illustrate the complexity of the war on food additives.
They show how, when it comes to food science, regulators are chronically playing catch-up. In the meantime, for many ingredients, regulators and consumers alike are left in a gray zone between suspicion and proof of harm in humans."
Ok, NOW I'm getting *pissed off*. Don't fuck with my Avocados!
KTLA: California avocados at risk due to lack of USDA inspectors, report says
How to limit exposure to arsenic in rice after report finds high levels in brands across U.S.:
Use rice alternatives 
Look at labels 
Cook rice like pasta 
Choose based on type
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arsenic-rice-how-to-limit-exposure/
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ready-To-Eat Chicken and Bacon Wrap Products Due to Possible Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination | Food Safety and Inspection Service
HBBF: New tests show popular #rice types that parents should limit – and safer choices.
"The system faces so many stressors, food-safety experts told me, that regulators may miss cases of foodborne illness, giving Americans a false sense of security. If there’s one thing you can do right now to help protect yourself, it’s this: swearing off bagged, prechopped lettuce."
Georgia’s anti-abortion law keeps brain-dead pregnant woman Adriana Smith on life support https://www.byteseu.com/1017536/ #abortion #AdrianaSmith #America #AprilNewkirk #CandiMiller #EdSetzler #FoodSafety #GAStateWire #GeneralNews #Georgia #Health #KamalaHarris #LoisShepherd #PregnancyAndChildbirth #SupremeCourtOfTheUnitedStates #ThaddeusPope #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #VincenzoBerghella
U.S. foodborne illnesses surged in 2024:
+25% in bacterial cases
Hospitalizations & deaths more than doubled
Listeria, Salmonella & E. coli outbreaks
296 recalls issued.
Food safety is public health.
#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #RDNsInAction https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/expect-increases-foodborne-illness-2025a1000a76?form=fpf
Squeamish consumers a bit of a problem for edible insect industry
By Selina Green
From pet food to waste disposal, insects have many potential uses in Australia. But the industry has to overcome some big challenges around public perception first.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-16/edible-insect-industrys-squeamish-consumers/105282822
Yogurt recall for undeclared nuts in the product.
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Multiple flavors of yogurt products sold in stores across the country recalled
What can we learn from a 1985 Salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated milk that killed at least 12 people?
From @TheConversationUS: "Revisiting this investigation and its outcome provides lessons on how food safety inspections go hand in hand with consumer protection and public health, especially as hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses rise."
At least 10 people sickened in US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/listeria-outbreak-states-products #Foodsafety #USnews #Food
Do not travel to the USA.
Reason number 25.
Why you should not travel to the USA.
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-face-recognition-exit-us-border/
"They" wouldn't do that? Oh yes, they would.
"In her research, Blum found a record of a congressional hearing, where a food manufacturer described producing and selling a “strawberry jam” that was entirely red dye, corn syrup, and grass seed. His defense for the practice: “we have to be competitive in the market and other people are doing it too,” paraphrases Blum."
Link: https://www.popsci.com/health/food-safety-before-fda/?ICID=ref_fark
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