Pin ItemailprintSay good bye to the slime. McDonald’s says it will no longer use so-called “pink slime” - beef trimmings washed in ammonium hydroxide to kill bacteria – as an additive in its burgers. The term was first coined by television chef Jamie Oliver, who has campaigned against the additive’s use. In an episode of [...]
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Sunday will mark the beginning of a brand new year, and with it will come the enactment of several new laws that were passed in 2011. In all, almost 40,000 laws were passed in 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Many of these new 2012 laws go into effect on New Year’s [...]
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When you decide to lift a ban on slaughtering horses, you wouldn’t exactly expect People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to be in your side. That’s what members of Congress are finding, though, as they’ve decided to bring horse slaughter facilities back to the U.S. after a 5-year-ban. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk told [...]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has slapped Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with a record $270,000 fine for violating federal animal welfare laws. Ringling Bros. has agreed to pay the mammoth fine. Feld Entertainment Inc. of Vienna, Virginia, which owns Ringling Bros. and other well-known acts like Disney on Ice, did not admit [...]
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One of the world’s “most feared” pests has been found on American soil. The Khapra beetle, in its larva stage, was discovered by customs officials in Chicago last week in a 10-pound bag of rice that came from India. In a press release, Customs and Border Protection describe the Khapra beetle as “one of the [...]
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Remember the old food pyramid that helped us figure out the healthiest way to eat? Well it’s now gone, having been replaced by a new-and-improved plate icon that urges Americans to eat a more plant-based diet. One half of your plate should now be chocked full of fruits and veggies, while the other half should [...]
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Gonna’ make a run for the border? You might want to read this before you hit that late-night drive-thru. It turns out Taco Bell meat doesn’t really contain much actual “meat” at all. In fact, one Alabama law firm is suing the fast food chain for false advertising, claiming that what Taco Bell says is [...]
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It’s finally over. The 60-day, all-potato diet that Chris Voigt, head of the Washington State Potato Commission, began on October 1 has come to an end. In all, Voigt lost 21 pounds while on the high-spud diet. He began the diet to draw attention to federal proposals to limit potatoes in some programs. It wasn’t [...]
The ladies on The View may have had their biggest celebrity yet drop by the show today, President Barack Obama. Obama’s pre-recorded stint on the show Thursday was the first on a daytime talk show by an active president. Vice President Joe Biden had appeared on the show back in April. Obama was actually on [...]
Ever felt so hungry you could eat a king? The king of the jungle that is. One Phoenix valley restaurant is stirring up some controversy by offering a lion burger as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa. The Il Vinaio restaurant in Mesa has actually gotten a bomb threat as well as [...]
Uh oh, SpaghettiOs! There are two major recalls being announced today. SpaghettiOs and Marie Callender foods are both being recalled due to the fact that the products in question could make you sick. About fifteen million pounds of SpaghettiOs may have been “under-processed,” according to the Agriculture Department, which announced the recall on Thursday night. [...]
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Shoppers from all along the northern East Coast are being advised to check their packages of ground beef following a death in New Hampshire and several illnesses in other states. A New Hampshire died after eating meat infected with E. coli bacteria. Several children and adults from Rhode Island also became ill at a camp [...]
