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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Meat Safety Politics: A Decade of Inaction at USDA on Non-O157 E. coli
In the wake of the horrible E. coli outbreak in Germany, many food safety advocates are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to get off the dime and expand required beef testing to strains beyond the standard 0157:H7. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Public Health
Tagged E.coli, food safety, Germany, Marler Clark, meat industry
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Appetite For Profit: Penetrating Food Industry Spin (book review)
After your book has been out for a few years, it’s rare to have it reviewed. So I am grateful to Hank Will, editor of GRIT Magazine, for not only reading my book, but for writing so glowingly about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Appetite for Profit, book review, GRIT.com
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Interview by the “Diet Dectective”
Here is a nice interview of me by syndicated columnist Charles Stuart Platkin.
First Lady Recommends Limiting Screen Time for Children
It seems some thought I was a tad too harsh in my critique of the new MyPlate, the federal government’s latest attempt to teach Americans how to eat right. So in the spirit of recognizing positive moves coming from Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing to kids
Tagged Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Let's Move, marketing to kids, Obama
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Will Germany Crisis Affect USDA Policymaking?
Thanks to Food Safety News for allowing me to cross-post my articles; here is my first. In the midst of what has tragically become the deadliest E. coli outbreak in history, serious questions are being raised about the need to … Continue reading
Posted in Food Safety
Tagged American Meat Institute, E.coli, Food Safety News, Germany, meat industry, USDA
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Why we need MyPolicy instead of MyPlate
Last week, I didn’t really have much to say about the replacement of USDA’s infamous food pyramid with the new plate image, which is why I was happy to cross-post Andy Bellatti’s take, which I obviously agree with. But this … Continue reading
USDA Replaces Pyramid with Plate: New Illustration, Same Problems (guest post by Andy Bellatti)
Having written about the previous USDA pyramid update in my book, I was less enthused this time around. So I am happy to cross-post this take by my colleague Andy Bellatti, budding nutritionist and blogger, whose sentiments I share and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Marketing to kids
Tagged Andy Bellati, Dietary guidelines, marketing to kids, Tom Vilsack, USDA
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