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Author Archives: Michele
BPA is FDA’s Latest Gift to Food Industry
In a long-awaited decision, last week the Food and Drug Administration disappointed health advocates once again by allowing Bisphenol A or BPA, a known endocrine disruptor, to remain approved as a chemical additive in food containers such as plastic bottles … Continue reading
Posted in Food Safety, Public Health, Toxins
Tagged Bisphenol A, BPA, chemical industry, FDA, food safety
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Pink Slime Outrage is Not a Vegetarian Plot
The debate over the use of so-called pink slime in ground beef, what industry refers to as lean finely textured beef, is heating up. Over the weekend, the meat industry hosted a massive picnic in Iowa (with what else, free … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Lobbying, Public Health
Tagged Big Meat, Brad Zaun, meat industry, pink slime
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BPI’s Response to Outrage over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-shirt
In a surreal press conference yesterday, Beef Products Inc took its best shot at making up for its silence during weeks of public lashing over what has been dubbed “pink slime,” an additive in ground beef made through a high-tech … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Lobbying, Public Health, USDA
Tagged Beef Products Inc., Big Meat, campaign donations, Elizabeth Hagen, Jim Avila, meat industry, pink slime, Rick Perry, Terry Branstad, USDA
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McDonald’s Now Using Goats to Exploit Children
by Michele Simon and Kelle Louaillier To call McDonald’s latest advertising campaign aimed at children cynical doesn’t give enough credit to the fast food giant and its ad agency, Leo Burnett. The company says the new series of ads starting … Continue reading
10 suggestions for female judges for NY Times’ “ethical meat” contest
Yesterday, I wrote about how the New York Times’ contest for meat eaters is great PR for the meat industry. Upon sending that missive to the Times, I had an email exchange with Ariel Kaminer, the paper’s Ethicist columnist, about … Continue reading
New York Times’ “ethical meat” contest is great PR for meat industry
The New York Times is holding a silly contest for meat-eaters to have their say. Here is my entry. Was this really a burning problem that needed solving, the lack of justifications to eat meat? What do you suppose has … Continue reading
A leopard like PepsiCo cannot change its spots
PepsiCo makes money selling salty and sugary foods and whatever the aims it has stated in Performance with Purpose, it cannot get away from this, says Michele Simon. Read article at The Guardian (UK).
So You Want a Career in Food Policy? A Few Tips
Seems like I’ve been getting more emails lately from strangers asking me for career advice. While I am flattered anyone thinks I have something to offer in this regard, I find it difficult to take time to answer such broad … Continue reading