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Tag Archives: USDA
Why the Meat Industry is Freaking Out Over Pink Slime
Read my article for VegNews on why it’s time to pull the curtain back on Big Meat even further.
Posted in Big Food, Food Safety, Public Health, Toxins
Tagged Beef Products Inc., Big Meat, Eldon Roth, meat industry, meat lobby, Michael Moss, pink slime, Terry Branstad, USDA
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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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Whistleblower to Maker of Pink Slime: “Quit Harassing Me”
This past week, the media woke up to the shocking reality that our meat supply is in fact industrialized. Long gone are the days of your friendly local butcher grinding meat for your kids’ hamburgers. Taking its place is a … Continue reading
SNAP: the Other Corporate Subsidy in the Farm Bill?
As Enrollment Increases, USDA Should Require Purchase Data from Food Stamp Retailers to Better Evaluate Nutrition Intake This week Congress begins hearings on the 2012 farm bill, the massive piece of legislation that gets updated about every five years and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, food assistance, food stamps, Lobbying, Public Health, SNAP, USDA, Walmart
Tagged Big Food, Farm Bill, food industry lobbyists, SNAP, USDA
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Sorry Mrs. O, But Jumping Jacks Won’t Cut It
At a recent summit on childhood obesity, the first lady announced a shift in her well-known Let’s Move campaign — away from food reform and toward an increased focus on exercise. Instead of “forcing [children] to eat their vegetables,” she … Continue reading
Posted in Child Nutrition, Public Health
Tagged childhood obesity, Congress, Grist, Let's Move, Obama, school food regulations, USDA
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School food politics: What’s missing from the pizza-as-vegetable reporting
Over the last couple of days, news outlets have been having a field day with a proposal from Congress that pizza sauce be considered a vegetable to qualify for the National School Lunch program. Headlines like this one were typical: … Continue reading
Posted in Big Food, Child Nutrition, Marketing to kids
Tagged child nutrition, Congress, Let's Move, Obama, school food, USDA
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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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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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