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School Lunch Reform and a Food Critic's Take on Chicken Nuggets
Health & Wellness  (tags: school lunches, health, nutrition, usda, children, kids, imna, school meals, healty school lunches )

Heather
- 48 days ago - eatdrinkbetter.com
Efforts to reform school lunch got a boost Tuesday when Institute of Medicine of the National Academies released "School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children," a report of recommendations for how to reform school lunch.
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Sign Petition: Downed Animal Protection - No Downers Campaign
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, downers, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, livestock, sick, injured, cruelty, suffering, protection, usda, risks, safety, prevention, health, disease, humans, food )

Tom
- 172 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The USDA banned downed cattle from being slaughtered and entering the human food supply. While this step is a milestone in efforts to protect those animals too sick and injured to walk, or even stand, protections need to be expanded to all species.
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Sign Petition: Fix the U.S. Food Safety System Now!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, safety, protection, prevention, health, illness, risks, disease, government, usda, inspections, congress )

Tom
- 182 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
America's lax food safety system has deadly consequences. Nine people died in the recent tainted-peanut products outbreak. Countless others suffered terribly. Tell Congress to pass strong food safety reform this year before another deadly outbreak occurs.
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Urgent: Sign USDA Petition Demanding Stronger Regulations for Genetically Engineered Crops!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, genetically modified, USDA, petition, Center for Food Safety )

Derek
- 383 days ago - eatdrinkbetter.com
The comment period for proposed rule changes on Genetically Engineered Organisms ends on Monday, November 24th. Sign the Center for Food Safety's petition and make yourself heard on genetically modified foods and pharmaceutical crops issues!
2 comments
Citing Cost, USDA Kills Pesticide-Testing Program
Health & Wellness  (tags: pesticide, USDA, Health )

Sc
- 437 days ago - chicagotribune.com
The Bush administration has abruptly halted a government program that tests the levels of pesticides in fruits, vegetables and field crops, arguing that the $8 million-a-year program is too expensive--a decision critics say could make it harder to protect
1 comment
Beef Back on School Menus, USDA Considers Recall Complete
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, risks, safety, beef, usda, animals, cows, disease )

Tom
- 601 days ago - capitalpress.info
After the massive recall of 143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California meat company in early February, supplies of beef purchased under the National School Lunch Program are back to normal to the relief of cattle groups. Schools to trust USDA.
5 comments
Genetically Modified Foods and Your Right to Know
Health & Wellness  (tags: genetically modified food, genetic engineering, cloned food, CODEX, freedom of speech, right to know, FDA, USDA, patents, profits, pharaceutical companies, biotech, dishonesty, cover-up, ethics, freedoms, healthcare, government, lies, politics, propaganda )

Rebecca
- 673 days ago - healthfreedomusa.org
Most other nations require the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. They ban food from cloned animals. The FDA states that such labeling, although truthful, would be "false and misleading" ...huh? Read this great post about WHY this is so.
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Debate Over the Term
Health & Wellness  (tags: organic, USDA, organic food, food )

RC
- 868 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Read about the latest developments in the USDA's definition of and regulation of organic products.
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