Category Archives: Food and Nutrition
Salmonella in Dole Vegetable Salad
New salmonella scare: Dole recalls bagged salad for salmonella risk It’s been less than 48 hours since Americans were alarmed by a warning from health authorities that about 100 people from 20 states had been stricken with salmonella infections from eating a yellowfin tuna product. As if that wasn’t enough, now the salmonella scare is [...]
Spicy Tuna Salmonella Infections: Nakaochi Recalls Tuna Scrape
California tuna products manufacturer, Moon Marine USA Corp., voluntarily recalls “Nakaochi Scrape” — the frozen raw yellowfin tuna product linked to the ongoing multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections. A yellowfin tuna product used to make the Japanese dishes sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores across the United States has been linked [...]
Trans Fat Linked to Aggression & Irritability
For quite some time now, we’ve known that scarfing down a diet laden with trans fat was bad. Many studies have shown that a diet high in trans fat is associated with raised cholesterol levels and a raised risk for obesity, coronary heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, diabetes, liver dysfunction — and even infertility in [...]
Egg Allergy: Symptoms, First Aid Treatment, & Allergy-Free Eggs
Australian scientists may soon develop allergy-free eggs Eggs. They’re cheap, easily available and a good source of protein. They’re also among the most versatile of ingredients, used in a variety of dishes, both savory and sweet. Eggs are also the most widely eaten foods across the world, considered kosher by the Jews and halal by [...]
Coke and Pepsi Blink, Will Tone Down Dubious Caramel Coloring
It’s practically a modern-day David-and-Goliath story, with a nonprofit watchdog dealing two huge Fortune 500 cola companies a significant blow in a battle for America’s public health. On one side stands The Coca-Cola Company, ranked by Fortune 500 as the 256th largest company in the world, with almost 140,000 employees and 2010 revenues of US$35 [...]
