Bringing back American chestnuts
Jill Neimark (@jillneimark) is a writer whose work has been featured in Discover, Scientific American, Science, Nautilus, Aeon, Psychology Today and The New York Times. She writes this piece for …
Without Blue Bell, it’s a summer without ice cream for many Texans
A multistate outbreak of Listeria that hospitalized 10 and which was linked to the deaths of three people in Kansas led Blue Bell Creamery to voluntarily recall all of its …
Opinion: building an “integrated food safety system” will take all of us
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) represents the most sweeping reform of American food safety law in more than seven decades. The FDA’s implementation of the FSMA “envisions an ‘integrated …
FDA wants to pull back the curtain on antibiotics
Even as more companies announce that they will reduce the use of antibiotics in meat production, the argument about the use of antibiotics in animals continues. One issue is that …
Q&A: Pat Crawford, UC Nutrition Policy Institute
“Not changing is risky. The United States – along with Mexico – has the highest obesity rates in the industrialized world. With these extraordinarily high obesity rates, we are on …
Food industry braces for trans fat ban
The use of trans fat in foods – already down by about 85% in the last decade – is expected to be mostly banned by the FDA in a ruling …
Blue Bell plant tested positive for listeria as far back as 2013
According to FDA records, the agency found evidence of listeria bacteria at a Blue Bell ice cream manufacturing plant in Oklahoma as far back as March 2013. Blue Bell “continued …
What Tyson’s big antibiotic announcement might really mean
Last week, Tyson Foods made big news when it announced that it was “striving” to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in the production of its chicken. Tyson is one …
Q&A: Andy Bellatti, Dietitians for Professional Integrity
“Change is inevitable. Whether you’re talking about the suffrage movement, civil rights, or marriage equality, history has shown that sustained advocacy brings change. It takes time, effort, and patience. And …
Q&A: Alissa Hamilton, author of “Got Milked?” and “Squeezed”
“While the 2015 DGAC’s recommendation that Americans eat less meat is promising, the absence of a similar advisory regarding dairy is glaring. Dairy cows, specifically the high-milk yielding Holstein breed, …