Posts Tagged ‘ food safety ’

Food Companies Try, but Can’t Guarantee Safety – NYTimes.com

May 16th, 2009 | By Fritz Nordengren
Food Companies Try, but Can’t Guarantee Safety – NYTimes.com

The Thursday New York Times article by Michael Moss raises interesting questions about food safety, especially as more and more foods are manufactured using multiple ingredients.  Moss shares:
Increasingly, the corporations that supply Americans with processed foods are unable to guarantee the safety of their ingredients. In this case, ConAgra could not pinpoint which of the
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The ‘Organic’ Stamp – Does It Mean That Food Is Safer? – NYTimes.com

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Fritz Nordengren
The ‘Organic’ Stamp – Does It Mean That Food Is Safer? – NYTimes.com

Kim Severson and Andrew Martin share this reminder about food labeling.
Although the rules governing organic food require health inspections and pest-management plans, organic certification technically has nothing to do with food safety.
via The ‘Organic’ Stamp – Does It Mean That Food Is Safer? – NYTimes.com.
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