For those of you who use your stove for shoe storage, nota bene: all that wasted time with an inactive kitchen could be shortening your lifespan. In fact, a new study found that people who cook up to five times a week were 47 percent more likely to still be alive after 10 years. “It… [Read more…]
A piece of finger got into the sandwich of a customer last week at Arby’s on N. West Avenue, the Jackson police and Jackson County Health Department reported. A 14-year-old boy who had visited the drive-through window with his mother was eating the sandwich and pulled a pad of a finger out of his mouth,… [Read more…]
When I heard that a study was done that “Older adults who drank coffee — caffeinated or decaffeinated — had a lower risk of death overall than others who did not drink coffee”, it made me want to get up from my desk and have another cup. Those of us who live for that next… [Read more…]
Mussel harvesting was suspended until further notice in Whidbey Island’s Penn Cove in Washington State after a 128-foot derelict fishing vessel anchored there burst into flames and later sank, officials said. The fishing boat Deep Sea caught fire May 12 and continued burning into May 13, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. It sank May 13… [Read more…]
State health officials find pesticide not approved for use on basil at 4 other Oahu farms. State Department of Health officials found other Oahu, Hawaii farms using unapproved pesticides on basil crops, the Associated Press reported May 13. State and federal authorities were working with local farmers to prevent pesticide misuse after samples at a… [Read more…]
May 18, 2012
by foodsafeguru
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