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New health worry in red meat

April 8, 2013 by foodsafeguru

Doctors have long assumed that saturated fat and cholesterol in red meat are what raise the risk of heart disease. But a study in the journal Nature Medicine fingers another culprit: carnitine, a compound abundant in red meat that also is sold as a dietary supplement and found in some energy drinks. Carnitine typically helps […]

Meat Industry May Shut Down For Weeks Due To U.S. Spending Cuts

February 11, 2013 by foodsafeguru

Without USDA inspectors, meat plants would have to close * Production losses of $10 billion possible * White House ties budget cuts to everyday life (Meatpackers say USDA can avoid mass shutdowns) By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) – The Obama administration warned on Friday that across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect in […]

XL bails, to be managed by JBS after E. coli mess

October 18, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell Food safety ain’t simple, it’s hard. So over a month after reports of illness and E. coli O157 positive sample started rolling in, weeks of outrage, political incompetence, condescending statements and corporate silence, and barely a mention of the sick people, the owners of the XL plant in Alberta have decided food […]

Talk is cheap; XL wants to talk food safety, prove it

October 12, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell Over a month after E. coli O157 was linked to XL Foods, a slaughterhouse in Alberta, and sickened at least 12 people across Canada, one of the owners has finally made a public appearance and said sorry, it won’t happen again. I want to know who stocks XL meat so next time […]

As E. coli meat recall widens, experts wonder why gaps in food safety haven’t been closed

October 3, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell When the bunch of us were writing our paper on the failures of audits and inspections, we had several disagreements about what was an audit, what was an inspection, what should be included, and so on. I insisted that to consumers, it didn’t matter, and there were failures in both kinds of […]