FDA Says Whole Foods Processing Plant Must Clean Up its Act

This is disgusting.

Will definitely keep me out of Whole Foods.

Read it at http://www.wsj.com/articles/whole-foods-must-clean-up-its-act-fda-says-1465936379?mod=e2fb

Beer Nutrition Guidelines Could Hurt Brewery Sales

The Food and Drug Administration has instituted guidelines for nutrition info that must be on beers served in taverns and restaurants.

This could end up being very costly for breweries.

Go to http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news03/following-new-fda-beer-nutrition-guidelines-expensive-for-breweries-could-hurt-sales-20151202?utm_source=uLZAtA&utm_medium=redirect&utm_campaign=wdt.me&utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com to see the story.

FDA OKs Genetically Modified Salmon for Consumption

From the Associated Press:

The federal Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first altered animal for human consumption in the United States.

The Obama administration has stalled for more than five years on deciding whether to approve a fast-growing salmon.
 
By altering genetic materials, scientists have proposed and in some cases, actually created animals that would be bred to be disease-free, cleaner in their environments or grow more efficiently.
 
Opponents of the technology have taken advantage of increasing consumer concern about genetically modified foods and have urged several major retailers not to sell it.

FDA OKs Genetically Engineered Apples, Potatoes

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Will the FDA's New Food Safety Rules Harm Small Farmers?

Go to http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/01/food-safety-and-modernization-act-may-hurt-small-organic-farms to check out the story.

Breaking News: Link Found on Mysterious Stomach Bug Cause

Breaking News from the Associated Press Twitter feed:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration links stomach bug outbreak in Iowa, Nebraska to restaurant salad mix supplied by Mexican farm.