Category: Food & Drink

Everything You Need To Know About Mad Cow Disease After Brazil Confirms Infection

Mad cow disease has no treatment, is invariably fatal and eating meat from a cow that had the disease can trigger a similarly dangerous disease in humans.

Antibiotics Use In Farm Animals Is Growing—Here’s Why It Could Pose A Danger To Humans

The use of antimicrobials in often healthy farm animals promotes drug resistance and could help render infections like gonorrhea, tuberculosis and staph untreatable.

The Top 10 Shortages Of 2022 Based On Google Searches

There’s certainly been no shortage of shortages in 2022 in fact, there’s been so many shortages that Google’s Year in Search 2022 web page included a “Shortages” category.

FDA: Sesame To Become 9th Major Food Allergen On January 1, 2023

This sesame sea change was seeded when the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act was signed into law on April 23, 2021.

Class I Recall Of Chicken Products Sold At Walmart In 28 States

Mountain View Packaging, LLC, is recalling around 6,013 pounds of their “Innovasian Crispy Chicken with Almonds Entrée” for a shellfish reason.

CDC: Norovirus Outbreak Linked To Raw Oysters From Texas, At Least 211 Ill

The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has ordered a recall of oysters that have gone to at least eight different states.

23 Of 28 Dark Chocolate Bars Tested Have High Lead, Cadmium Levels

Consumer Reports tested bars from popular brands such as Trader Joe’s, Dove, Lindt, and Hershey’s.

FDA Warning: Raw Oysters Contaminated With Sapovirus May Be In 13 States

Dai One Food Company, Ltd., has issued a recall of all potentially affected frozen half shell oysters.

A Novel Alternative To The Plastic Waste Associated With Pill Bottles

It is increasingly apparent that recycling is an imperfect solution for plastic waste and that microplastics are an environmental problem. There is a new, more eco-friendly approach for the waste associated with the medicines category.

Thanksgiving Turkey Shortage, Prices Up 20% With Avian Flu, Inflation

Turkey isn’t the only traditional Thanksgiving food item that’s become more expensive. Here’s what’s happened to the prices of other items.