Paul McCartney is urging India to establish a national Vegetarian Day in celebration of meat-free lifestyles. In a letter sent to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Paul McCartney said that such a day would “be a celebration of life.” [...more]
Weight loss has always been a widespread New Year’s resolution, and in keeping with previous years, wannabe dieters have taken to the internet in recent days to hash out a get-fit plan for 2011. [...more]
Ground beef recall orders announced on Friday affected almost 40,000 pounds of meat distributed to six states. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based First Class Foods, Inc. issued the recall after a regular company-performed sampling revealed possible E. Coli contamination. [...more]
Parsley and cilantro recall orders were issued by a Texas produce distributor Monday after samples in Quebec, Canada, and Michigan tested positive for salmonella bacteria. J&D Produce Inc. recalled nearly 7,000 cases of cilantro and curly parsley as a “precautionary, voluntary recall” of produce packed between November 30 and December 6, the company said in a statement. [...more]
Share Whole-fat dairy products may reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health assessed 20 years of health data from 3,736 patients. They found that people who consumed more trans-palmitoleic acid – a compound found in the dairy fat of milk, cheese, yogurt, [...] [...more]
Foodborne illness gets 48 million people sick each year, killing 3,000 and hospitalizing 128,000 more, health officials said in a study published Wednesday. [...more]
Share An expanded egg recall may be necessary, the head of the U.S. FDA said on Monday, as salmonella outbreaks increased. Margaret Hamburg, the FDA commissioner, told CNN the expanded egg recalls would follow “the largest egg recall in recent history,” and include more than half a billion eggs. Hamburg said because of the way [...] [...more]
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