Not so sweet, not so surprising Scientists at Yale have found the “missing link” between high fructose corn syrup and type II diabetes.  Also, the average American gulps down 60 lbs of the stuff every year. Private inspections a weak defense The NY Times tell the story of a private insp...

Low energy density diet prevents weight gain Children who have a gene linked to an increased risk of obesity can prevent that fate by eating more fruits and vegetables, according to a report from the journal PLoS ONE. Looking at more than 2,000 children, researchers from University College London an...

Small businesses can be hit hard in a big recall, as they rarely have a staff to handle one....

In the wake of the recent salmonella outbreak related to peanuts, lawmakers are calling for a new federal agency to oversee food safety. Suggestions range from splitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into two agencies to creating a new agency that would combine pieces from the different age...

Peanut allergy sufferers have another worry: whether flying Northwest is a death wish. The airline is reinstating their peanut snacks as they continue to merge with Delta and some customers are pretty pissed off....

Have you been tracking the details of the peanut-plant salmonella contamination and food recalls? How scary is that? That contamination has gone on this long and the one plant never having been inspected? Personally, I’d like to see the justice system go Erin Brokovich on his ass – lock him in a...

I haven’t written about it previously, but I’ve been following the peanut products tainted with salmonella outbreak closely since it started. I figured once it was traced back to the source it would be discovered that it was the result of incompetence or ignorance, but not outright crimi...

More TV predicts unhealthy diet If you need another argument for why your teenagers shouldn’t spend so much time watching television, a University of Minnesota study of 2,000 kids found that those who watched the most television were more likely to follow an unhealthy diet five years later. Those ...

Kids who need vitamins usually don’t take them Children who are taking vitamins are often the ones who don’t really need them, while kids who could benefit from supplements because of their poor diets usually don’t take vitamins. That’s the conclusion of a study from the University of Califo...

. ANOTHER POISONING-FOR-PROFIT CASE WILL THE FDA EVER PROSECUTE THESE SICK, GREEDY BASTARDS? YOUTUBE: NBC "The Today Show" "Feb 2, Matt Lauer interview with President Barack Obama" FDA critique at 7minutes 35seconds in on the video. Obama Promises To Fix America's Food Safety Net (Before It Kills Us...