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Katie Couric took down big livestock farming last night on CBS, with that simple, explain-it-to-me cheeriness with which she took down Sarah Palin last year. In the first of a two part series on antibiotic-use in American agriculture, Couric repeatedly linked routine livestock antibiotics to the rise of drug-resistant staph (MRSA): Read more...
The following is reprinted by permission of the author, Melinda Hemmelgarn. Melinda writes the excellent Food Sleuth blog and printed this piece in Blog for Iowa. Read more...
I've been looking into "Issue 2" in Ohio and there's some pretty fascinating political maneuvering going on. If you live in an ag state, I advise you to familiarize yourself with the fight surrounding this issue, since, chances are, it's coming to your legislature, too.
What is it? Issue 2 is an initiative seeking to change that state's constitution to create a 13-member Livestock Board, which would be appointed by the governor and would oversee all matters concerning livestock management practices in the state of Ohio. Read more...
I'm so excited about Fair Food Fight's photo contest featuring my recipes -- have you checked this out yet?
What's fun about this contest is that you select one of my recipes (here), whip out the cell phone, and snap a pic of it -- either the ingredients, the finished product, you eating it, or whatever you like. It's a fun contest -- not a professional competition by any means -- so have a ball. I'm so eager to see what you Food Fighters do with these dishes!
You have till Friday -- the end of this week, so don't delay! Read more...
Hrm. New research says that pigs might be able to contract novel H1N1 swine flu and that the virus could become endemic (entrenched) in pig farms. Via the excellent infectious disease news source CIDRAP: Read more...
That's right. Another food documentary!
It's Father's Day, so I don't have much time to blog today, but I wanted to get the word out that Smithfield Foods (featured prominently in Food, Inc and in recent swine flu news) is threatening the maker of new documentary Pig Business with a defamation lawsuit. I heard about this from the person tweeting for Pig Business on Twitter. Read more...
One of America's best writers on all matters microbiological, Maryn McKenna, has an excellent piece over at CIDRAP, describing the work of Hong Kong, UK, and US researchers who've come to the conclusion that novel H1N1 swine flu jumped to humans months ago.
The group also determined that livestock needs to be examined more closely for emerging diseases. Read more...
One of America's best writers on all matters microbiological, Maryn McKenna, has an excellent piece over at CIDRAP, describing the work of Hong Kong, UK, and US researchers who've come to the conclusion that novel H1N1 swine flu jumped to humans months ago.
The group also determined that livestock needs to be examined more closely for emerging diseases. Read more...
From the CDC website:
Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.
So enjoy that bacon this morning, peeps.
UPDATE: I love it that the top search string for this post is "Can I get swine flu from bacon?" Not pork. Not ham. Bacon.
