Not In My Food Blog http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:08:10 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tales from the Crypt : Gross Food Stories True Stories are always scarier: Feeding cow parts and chicken poop to cattle

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Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, writes about her recent trip to the White House garden with some fantastic food activists

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A police officer, dad, and husband who has been waging a personal war to reform food safety in this country.

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]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/working_with_sustainable_commu.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/10/working_with_sustainable_commu.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:43:48 -0500 Who Determines the Safety of Our Nation's Salad? An Insider Look A National Leafy Green Marketing Agreement is a BAD idea- Elisa Odabashian, Director of the West Coast Office and State Campaigns for Consumers Union

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]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/09/safe_food_first.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/09/safe_food_first.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:05:06 -0500 Tomorrow: Food Safety Action Day (Join Us!) By: CU's Morgan Jindrich, Senior Online organizer

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Consumers Union Urges California State Assembly to Vote Yes on S.B. 797 Tomorrow

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CU Policy Analyst, Ami Gahdi gives an insider view at the process the Food Safety Modernization Act will go through as it comes before the U.S. Senate.

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CU's Senior Research Associate, Michael Hansen writes about animal litter (yes, that kind of litter) and bones being fed to chickens and cows.

]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/09/tales_from_the_crypt_of_gross.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/09/tales_from_the_crypt_of_gross.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:11:09 -0500 Sacramento BPA Rally After a great BPA rally in the California State Capitol - State Assemblymembers need to hear from you

]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/sacramento_bpa_rally.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/sacramento_bpa_rally.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:44:51 -0500 BAN BPA IN CALIFORNIA! Elisa Odabashian, Director of Consumer Unions West Coast Office, posts on the upcoming BPA Ban vote in California's State Legislature

]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/ban_bpa_in_california.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/ban_bpa_in_california.html Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:46:51 -0500 Nestle Talks Cookie Testing After mysterious outbreak of E. Coli Nestle is increasing testing

]]> http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/nestle_steps_up_on_cookie_test.html http://www.consumersunion.org/blogs/nimf/2009/08/nestle_steps_up_on_cookie_test.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:28:58 -0500 More Beef Recalled CR is reporting that Beef Packers, a California meatpacking firm, is recalling more than 826,000 pounds of ground beef that has been linked to an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The outbreak has sickened people in nine Western states.

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