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So you’d think that with a food production system that regularly fails and kills people might actually need some more oversight? Not so much.
The FDA is conducting half of the food safety inspections it did three years ago
Safety tests for U.S.-produced food are down nearly 75 percent in same period
The FDA has [...]

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This is one for the blinding flash of the obvious award for the week. Down towards the end of the article there’s a line that gave me pause: one-quarter said they did not have the money to buy and prepare their own food. Not sure I understand that one. Is it cheaper to [...]

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The New York City Board of Health voted Tuesday to ban the use of all artificial trans fats at “food service establishments.” The ban will be forcibly remove trans fats from all restaurants over the next two years. So all of the national chains will be using the cheapest substitute they can find (if they [...]

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So now that you’re groggy with drink and gluttony, what now? Lifehacker points the way to some more ideas for your turkey day leftovers.
The New York Times has some ideas for keeping the family dynamic going in the right direction for the holiday.
Your turkey a bit dry and mushy this year?  Harold McGee might [...]

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