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  • Food Safety

Are Antibiotics in Meat a Food Safety Issue?

  • Posted on September 1, 2016
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

One important piece of information on some meat labels tells you something about its safety: whether or not antibiotics were part of the animals’ diet. Antibiotics are routinely fed to…

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  • Food Safety

Listeria Threatens the Food Industry and Consumer Safety

  • Posted on May 6, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

In April, there were eight recalls due to Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food products, including frozen vegetables, ice cream, and even hummus. This bacterium is especially dangerous for…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety Policies that Would Protect Consumers

  • Posted on March 10, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Consumers have control over just the final few steps of food purchasing, preparation, and eating. Clearly, food safety needs to be the responsibility of all actors along the food chain.…

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  • What Not to Eat

What Not to Eat: Avoid Foods with Caramel Coloring

  • Posted on February 24, 2015
  • by Michael F. Jacobson

CARAMEL COLORING Coloring: colas, baked goods, pre-cooked meats, soy and Worcestershire sauces, chocolate-flavored products, beer. [text_ad] Caramel coloring is made by heating a sugar compound (usually high-dextrose corn syrup), often…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety: Be Careful of These Dangerous Pathogens, Toxins, and Chemicals in Seafood

  • Posted on February 7, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Food-safety experts focus on three types of risks from seafood: bacteria, natural toxins, and chemicals. Pathogens in Seafood Vibrio vulnificus is the most dangerous microbiological hazard in seafood, and Norwalk…

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  • Supplements

Are Probiotic Dietary Supplements Worth Taking?

  • Posted on February 4, 2015
  • by David Schardt

Can probiotics—the good-for-you bacteria and yeast in some foods and supplements—relieve GI distress, replenish your intestinal flora when you take antibiotics, and keep you from catching a cold? It all…

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  • Food Safety

Here are Important Food Safety Tips You Should Know about Dairy Products

  • Posted on January 6, 2015
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Milk Although the variety in the dairy case is impressive, the steps you should take to protect yourself from most dairy-related foodborne illnesses are blessedly simple. Never drink unpasteurized milk,…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety Alert: Outbreak of Salmonella in Breaded Chicken Products

  • Posted on November 5, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

Overview: In August and September 2014, an outbreak of Salmonella Enteriditis sickened six people in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture…

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  • Food Safety

Food Safety: Organic vs. Conventional Foods

  • Posted on September 30, 2014
  • by David Schardt

“Both organic and conventional foods can be a source of food poisoning outbreaks,” explains Charles Benbrook, a research professor at Washington State University’s Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources…

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  • Food Safety

Learn More about these Dangerous Pathogens that Pose Major Food Safety Risks

  • Posted on July 31, 2014
  • by NAH Editorial Staff

BACILLUS CEREUS: Often grows in foods that aren’t kept at the proper temperature. Less commonly causes vomiting syndrome, which causes minimal diarrhea or abdominal pain and is associated with fried…

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