food recalls

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• March 22, 2013
  Salmonella in Chicken & Turkey: Deadly But Not Illegal

  Hundreds of thousands of Americans are Salmonella poisoned by poultry every year, yet it remains legal to sell meat proven to be contaminated.
• June 19, 2012
  Unsafe at Any Feed

  In a national survey, fewer than half of the participants realized meat contaminated with fecal food-poisoning bacteria such as Salmonella can still legally be sold. Rather than producing safe..
• November 17, 2011
  Total Recall

  Salmonella, the leading cause of food-poisoning related death, can survive most common egg cooking methods including scrambled, over-easy, and sunny-side-up. Cross-contamination onto fingers,..
• September 9, 2011
  Too Much Iodine Can Be as Bad as Too Little

  Excessive intake of kelp (kombu) or thyroid-containing sausages can lead to iodine toxicity.
• April 9, 2011
  Drug Residues in Meat

  The U.S. Inspector General cites the USDA for failing to safeguard the meat supply from drug residues.
• April 6, 2011
  Fecal Bacteria Survey

  How contaminated is the American meat supply with fecal matter?