Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Food’

How to Protect Yourself From Salmonella Poisoning In Food

No comments December 8th, 2009

How to Protect Yourself From Salmonella Poisoning After the widespread salmonella poisoning this year, the Food and Drug Administration is saying that it has a way to stop this kind of problem from ever happening again. But there’s a problem. The FDA’s solution will only create more problems. Instead, we need a solution that really works and doesn’t cause any harm. Last year, the FDA, to allegedly protect you from dangerous bacteria like salmonella, approved widespread food Read more

Organic Food, Green Tea, and Toxic Mattresses

No comments December 7th, 2009

At a time when bottled water, green tea, and organic food is in vogue because more people are health conscious, it is striking that the Consumer Product Safety Commission has forced us to sleep in known toxicants in our mattresses. 16 CFR 1633, the new CPSC regulations put into effect on July 1, 2007 requiring mattresses to resist ignition from open flames, will lead to people sleeping on known toxic chemicals. Such chemicals include Ammonium Polyphosphate, Antimony Trioxide (arsenic), Read more

FOOD ADULTERATION

No comments December 7th, 2009

  A substance added to a food-item to reduce its quality in order to increase its quantity is called as an adulterant. This act of addition of the adulterant in food-items is known as food adulteration. The addition of adulterant may be intentional or accidental. But generally the adulterant addition is intentional. The major reason for the intentional addition of these adulterants is for increasing the profit margin on the expense of the health of the public or consumer. These days Read more