A Nickel's Worth of Goulash

Vitamin supplements. Yep, 13 billion spent on nothing. Thanks Sen. Hatch.

Chasing the Horse

A nice piece on the flaws in our food inspection system.

Money quote: A hundred per cent of the product in supermarkets may be contaminated without running afoul of federal limits.

Boy Am I Glad I Didn't Step In It

Even people who hate government regulations want safe food. The problem is the don't want to pay for it. They also don't want to pay for good food.

Now it's gonna get worse. Money quote: “It’s not whether or not people are going to eat shit — they are. It’s just how much.”

Being Organic Won't Stop Contamination

Hitting close to home, Wegmans has recalled fresh fruit, regular and organic, as well as baked goods made with such fruit for possible Listeria contamination.

A California packing company has voluntarily issued a nationwide recall for several conventional and organic varieties of stone fruits packed between June 1-12 because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Wawona Packing Co. of Cutler, CA, issued a voluntary recall on Saturday of conventional and organic varieties of yellow peaches and nectarines, white peaches and nectarines, black plums and pluots (a plum/apricot hybrid)

Food Safety News.

Yum.

What other styles is it available in?

I am sure there are a variety of uses for this. Suggestions?

What if natural products came with a list of ingredients?

What if?

Walmart China recalls donkey meat after failing to monitor suppliers

After US-based Walmart recalled the "Five Spice" donkey meat sold at its stores in Jinan in eastern China's Shandong province in early January, some insiders said that it showed the world's largest retailer does not monitor its suppliers, reports Beijing's Securities Daily.

Walmart recalled the donkey meat — a popular snack in some parts of China — after it was found to contain the cheaper priced fox meat.

Read more here.