Where is the sustainable supply of higher-standard eggs, meat, and dairy going to come from?
Source: Fast-Food Chains Are Demanding Ethical Products. How Will Farmers Keep Up? – Eater
That’s nothing compared to 2013’s record price of $1.76 million, however.
Source: Japanese Restaurateur Pays Princely Sum of $118K for a Single Bluefin Tuna – Eater
The move comes amidst concerns over child labor.
Source: KitKats Will Soon Be Made With Sustainable Chocolate – Eater
How the perfect Eataly fish dish comes to life.
Source: Watch a Bluefish Go From Fishing Line to Plate in Under 90 Seconds – Eater
The child fell ill after eating at the restaurant.
Source: Child Sues Red Lobster Over Salmonella-Tainted Cucumbers – Eater
The shellfish appear to be an important link in the transmission of norovirus among humans, according to research from China.
Source: Oysters May Serve as Link in Transmission of Norovirus – The New York Times
Fair trade? Direct trade? Shade grown? Here’s what it all means, and which of it is nonsense. (Spoiler: a lot of it is nonsense.)
When food is made with love, you can taste it. So it goes with Benton’s Country Ham, a North Madisonville, Tennessee-based business that produces what many call the best bacon in the country.
via A Day In The Life Of Alan Benton, America’s Unofficial King Of Bacon.
Who knew ice cream could be so complicated?
At the apex of summer, just when we need ice cream most, we’re reminded that an imposter lurks in the frozen case of the grocery store — a lighter, fluffier concoction called “frozen dairy dessert.”
via That Ice Cream You’re Buying Might Not Be Ice Cream At All.
E. coli O157:H7 did not burst onto the scene in the early 1990s, as many in the big food business like to think. It slowly crept into our food supply, spreading in the enormous feedlots that began to dot the U.S. landscape during the last century. The bacteria is now endemic and can be found in cows, sheep, and wild animals such as boar, elk, and deer. As few as fifty E. coli O157:H7 bacteria are enough to cause human illness—and as many as 100,000 can fit on the head of a pin.
Once this strain of E. coli makes it into our small intestine, it can damage the intestinal wall, causing severe cramping and bloody diarrhea. In some instances, the toxin that the bacteria releases gets into the bloodstream, damaging red blood cells and causing severe complications like kidney failure, stroke, brain damage, and death.
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