Sister-run Fee-Fo-Lay Café in Wallace serves t-cakes and helps organize Black residents to fight against industrial pollution and preserve their cultural heritage.
August 23, 2011
A recent recall of 36 million pounds of salmonella-contaminated turkey by the company Cargill reminded Americans once again about the failings of our food safety system. While the debt deal struck earlier this month puts funding for the Food Safety Modernization Act, which passed in 2010 and will help the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) improve the safety of our food, at risk, there is information that can empower consumers now. Below is a comprehensive info graphic by the Heath and Fitness Blog Greatist.com that explains what you need to know about shopping for, handling and cooking food more safely, as well as a briefing on the sources of food-borne illness.
March 28, 2023
Sister-run Fee-Fo-Lay Café in Wallace serves t-cakes and helps organize Black residents to fight against industrial pollution and preserve their cultural heritage.
March 20, 2023
Food is not necessarily dangerous in and of itself - what is industry's/gov's role in creating an unsafe food system? What is ours?
Point is, there's a spectrum of insight into food; some are further along and more deliberate about their consumption. They spend time looking for food prepared certain ways, or by certain producers. They care about seasonality or production methods (or both). On the other hand, some are still learning...many are hoping to 'consumer better', but need easy tools to get started. This problem is complex, and always will be. I think this infographic and other tools that make knowledge/insight more accessible or digestible (pun unintended) are on measure a positive step in the right direction.
Now if we could only change the guidelines of food safety regarding pesticides etc. in this country, for those and preservatives and processing; are dangerous substances that people are sometimes consuming too much of.