Not exact matches
While the produce industry and the federal government have made great strides in protecting the nation's
food supply with steps like the Produce Traceability Initiative and the Food Safety Modernization Act, a new study from the University of California - Davis suggests reusable plastic containers may represent a backdoor for contaminat
food supply with steps
like the Produce Traceability Initiative and the
Food Safety Modernization Act, a new study from the University of California - Davis suggests reusable plastic containers may represent a backdoor for contaminat
Food Safety Modernization Act, a new study from the University of California - Davis suggests reusable plastic containers may represent a backdoor for
contamination.
The public health implications of arsenic
contamination in
food and water, particularly
foods like infant rice cereals and other commonly consumed rice products early in life, raise serious concerns.»
It seems
like almost every week another
food product is being recalled because of
contamination.
This collection of stories investigates low - dose arsenic
contamination in rice and other risks to
food safety
like toxic algal blooms, E. coli in raw meat, BPA in plastics and poisonous honey.
And simple screening — with Geiger counters and the
like — of soil,
food and seafood can pick up radiation at low levels (so low, in fact, that the lower - end readings indicate
contamination that not likely to be harmful).
«Human -
like nose can sniff out
contamination in drinking water: New technology could be used to detect drugs at airports, test
food quality and develop perfumes.»
The clear way around the problem is to kill bacteria through means other than heat prior to preparation, so you can then cook
food or not, to your
liking, without having to worry about
contamination.
Still, he adds, «raw
food items
like eggs may have
contamination and need to be handled properly.»
Conceptually this seems
like it may be ideal for many health issues, if one is careful to source fish low in the
food chain (minimal heavy metal
contamination), rich in n3, B12, D, etc..
Coffee beans,
like many other agricultural crops and
foods (oats, corn, peanuts, rice, wheat, cocoa, grapes etc.) are susceptible to
contamination with mold.
But because many of the zinc - rich
foods (meats, shellfish, and seeds, for instance) have such a limited shelf life for other reasons (
like risk of bacterial
contamination), you'll want to be careful in the way you store them.
Artisan cheeses, preserved meats
like salami and traditional pickled
foods like sauerkraut require salt to prevent
contamination by pathogens.
Specific
foods that have been shown to be associated with esophageal cancer include cured meats —
like bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs — and eggs, because of frequent dioxin
contamination.
While this may seem
like a small sample to draw any definitive results from, the fact that zoonotic bacteria and parasites were found in all samples of the raw
food diet shows that there is definitely a pattern of
contamination that needs to be researched further.
I don't
like fish based
foods because of the potential for heavy metal
contamination (mercury) and other pollutants.